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'Mamlukisation' between social theory and social practice: an essay on reflexivity, state formation, and the late medieval sultanate of Cairo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This working paper is a reflexive essay that tries to think with and beyond one of the basic assumptions upon which the field of late medieval Syro-Egyptian ‘Mamluk’ studies is built: the idea that all late medieval Syro-Egyptian objects of study are by ...
Van Steenbergen, Jo
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Osmanlı’da Tezkiretü’l-Evliya Tercümanlığı: Üsküdar İskele Camii’inde Bir Vakıa-ı Kutb-i Âlem

open access: yesNesir: Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi
Bu yazıda Feridüddin Attar’ın (ö. 1221) kaleme aldığı Tezkiretü’l-Evliya başlıklı kitabının on yedinci yüzyıl Türkçe tercümelerinden biri tanıtılmaktadır.
Cankat Kaplan, Cevat Sucu
doaj   +1 more source

Surname studies with genetics [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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The audience for Old English texts: Ælfric, rhetoric and ‘the edification of the simple’ [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
There is a persistent view that Old English texts were mostly written to be read or heard by people with no knowledge of Latin, or little understanding of it, especially the laity.
Gittos, Helen
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Hidden Insights: Comprehensive Radiological Analysis of Four Skeletal Populations From 13th–19th Century Southern Finland Reveals Neoplastic and Other Lesions Invisible on Bone Surfaces

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to identify lesions confined to the internal structures of bones. A radiographic analysis was performed on 219 archaeological, historical period skeletons from southern Finland. Although the study examines nearly all preserved skeletal elements using plain radiographs, it does not incorporate computed tomography.
Kati Salo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The missing woodland story: Implications of 1700 years of stand‐scale change on ‘naturalness’ and managing remnant broadleaved woodlands

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Longer‐term perspectives—equivalent to the lifespans of long‐lived trees—are required to fully inform perceptions of ‘naturalness’ used in woodland conservation and management. Stand‐scale dynamics of an old growth temperate woodland are reconstructed using palaeoecological data.
Annabel Everard   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Excelsa monarchia: Alexander the Great in Italian Narrative Poems (14th- 16th centuries)

open access: yesIncontri: 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
doaj   +1 more source

Skin and bones: correlating the osteological and artefactual evidence [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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From commons to commoning as resistance efforts to blue injustice: A sociohistorical and ethnographical approach

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the last 20 years, collaborative efforts have emerged with the intention of going beyond the pure capitalist economy, seeking to generate transformative community‐based changes that guarantee blue equity, fair distribution and well‐being.
Sílvia Gómez, Alfons Garrido
wiley   +1 more source

What did the Royal Almoner do in Britain and Ireland, c.1450-1700? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The late medieval and early modern royal almoner for England and Wales was an important figure, a senior cleric best documented as a court preacher who was the crown’s religious and moral face; prominent holders included Wolsey and Lancelot Andrewes. The
Houston, Robert (Rab)
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