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The promise of serendipitous thinking. [PDF]

open access: yesBiomater Transl, 2023
Wang Q.
europepmc   +1 more source

Beyond National Currency: The Plurality of Early Modern Money

open access: yesHistory Compass, Volume 24, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Diversity in money leaps at historians of early modern societies, whether they analyse account books, legal documents, travelogues and diaries, or try to make sense of a sum casually mentioned in a source from the period. The plurality of money objects contrasts with the homogeneous, singular currencies imposed by nation‐states in the 19th and
Sebastian Felten
wiley   +1 more source

Fury and the antitheatrical prejudice: The violent power of play‐acting in the Cervantine picaresque

open access: yesOrbis Litterarum, Volume 81, Issue 1, Page 11-26, February 2026.
Abstract The article studies a cross‐generic relation between theatrical performance and the outbreak of violence in picaresque contexts across works by Miguel de Cervantes. It then proceeds to contextualize these persistent incidents within the philosophical history of antitheatricality.
Rasmus Vangshardt
wiley   +1 more source

Prophetic Promise: The Lineal Return of ‘lopp’d branches’ in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 55-75, February 2026.
Abstract This paper identifies the early‐modern conception of prophecy as a word‐magic performed across generations, a verbal promise that anticipates its own realisation in posterity. Just as Francis Bacon upheld the generative force of prophetic utterances by noting their ‘springing and germinant accomplishment throughout many ages’, Shakespeare’s ...
Rana Banna
wiley   +1 more source

Historical Review of Euthanasia. From Ancient Times until before Modern Times. [PDF]

open access: yesMaedica (Bucur)
Spinthouraki A   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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