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Media and Monarchy : An Introduction
, 2009 This introductory chapter presents an overview of how the Swedish monarchy has related to and used the media over the centuries. By discussing examples not included in preceeding chapters, the text widens the scope of the book both theoretically and ...
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Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea, 2013 Armed Forces, especially conscription army, have been a powerful tool for the nationalization of the masses. In Italy, the House of Savoy quickly understood that it had to change its orientation from dynastic to national, in order to keep its hegemony ...
Jacopo Lorenzini ha conseguito la Laurea Magistrale in Scienze Storiche con lode presso l’Università di Bologna nel 2012 e, in cotutela, presso l’Université Paris VII – Denis Diderot. Attualmente è dottorando all’Università di Siena. Fa parte del collettivo bolognese di giovani storici «Il Caso S».
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Closeness and disappointment in Jordanian friendships Proximité et déception en amitié en Jordanie
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Western folk models of friendship assume that friends like one another, implying mutually positive feelings. However, accounts of friendship from across times and places suggest that disappointment goes along with friendship as often as mutual affection.
Susan MacDougall
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Codes as Constitution: The Development of the Biblical Law-Codes from Monarchy to Theocracy [PDF]
, 2009 As a result of influence from assyriology and the sociology of law, the Hebrew legal texts have commonly been categorised in recent study as ancient law-codes analogous to the cuneiform codes recovered from the ancient Near East.
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research explores the adaptive strategies employed by Conversas (Christian women of Jewish origin) and Moriscas (Christian women of Muslim origin) in navigating adversity, particularly in their interactions with inquisitorial authorities in the early modern Crown of Aragon. This study analyses these women's efforts to uphold religious and
Ivana Arsić
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Twilight of the European Monarchy
, 2011 Historical overview of monarchies in Europe – Conceptual development of ‘monarchy’ and ‘republic’ – Decline of the hereditary principle for heads of state in Europe – Rise of the constitutional monarchy – Pressure of the European Union on ...
Wim Roobol
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‘Fine Men from Afar’: Cricket and Empire on the Home Front
History, EarlyView.Abstract During the Second World War, contrary to enduring images of bombardment and scarcity, people on Britain's ‘Home Front’ continued to take part in a broad array of sporting activities. Cricket played a more significant role in the wartime sporting landscape than many historians have previously recognized.
Michael Collins
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State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies
History, EarlyView.Abstract Monarchy, as the world's oldest and most enduring form of political organization, is an area that has attracted the attention of scholars from a range of disciplines. Two connected and complementary fields embody this interdisciplinary study of monarchy and monarchies: royal studies, which takes an all‐encompassing approach to monarchy, and ...
Jonathan Spangler, Elena Woodacre
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Royal Studies Journal, 2019 This article connects legal history with cultural and intellectual approaches to the history of late medieval England by focusing on the expression, ‘flowers of the crown.’ Believed to have originated in the early Stuart period, this article locates its ...
Edward William Cavanagh
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History, EarlyView.Abstract Participants in Russia's 1825 Decembrist uprising against the Tsarist regime were, quite literally, a case study in French cultural influence upon Russia. This is particularly true as it relates to Russia's emotional cultures. Although this has not, traditionally, been the primary focus of historical analysis of this event (in Soviet or ...
ADAM COKER
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