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The ancient diocese of Tui was, due to its strategic location on the banks of the Miño river, a borderline bishopric which encompas-sed territories in southwestern Galicia and northern Portugal from the 5th to the 15th century.
Margarita Vázquez Corbal
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LEGISLATING ABOUT THE MONARCHY [PDF]
NO one believes that the British monarchy is perfect certainly not the monarch herself, who said in a speech during her annus horribilis in 1992 that the monarchy should not be free from scrutiny, and that there should be no holding back from debate about it.' The monarchy, it is said, adapts itself so as to meet the requirements of a changing society ...
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Religious and Political Authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [PDF]
Alfred Stepan’s “twin-tolerations” thesis (2000) is a model for explaining different ways that religious and political authority come to be reconciled.
Alboaouh, Kamel, Mahoney, Jon
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Historical reflections on progress and tradition [PDF]
Reflecting on the tension between progressives and traditionalists in present-day Egypt, the author surveys comparable conflicts in the European past.
van Caenegem, Raoul
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Jean‐Baptiste Say and the Political Economy of Republican Utopia in Revolutionary France
Abstract This article offers a fresh analysis of Olbie (1798), a frequently overlooked essay by the French author and economist Jean‐Baptiste Say (1767–1832). It positions Olbie as a central text for comprehending Say's political thought and situates it within the wider historical context, in particular French republicanism during the 1790s.
MINCHUL KIM
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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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A construção do «hispanismo» na obra política de António Sardinha (1915-1925)
The importance of « Hispanism » in António Sardinha’s (1887-1925) political thought has been drawing increasing attention among Portuguese Historiography.
George Manuel Gomes
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The Old Regime (of Mutualisation) and the Revolution (of Big Data)
ABSTRACT In his classic work L'ancien régime et la révolution, Alexis de Tocqueville proposes a reinterpretation of the French Revolution: behind the spectacular ruptures associated with the event, profound continuities are at play. Beyond the specific case of the French Revolution, Tocqueville calls for vigilance in mobilizing the notion of revolution
Pierre Francois
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William II or Florence the Guardian William II, count of Holland and King of the Holy Roman Empire from 1247 to 1256, the year in which he was murdered by rebellious West-Frisians, was buried in the abbey of Middelburg.
Erik H.P. Cordfunke, George J.R. Maat
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Corporate brands, the British Monarchy, and the resource-based view of the firm [PDF]
Drawing on the nascent literature on corporate brands, the economic theory of the resourced-based view of the firm and the extensive literature on the British Monarchy, this article examines the branding credentials of the British Crown.
Balmer, JMT
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