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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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One god and one king: The unification of Norway according to Snorri Sturluson
This 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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In Search of Dunfermline Abbey’s lost medieval choir: history, liturgy and ground-penetrating radar [PDF]
Part 1 of the results of an interdisciplinary project to survey the buried remains of the east-end choir of the medieval Benedictine abbey of Dunfermline, Fife, and its royal burial grounds of c.1070-c.1420, combining ground-penetrating radar and ...
Penman, Michael A
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The Ottoman Siege and Assault of Constantinople in 1422 AD: Its Military and Political Aspect
This paper addresses the military and political aspect of the Turkish siege of Constantinople in 1422 AD, when the Ottomans gained valuable experience to use it later, in the final battle of 1453.
Tatiana V. Kushch
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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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Two Seals of the Strategоs of Asia Minor’s Themes from the North Black Sea
The seals of Fers Tsotzikos as anthypatos Patrikios and Strategos of Cappadocia and TornikVarazvatche as protospatharios and strategos of Claudia (?) were found in Cherson and Tamatarkha.
Valeriy P. Stepanenko
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Conflict and Authority: William of Saint-Thierry and Peter Abelard as Readers of Origen
This study compares how two prominent twelfth-century Latin authors and theological opponents, namely the monastic author William of Saint-Thierry (c. 1080–1148) and the school master Peter Abelard (1079–1142), variously understood the authority of the ...
Cvetković Carmen Angela
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On the Origins of Komitats in the First Bulgarian Empire
The article gives a critical review of previous views on the origin of komitats as administrative units in the Early Medieval Bulgarian State. Among the Bulgarian researchers, the opinion of their Byzantine origin prevailed, while the only Western ...
Nikolay Hrissimov
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In this article, I analyze the translation commissioned in 1511 by Cardinal Francisco Ximénez Cisneros of the Life of Catherine of Siena by Raimundo da Capua, which includes the legendae of Giovanna (also known as Vanna) da Orvieto and Margherita da
Pablo Acosta-García
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Examining Gravettian and Magdalenian mobility and technological organization with IR spectroscopy
Archaeologists can use the provenance of lithic raw materials to examine the movements, territories, and settlement dynamics of hunter-gatherers. Several studies have used macroscopic analyses to propose the long-distance transport of raw material during
Benjamin Schürch +2 more
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