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‘Orientalism is a Partisan Book’: Applying Edward Said's Insights to Early Modern Travel Writing

History Compass, Volume 14, Issue 4, Page 168-188, April 2016., 2016
Abstract Since its publication in 1978, Edward Said's Orientalism has had a significant impact on postcolonial studies in a range of fields. This paper assesses his impact on the historiography of Anglophone travel writing concerning Ottoman Empire during the early modern period.
Hector Roddan
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Cataluña desagarrada

E-Spania, 2016
L’historiographie des dernières décennies sur la Révolte de Catalans en 1640 a mis l’accent sur la capacité de cohésion des institutions de la Principauté – principalement, la Generalitat et le Conseil des Cent – et sur l’implication croissante de vastes
Mathias Ledroit
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INHERITANCE AND INCEST: TOWARD A LÉVI‐STRAUSSIAN READING OF MONTESQUIEU'S DE L'ESPRIT DES LOIS1

History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 46-74, March 2025.
ABSTRACT The premise of this article is that Montesquieu, while seen as an Enlightenment thinker who contributed centrally to the development of the social sciences before the period of discipline formation in the nineteenth century, is generally appreciated in only the vaguest of terms.
Paul Cheney
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Absolute monarchy in France [PDF]

, 2012
An original scholarly interpretation of the nature of the French monarchy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It argues that rather than seeing this monarchy as centralised and administrative, we should see it as a state formation replete with ...
Campbell, Peter R
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MOBOCRACY AND MONARCHY A Ritualistic Reconciliation with the Anachronism of the Dutch Monarchy

Ethnologia Europaea, 2014
The relation of the Dutch people towards their monarchy has always been ambiguous. The celebration of the monarch’s birthday has become a festive and massive expression of Orangeism, turning the event into a national feast day for all. The celebration is, however, characterized by a certain suspension of rules (“freemarkets”) and brings up forms of ...
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How does ski infrastructure change soil erosion processes on hillslope?

Land Degradation &Development, Volume 35, Issue 10, Page 3378-3391, June 2024.
Abstract Ski tourism's popularity is driving a rise in the number of ski resorts. This study aims to present the impact of ski infrastructure on soil erosion processes in the example from a small catchment in the Gubałowskie Foothills in southern Poland, where landscape changes before (since 1879) and after the construction of the ski station (2007 ...
Dawid Piątek, Anita Bernatek‐Jakiel
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Riflessioni sulla monarchia universale in Europa

Montesquieu.it, 2009
Italian translation Montesquieu's Réflexions sur la monarchie universelle en Europe (1734), by Domenico ...
Charles Louis Montesquieu
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Récits de vie et itinéraires semi-planétaires des agents de la Couronne espagnole au XVIIe siècle

E-Spania, 2017
Au début du XVIIe siècle, des agents de la Monarchie catholique circulaient à travers le monde et s’installaient aux Philippines. Parmi eux, des officiers de la Couronne, des militaires, des ecclésiastiques mais encore des navigateurs qui tentaient ...
Delphine Tempère
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Die Myriopoden der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie

Nature
THE centipedes, millipeds, and their allies have hitherto not only been neglected by English naturalists, but practically by Continental workers, until the present generation.

semanticscholar   +1 more source

Studio delle varianti ideologiche nell’inno pascoliano Al Re Umberto

Italies
Le but de cet article est d’analyser les différentes rédactions manuscrites de l’hymne pascolien Al Re Umberto, publié le 12 août 1900, treize jours après l’assassinat du roi d’Italie.
Fabrice De Poli
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