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The Twelve Years Truce (1609). Peace, Truce, War, and Law in the Low Countries at the Turn of the 17th Century [PDF]
, 2015 Book review of LESAFFER (Randall), ed., The Twelve Years Truce (1609) : peace, truce, war, and law in the Low Countries at the turn of the 17th century, Leiden/Boston, Martinus Nijhoff/Brill, 2014, IX + 297 p.
Dhondt, Frederik
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Political and Institutional Development in England
The Manchester School, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper revisits the political and institutional development of England from the Magna Carta to the Glorious Revolution. I argue that institutional change in this period is best understood through the lens of coalition formation. Political elites had heterogeneous preferences over first two, and then three, recurring axes of disagreement ...
Mark Koyama
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The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
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The Dark and Middle Ages [PDF]
, 2018 For the most part only Plato\u27s teachings supported by a limited version of Aristotelian cosmology supportive of Platonism survived the decline of ancient Greek philosophy during the Roman Empire. Christianity later prevailed, and toward the end of the
Jayne, Edward
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What Does Intarsia Say? Materiality and Spirituality in the Urbino Studiolo☆
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Upon entering the Urbino studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro, the visitor is struck by a material‐charged environment. Surprisingly, only a few scholars have addressed one prominent aspect of the decorative scheme, namely, the feature of intarsia as a medium. Even so, it remains on the sidelines of the discussion.
Matan Aviel
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The amazing synchronicity of the Global Development (the 1300s-1450s). An institutional approach to the globalization of the late Middle Ages [PDF]
, 2010 In a new approach to a long-ranging debate on the causes of the Late Medieval Debasement, we offer an institutional case-study of Russia and the Levant.
Badalian, Lucy, Krivorotov, Victor
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Studies in Family Planning, EarlyView.Abstract Contraceptive prevalence estimates are indicators of the performance of family planning programs. Yet, available evidence suggests that national surveys may be underestimating the prevalence of traditional methods. The apparent underestimation of traditional methods stems from current approaches for collecting, analyzing, and reporting ...
Nurudeen Alhassan +12 more
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A More Realistic Approach to Directors\u27 Duties [PDF]
, 2013 Expectations for what fiduciary duties can achieve in the corporate context are unrealistic. This segment of the law—and the alleged deficiencies therein—are blamed for corporate scandals, securities fraud, failed business plans, and even a company\u27s ...
Harner, Michelle M.
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Fortschritte der Physik, Volume 74, Issue 4, April 2026.Abstract String theory has strong implications for cosmology, implying the absence of a cosmological constant, ruling out single‐field slow‐roll inflation, and that black holes decay. The origins of these statements are elucidated within the string‐theoretical swampland programme.
Kay Lehnert
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Studia Historica: Historia Moderna, 2016 This research tries to study and analyze the jurisdictional exemptions, known as sales of subjects, occurred throughout seventeenth centuries in Segovia, understanding by jurisdiction the power awarded by the monarchs, until the beginning of nineteenth ...
Enrique GALLEGO LÁZARO
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