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‘The most advanced outpost of cultivation’: palynological evidence for cereal agriculture and population resilience in a marginal upland environment

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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Jewelled Byzantine and Medieval Reliquaries of the True Cross: Peridots and Other Gemstones in Material and Symbolic Perspective

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, Stefano Legnaioli, Simona Raneri   +2 more
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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, Nick Kirsop‐Taylor, David Benson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Needle in a haystack: Holocene history of European larch in Central Europe revisited

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Defining nativity of species is crucial for their management. However, this is a complex task, especially for species that have been used and spread by humans for a long time. We combined paleoecological records with extensive genetic data to investigate the Holocene history of European larch—a common and economically important tree species in Central ...
Martin Prach, Petr Pokorný, Kristýna Hošková, Daniel Vondrák, Pavel Bednář, Jindřich Prach, Jana Hanzal Šedivá, Hana Drahošová, Kateřina Podrábská, Přemysl Bobek, Jan Smyčka, Tomáš Fér   +11 more
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Evolution of photoperiod insensitivity drove the westward expansion of broomcorn millet

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
This research highlights how ancient farming communities adapted crops to challenging environments, enabling the spread of agriculture across Eurasia. By demonstrating that broomcorn millet evolved reduced sensitivity to day‐length, the study explains how this crop could support food production in regions with short growing seasons and long summer days.
Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, Michael Kempf, Margaux L. C. Depaermentier, Harriet Hunt, Kristina Jaskune   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Řeči o lásce a smrti. Příběh Tristana a Isoldy jako didaktická výzva // Speaking about love and death: The story of Tristan and Iseult as a didactical challenge [PDF]

Svět Literatury, 2016
The article presents a report from an interpretative seminar focused on the story of Tristan and Iseult in its various forms, medieval and modern. The authors (a historian and a literary scholar) strove to maintain consistent interdisciplinary approach
Matouš Jaluška, Martin Šorm
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Tolkien w oczach mediewisty

Creatio Fantastica, 2018
The Lord of the Rings, ever since its publication, has been something of a nuisance to traditional literary critics and has been maligned often and with zest.
Thomas Honegger
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Ruta graveolens L. in Evidence‐Based Phytotherapy: Pharmacological Activities, Bioactive Compounds and Safety

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
Graphical representation of ethnomedical uses, major bioactive compounds, pharmacological potential and toxicological risks of Ruta graveolens L. ABSTRACT Ruta graveolens L. is widely used in traditional European, Asian, African, and South American medicine for digestive, nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, and reproductive disorders.
Tetiana Serhiienko, Victoriya Georgiyants, Liudas Ivanauskas, Olha Mykhailenko   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Social Problematic in the Allegoric Poem Vision of Piers Plowman: Worldly and Heavenly [PDF]

Studia Litterarum
The allegorical poem Vision of Piers Plowman is one of the key works of the medieval religious literature. The poem is based on the real historical material of the epoch where it was written (consequences of the plague, statutes of labourers, social ...
Valentina S. Sergeeva
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