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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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The Catholicization of Pokutia: Ethno-Confessional and Historical Myth of the Ukrainian Historiography [PDF]
Codrul Cosminului, 2017 This article is devoted to the issue of the so-called “Catholicism” (ritus latini) on the territory of ethnographic and historical region of Pokutia in the 11th–18st centuries.
Volodymyr Velykochyi +1 more
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The Russian Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the assassination of Duma representative Mikhail Gertsenshtein in July 1906 as the pivotal moment for the emergence of the concept of “right‐wing terrorism” (pravyi terrorizm) in the Russian Empire. Drawing on court documents, police files, and censorship reports, this article argues that the significance of the ...
Moritz Florin
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Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 2004 The old monastery of the Lóios de Arraiolos priests (Alto Alentejo, Portugal) dedicated in the past to «Nossa Senhora da Assunção», was inhabited between the 16th and 19th century by the blue canons, also called the Lóios priests.
Paula Tavares
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Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, August 2026.Abstract I propose the concept of delomization, the process whereby a sign comes to be understood as a symbol. I term such signs delomes. With rhematization and dicentization, delomization completes the triplet that linguistic anthropologists derive from Charles Sanders Peirce's third trichotomy.
Urmila Nair
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Zarys historii obrządków wschodnich na północnych obszarach Królestwa Węgier
Adeptus, 2013 Eastern rite churches in the northern areas of the Kingdom of Hungary – historical outline The article provides an overview of the history of Eastern rites in the northern areas of the Kingdom of Hungary, focusing chiefly on the historical-graphic ...
Franciszek Rapacki
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Integrating human acceptance into habitat suitability models for snow leopards in northern Bhutan
People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 7, Page 2266-2280, July 2026.Abstract Habitat suitability models are commonly used to assess the potential distribution of large carnivores by identifying ecologically favourable areas. However, these models often overlook human dimensions, such as conflict and acceptance, which can lead to overestimation of species ranges and a mismatch between predicted and actual distributions.
Dechen Lham +4 more
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Ripple Effects: Social Turmoil Following Infant Kidnapping Attempts in Wild Geladas
Ethology, Volume 132, Issue 7, Page 485-497, July 2026.Graphical abstract illustrating the social consequences of infant kidnapping in wild geladas (Theropithecus gelada). The study monitors a 28‐day period divided into a 14‐day pre‐kidnapping phase and a 14‐day post‐kidnapping phase. ABSTRACT Infant kidnapping is an extreme social disruption reported in some primate species, yet its consequences on social
Alice Galotti +13 more
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The Tver list of the Story of the vision of the monk Ipatii: research and publication
Язык и текст, 2016 In the article the author analyzes the Tver list of the Story of the vision of the monk Ipatii, established in the Solovetsky monastery in 1667. Tver list refers to the original version of the monument, rewritten in the near future its creation. Attached
Gadalova G.S.
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