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The Middle Ages

2018
The main economic activity throughout the Jewish Middle Ages was local and regional. Jewish mercantile activities were regulated by halakha and by the laws of their ambient societies, as well as by an interplay of the two, and many contemporary scholars postulate that Christian or Islamic economic law superseded Jewish law in most areas.
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Transvestites in the Middle Ages

American Journal of Sociology, 1974
Transvestism, 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 Age

2009
Middle age, a time when the body is both at a peak and at the beginning of collapse, marks, for many, a period for radical reappraisal of one’s life and way of living. The sense of time running out can lead to a period of dramatic self doubt. In Middle Age, the philosopher Christopher Hamilton explores the moods, emotions and experiences of middle age,
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The Middle Ages

1996
The two dates that are most commonly associated with the Middle Ages in the British Isles are 1066 and 1485. William the Conqueror’s victory at Hastings in 1066 brought the Normans to the throne of England. Richard III’s defeat by Henry Tudor at the battle of Bosworth in 1485 is popularly seen to mark the close of the Middle Ages.
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The Middle Ages [PDF]

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Following the decline of the Roman Empire came the expansion of Islam into parts of Europe, especially the Iberian peninsula. Islam brought many important contributions to the medical field, notably in pharmacology. Surgery, in contrast, hardly made any progress as it was largely dependent on anatomical knowledge and the Koran banned dissection ...
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The Middle Ages

1983
In the history of Europe, the period between the political downfall of the Western Roman Empire in 576 and the discovery of America in 1492 is usually called the Middle Ages. The concept of ‘ages lying in between’ arose in the Renaissance, which strove to imitate a strongly idealized antiquity.
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“Europe" in the Middle Ages

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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