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Unveiling Saint Theobald: A Multidisciplinary Bioanthropological Investigation
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Saint Theobald of Provins (1033–1066), a French nobleman who embraced voluntary poverty, hermitism, and pilgrimage, represents an early figure in the medieval ascetic movement. He holds historical significance for the diffusion of 11th‐century ascetic ideals, as a hermit saint associated with the Camaldolese order and venerated across northern
Nicola Carrara +6 more
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Warfare, Labor, and Urban Stress: Divergent Health Trajectories in Mongol‐Period Karakorum
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines major palaeopathological trends in Mongol‐period Karakorum and incorporates them into the existing body of research in order to deepen our understanding of health and survival, the impacts of conflict and violence on past populations, and the lived experiences of the city's diverse inhabitants within the broader socio ...
Júlia Olive‐Busom +4 more
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, 2021 This dissertation hopes to deepen classicists’ and medievalists’ appreciation for the historical and cultural importance of the Thebaid, the masterpiece of the poet P.
Fredette, Anthony
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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 +2 more
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Editing and Concording the Dictionarius of Firmin Le Ver (1440)
Digital Studies, 1996 None
Brian Merrilees, Rob Kling
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Thomas Honegger: Introducing the Medieval Dragon [PDF]
, 2022 Thomas Honegger, Introducing the Medieval Dragon. Cardiff, University of Wales Press 2019. 169 S.
Wackers, Paul
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Systemic bio‐inequity links poverty to biodiversity and induces a conservation paradox
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Biodiversity is declining globally while inequity is growing, and poverty rates are not improving. Global sustainable development and conservation initiatives aim to address biodiversity loss and poverty simultaneously. Through text analysis of global biodiversity policies, we identified a consistent narrative that countries with high ...
Conor Waldock +4 more
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Clergy and Commoners: Interactions between medieval clergy and laity in a regional context [PDF]
, 2009 This thesis examines the interactions between medieval clergy and laity, which were complex, and its findings trouble dominant models for understanding the relationships between official and popular religions.
Taubman, Andrew W
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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
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The Twelfth-Century Origins of the University
, 2006 Lecture held April 5, 2006, 4 p.m. in Woodward Hall, UNM as the fourth lecture of the Institute for Medieval Studies' Spring Lecture Series 2006.No institution called a "university" existed in Western education before the late twelfth century.
Jaeger, C. Stephen
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