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Do Ut Des – the Relation of Material History and Archaeology of Religion to the Study of Religions*

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, Volume 46, Issue 4, Page 726-758, December 2022., 2022
Archaeology as “material history” and the study of religions mutually reciprocate through their shared interest in the ability of people to establish memories and create imaginaries. Starting from this presupposition, the article evaluates the approaches used in archaeology to analyse the practices of past peoples.
Anna‐Katharina Rieger
wiley   +1 more source

Nonmarine Ostracoda as proxies in (geo‐)archaeology — A review

open access: yesGeoarchaeology, Volume 37, Issue 5, Page 711-732, September/October 2022., 2022
Abstract Ostracods as bioindicators are extremely useful for reconstructing palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate and can also indicate the provenance of sediments and materials, for example, in studies on ancient commercial networks. Ostracods are small crustaceans that live in almost all aquatic habitats, both natural and man‐made.
Ella Quante, Anna Pint, Peter Frenzel
wiley   +1 more source

Patricia Crone and the “secular tradition” of early Islamic historiography: An exegesis

open access: yesHistory Compass, Volume 20, Issue 9, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Patricia Crone famously identified three distinct sub‐traditions within early Islamic historiography: a “religious tradition”, a “tribal tradition”, and a “secular tradition”. Whereas the first is extremely unreliable and the second is partially unreliable regarding early Islamic history in general (c.
Joshua J. Little
wiley   +1 more source

INSIDE OPPIDA TERRITORIES: THE LATE IRON AGE IN THE IBERIAN EASTERN MESETA (CENTRAL SPAIN)

open access: yesOxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 41, Issue 2, Page 187-207, May 2022., 2022
Summary Since the beginning of Iron Age archaeology, urban agglomerations have dominated the debate on urbanism. The rural settlements – their types, functions and socio‐political dynamics – have been practically absent from the general discussion. The territorial backdrop of the Late Iron Age communities can provide both a new comparative framework in
Raquel Liceras‐Garrido
wiley   +1 more source

De Excidio Patriae: civic discourse in Gildas’ Britain

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 137-160, May 2021., 2021
This article explores the use of civic discourse in Gildas’ De Excidio Britonum. It argues that such language and imagery functioned within a larger dialectical argument that exhorted readers to choose virtue over vice. Gildas assigned the Britons collective moral agency by styling them citizens (cives) of a shared homeland (patria) defined by cities ...
Robert Flierman, Megan Welton
wiley   +1 more source

Reading the Religious Diversity of the Later Seventeenth‐Century Ottoman World: An Anglican Traveller's Perspective

open access: yes, 2023
Renaissance Studies, Volume 37, Issue 5, Page 751-766, November 2023.
Charles Beirouti
wiley   +1 more source

La epigrafía en el monacato cisterciense: el ejemplo del monasterio de Santa María de Cañas

open access: yesEspacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie III, Historia Medieval, 2015
La implantación del Císter en los reinos cristianos tuvo una gran repercusión en el hábito epigráfico. En este trabajo, además de analizar las características generales de la epigrafía cisterciense, se publican las inscripciones medievales del ...
Irene Pereira García
doaj   +1 more source

Nomina Inserere Voluerint, Non Prohibeatur. Nominal Inscriptions Inside the Altar in the North-East of the Iberic Peninsula (9th-13th Centuries)

open access: yesFenestella, 2022
Some manuscripts of the 11th and 12th centuries preserved in Catalonia present a specific rite when a bishop had to consecrate a church. In the altar he placed relics, three fragments of hosts, three grains of incense and small parchments on which was ...
Marianne Blanchard
doaj   +1 more source

Medieval Epigraphic Scripts in Hont / Stredoveké epigrafické písma v Honte [PDF]

open access: yesStudia Historica Nitriensia
This article provides a comprehensive view of the development of epigraphic scripts in the medieval period in the Hont region. Based on detailed field and archival research, we analyze the most important inscriptional scripts in the area.
KOREKÁČ, Ján
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Writing in Britain and Ireland, c. 400 to c. 800 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
No abstract ...
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