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Jorge Luis Borges' Medieval Aesthetics of Failure

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Irina Dumitrescu
wiley   +1 more source

The bread of Toledo: Prices and political economy, 1535–1800

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We study the market for common white bread in the city of Toledo through a new 266‐year‐long series of bread prices, obtained from the cash purchases and wholesale bread‐for‐wheat contracts of large institutions. Our data are strongly consistent with fragmentary evidence on retail price regulation, as well as with shorter series from other ...
Mauricio Drelichman, David González Agudo   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ancient DNA reveals 4000 years of grapevine diversity, viticulture and clonal propagation in France. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Noraz R, Chauvey L, Wagner S, Estrada O, Wales N, Bonnaire E, Cabanis M, Derreumaux M, Figueiral I, Hallavant C, Marinval P, Matterne V, Ros J, Rovira N, Tillier M, Bovagne M, Chausserie-Laprée J, Nicolas C, Daveau I, Delassus D, Gailledrat E, Ginouvez O, Houix B, Jung C, Kuchler P, Leroux L, Macario R, Marlière E, Pasqualini M, Piques G, Pomaredes H, Robert J, Roms C, Roth-Zehner M, Scrinzi M, Taras-Thomas M, Torres Costa J, Besnard G, Terral JF, Bacilieri R, Bouby L, Orlando L.   +41 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Hidden History of Unhappiness

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Joe Moran
wiley   +1 more source

A newly discovered Carolingian text: Candidus' Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti, written for Charlemagne

Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
This article presents a newly discovered Latin text: a theological treatise titled Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti that was written by Alcuin’s friend Candidus (Wizo) at the request of Charlemagne. By discussing selected passages from the Heptateuch, Candidus seeks to demonstrate that Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, thus the whole Christian ...
Lukas J. Dorfbauer
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of medieval burials from Ibiza reveals genetic and pathogenic diversity during the Islamic period. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Rodríguez-Varela R, Pochon Z, Mas-Sandoval A, Yaka R, Fortes-Lima CA, García Rubio A, Márquez-Grant N, Marí J, Graziani G, Ferrer Abárzuza A, Vicente M, Lorca-Francisco L, Linderholm A, Lagerholm VK, Arauna LR, Pérez-Ramallo P, Krzewińska M, Schlebusch CM, Götherström A.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ceramic ecology in an Islamic capital: changes in the production and consumption of pottery in Palermo

Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
Palermo became the new capital of Sicily after the Aghlabid conquest in 831. The transformation of the city into a capital took many forms, including the production and consumption of pottery. The perspective from ceramic evidence shows that Palermo underwent faster and deeper processes of Islamization than other urban and rural contexts across the ...
Viva Sacco
wiley   +1 more source

The Use of Micro-CT Analysis of the Second Metacarpal to Assess Cortical Bone Loss in Archeological Human Skeletal Remains. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
Leiss L, Butler I, Newman SL.
europepmc   +1 more source

Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave

Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
Slave owners in Late Antiquity viewed the possession of at least one slave to be a necessity and a defining mark that distinguished the dignified social classes from the poor. Ascetics who shared this perspective faced a choice when renouncing all worldly possessions in pursuit of spiritual perfection, one not merely about luxury, but also about status
E.T. Dailey, Justin Pigott
wiley   +1 more source

Revealing tattoo traditions in ancient Nubia through multispectral imaging. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Austin A, Baker BJ, Jovanović TM.
europepmc   +1 more source