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“Then So Did the General’s Lady with Great Magnificence”: the Role of Noble Women in Byzantine Provincial Military Family

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2017
The article is devoted to the role of women in the families of the Byzantine provincial military nobility, in the middle of 9th – middle of 11th century. This issue remains poorly understood in historiography, and it is surely very urgent in light of the
Anton S. Mokhov, Karina R. Kapsalykova
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Aesthetic uses of the past and limits in the reconstruction of historical spaces inside a videogame

open access: yesCulture & History Digital Journal, 2020
Along the last years we have assisted to the release of a great number of videogames set in the past as, for example, Assassin’s Creed: Origins (Ubisoft, 2017).
Alberto Venegas Ramos
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Traces of Pre-Greek Linguistics Substratum in Early Byzantine Toponymy: Lists Related to Macedonia and Thessaly in Procopius’ "Buildings"

open access: yesStudia Ceranea, 2023
In our contribution, we will focus on the traces of the old Pre-Greek linguistics substratum in certain names of forts from Justinian’s building program presented in the Procopius’ Buildings (Περὶ κτισμάτων, De aedificiis).
Jasminka Kuzmanovska
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Limits of Understanding in the Study of Lost Martial Arts

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2016
The paper is organised around the notion of embodied technique. The recent attempts to formulate scientific methodologies for the reconstruction of medieval fighting techniques based on a study of premodern fight books raise questions about the ...
Burkart Eric
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Medievalism: A Critical History by David Matthews (review) [PDF]

open access: yesArthuriana, 2015
Review of David Matthews, Medievalism: A Critical History. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2015, pp. 229.
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PAPAL CHAPLAIN AND SUBDEACON EGIDIUS. JUDGE DELEGATE AND LEGATE IN HUNGARY AT THE SAME TIME?

open access: yesИстраживања, 2017
The present paper gives a short summary about the course of life of Egidius, a papal chaplain and subdeacon, who spent ca. three years in the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary in the late 1220’s as a judge delegate.
GÁBOR BARABÁS
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Mesa Redonda Complex (Villaverde del Río, Seville): a tell above the Lower Guadalquivir Valley

open access: yesTrabajos de Prehistoria
The 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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Radical Succession: Hagiography, Reform, and Franciscan Identity in the Convent of the Abbess Juana de la Cruz (1481–1534)

open access: yesReligions, 2021
In this article, I study in depth the first vita of the Franciscan Tertiary abbess Juana de la Cruz (Vida y fin de la bienaventurada virgen sancta Juana de la Cruz, written c. 1534), examining it as a chronicle that narrativizes the origins and reform of
Pablo Acosta-García
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Armenian Expedition of Emperor Constantius II in 338/339 A.D. and Military Units of Thracian Expeditionary Army at the Near East: on the Late Roman Military Organization in the Mid-4th Century

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2017
The present paper deals with the history of military corps, which Roman emperor Constantius II sent to Great Armenia in 338/339 A.D. for to fight with the Persians.
10.15688/jvolsu4.2017.5.26
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Arts, Artworks and Manuscripts in Sicily between the 12th and 13th Centuries: Interactions and Interchanges at the Mediterranean Crossroads

open access: yesArts, 2023
This research explores the figurative culture that flourished in Sicily during the 12th and 13th centuries, focusing on the interplay between artifacts of different types, materials, techniques and uses.
Giulia Arcidiacono
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