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One god and one king: The unification of Norway according to Snorri Sturluson
Filologia GermanicaThis article is a diachronic analysis of Snorri’s account of the unification of Norway, partly supplementing and partly revising the argument put forward in my book Society and Politics in Snorri Sturluson’s Heimskringla (Berkeley 1991).
Sverre Bagge
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Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Upland farming in Europe is frequently assumed to have been limited and precarious, despite relict spade‐dug ridges providing firm evidence of past crop growing. Direct evidence for crop types in post‑Medieval to Modern (~since 1500 CE) uplands is rare; yet, in Ireland, relict spade‐dug ridges that date to this period are commonly interpreted ...
Helen Essell, Gill Plunkett
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Mesa Redonda Complex (Villaverde del Río, Seville): a tell above the Lower Guadalquivir Valley
Trabajos de PrehistoriaThe archaeological site of Mesa Redonda (Villaverde del Río, Seville) was the subject of archaeological research at the end of the 1970s, and only recently has new research been carried out.
Marta Diaz-Zorita Bonilla +7 more
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Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, EarlyView.An interdisciplinary in situ study of jewelled reliquaries of the True Cross integrates gemmology and portable analytical techniques, revealing new evidence on the identification and symbolic role of peridots and other gemstones. ABSTRACT Jewelled crosses containing relics of the True Cross occupy a central position in the devotional, artistic and ...
Stefania Martiniello +2 more
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Les explotacions rurals tardoantigues i altmedievals a la Catalunya Vella: una síntesi arqueològica
Estudis d'Història Agraria, 2015 S’estudien en aquest text les caracter stiques morfol giques i socioeconòmiques de les explotacions agràries dels segles VI-XI situades a l’antiga Catalunya Vella, principalment al voltant de Barcelona i Girona.
Cristian Folch +2 more
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The frequency of tobacco use during the postmedieval period is widely underexplored; this has repercussions for our understanding of the intoxicant's health impacts during this time. Our study assesses the frequency rates of tobacco consumption in different social groups in England and the Netherlands, two countries in which tobacco use became
Anna M. Davies‐Barrett +1 more
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El viaje de Don Pero Tafur (1436-1439)
Arbor: Ciencia, Pensamiento y Cultura, 2005 En este breve análisis del viaje de Don Pero Tafur, hemos querido poner el acento en la percepción que tiene de Oriente un representante de la hidalguía castellana de la segunda mitad del siglo XV, para lo que resulta inestimable su relato autobiográfico.
Francisco Javier Villalba Ruíz de Toledo
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Administrative Traditions of the Majority World: A Commentary and Future Research Agenda
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Decolonising public administration is an urgent and necessary endeavour. In this short article we argue that we cannot, however, settle for shallow decolonialisations. We argue that the specific iterations of bureaucracy evidenced in post‐colonial states across the majority world can be conceptualised through the lens of administrative ...
Ibrahim Bornoma +2 more
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Moral Economies of Debt Forgiveness and Enforcement in Postcrisis Iceland
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Who deserves financial relief in times of crisis, and on what grounds? The 2008 collapse of Iceland's banking system prompted state intervention to mitigate household indebtedness, including forbearance, pension withdrawals, repayment adjustments, and debt reductions.
Timothy Heffernan
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Studies in Medievalism XXIII: Ethics and Medievalism; Medievalism: A Critical History [PDF]
English Studies, 2016 In Medievalism: A Critical History, David Matthews traces the developments of medievalism—post-medieval cultural responses to the Middle Ages—and medievalism studies—the academic discipline that st...
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