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Is “Race” Modern? Disambiguating the Question [PDF]

, 2020
Race theorists have been unable to reach a consensus regarding the basic historical question, “is ‘race’ modern?” I argue that this is partly because the question itself is ambiguous. There is not really one question that race scholars are answering, but
Hochman, Adam
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Marion most bold : feminine transgression in the greenwood [PDF]

, 2018
In my project, I focus on the role and depiction of women found in the Robin Hood greenwood: specifically, those of Maid Marian. Maid Marian rarely appears in early Robin Hood texts, and especially not in a capacity in which she herself speaks, so it is ...
Harring, Emily Adeline
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Surname studies with genetics [PDF]

, 2009
Genetic studies of surnames are briefly reviewed. In particular, such DNA studies can sometimes provide clues to a surname's meaning. A few surnames are being found to include unusually large single families, which are far more populous than computer ...
Plant, Dr John S
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Skin and bones: correlating the osteological and artefactual evidence [PDF]

, 2003
The aim of this text is to review the osteological evidence from Anglo-Scandinavian and medieval York for the retrieval and working of skins and hides, and to cross-correlate that evidence with the data obtained from studies of leather artefacts ...
O'Connor, T.P.
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Excelsa monarchia: Alexander the Great in Italian Narrative Poems (14th- 16th centuries)

Incontri: Rivista Europea di Studi Italiani, 2013
Excelsa monarchia Alessandro Magno nei poemi narrativi italiani (secoli XIV-XVI) Alessandro Magno, probabilmente la più popolare figura di monarca nell’Europa medievale, è anche la figura centrale di quattro poemi in ottava rima, uno schema metrico usato
Michele Campopiano
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The poetry as reliable evidence of linguistic phenomena [PDF]

, 2013
Many linguists refuse to believe that poetic and especially metrical - texts can provide reliable evidence of linguistic phenomena. In this article, I show that the Medieval Greek poetry represents an exception.
Soltic, Jorie
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Image, Sign, and Vestige in the Augustinian Theory of Time

Religions
The relationship between time and eternity is a central theme in Augustine’s thought and has often been interpreted, under Neoplatonic influence, through the paradigm of image and model.
Salomea Slobodian
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21st-Century Medieval Studies

, 2014
Our subject, medieval studies, was named for a “middle age.” It came between Antiquity, specifically the Roman Empire, and the nation states that succeeded it, particu-larly in Europe.An extensive regime was displaced as competing structures of power—operating from various centers but often more elaborate in ...
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Isotopic dietary analysis and molecular sex identification of adults and juveniles from medieval Great Moravia [PDF]

, 2012
Like many complex agricultural societies, medieval European society was strongly patriarchal, with men favored in terms of property rights, political status, and household authority.
Halffman, Carrin M.
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Elites and Oligarchies in the Late Medieva Portuguese Urban World [PDF]

, 2009
The purpose of this articlc is to review the state of knowledge about elites and oligarchies in ihe Portuguese urban world, during the Medieval Era. To achieve this objective, the following outline will be used.
Millán da Costa, Adelaide
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