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The Middle Ages after the Middle Ages
2022Abstract This chapter reflects on popular memories and various manifestations of interest in the real or imaginary Middle Ages which circulated in the past three centuries. Often connected with political agendas that one tends to classify as “medievalism,” they bring in some important fragments of Central Europe’s “culture of memory” and
János M. Bak, Gábor Klaniczay
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The Middle-Aged Microprocessor
IEEE Micro, 2021From its birth with 4 bits, first stumbling 8-bit steps, no longer an adolescent 16-bit design, and well past the awkward 32-bit age, the microprocessor is finally mature and well into middle age! It is only those of us for whom the Fogey Factor is high who remember this lifecycle. It has certainly not been boring or lacking drama.
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Transvestites in the Middle Ages
American Journal of Sociology, 1974Transvestism, which is usually defined in terms of psychopathology, must also be examined in terms of status gain and loss. This appears most obvious in an examination of the lives of the transvestite saints whose legends and myths help set Western attitudes toward transvestism.
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Middle-Aged Women in the Middle Ages
2011New research into medieval women from the Anglo-Saxon to the late medieval period demonstrates their energy, defiance and wit.
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2023
From the nineteenth century onwards, historians described the Middle Ages as the 'cradle' of the nation state-then, after World War II, they increasingly identified the period as the 'cradle' of Europe. A close look at the sources demonstrates that both interpretations are misleading: while 'Europe' was not a rare word, its use simply does not follow ...
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From the nineteenth century onwards, historians described the Middle Ages as the 'cradle' of the nation state-then, after World War II, they increasingly identified the period as the 'cradle' of Europe. A close look at the sources demonstrates that both interpretations are misleading: while 'Europe' was not a rare word, its use simply does not follow ...
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2023
Abstract This chapter describes the elements of the medieval canon law that the author describes as “half steps” toward constitutionalism. The latter term is understood in two ways. It means both the recognition of a superior law that limits the exercise of governmental power and a mandatory division of the legitimate power that does ...
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Abstract This chapter describes the elements of the medieval canon law that the author describes as “half steps” toward constitutionalism. The latter term is understood in two ways. It means both the recognition of a superior law that limits the exercise of governmental power and a mandatory division of the legitimate power that does ...
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Western Political Quarterly, 1949
D URING the First World War it was usual for the Allies to represent their cause as that of democracy, which was defined as the free and spontaneous movement of the human spirit, unfettered by logic. Germany, on the other hand, stood for machine-like regularity and cold, calculating rationality.
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D URING the First World War it was usual for the Allies to represent their cause as that of democracy, which was defined as the free and spontaneous movement of the human spirit, unfettered by logic. Germany, on the other hand, stood for machine-like regularity and cold, calculating rationality.
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