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The visibility of women in tenth‐century Rome
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 522-544, November 2025.Women played a significant part in tenth‐century Rome, and the documentation makes them visible in a way rarely seen in early medieval sources. First examining the political agency of the foremost among them, women like Marozia and the Theophylact family senatrices, this paper also highlights the socio‐economic, legal and cultural role of many women of
Veronica West‐Harling
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Logos, Biblios & Bibliotheke: Christian Influences In Library Development
, 2002 The influence of the Christian faith in the growth and development of libraries begins with the fundamental character of Yahweh, God of the Bible. By outlining the characteristics of Yahweh, we begin to understand the conceptual framework on which ...
Tucker, John Mark
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The rulership of Pippin I of Aquitaine
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 545-571, November 2025.This article uses the reign of Pippin I of Aquitaine (d. 838) as a case study for the historiographical concept of ‘sub‐rulership’ in Carolingian Francia. It unpicks how Pippin’s status varied over time, arguing that Pippin’s rulership represents well the tension between kingship as an office and as a dynastic status.
Eddie Meehan
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Ambivalence about the Angelic Life: The Promise and Perils of an Early Christian Discourse of Asceticism [PDF]
, 2008 The equation of the ascetic life with "the angelic life" permeates ancient writing about the renunciatory efforts of Christians; indeed, contemporary scholars often use this same discourse as shorthand for the ascetic movement in Christianity.
Ellen Muehlberger
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Gender and Segregation: An Introduction
Gender &History, Volume 37, Issue 3, Page 795-804, October 2025.ABSTRACT This introduction to the Special Issue explores the ways in which a gendered analysis illuminates histories of segregation. It argues three key points. First, it is essential to understand segregation from an intersectional perspective, one that fully integrates gender alongside other factors and dynamics in order to fully understand the ...
Lisa Hellman +3 more
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Russian idea in exile : Mother Maria Skobtsova's apocalyptic thought [PDF]
, 2005 Non Peer ...
Kahla, Elina
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Educational Theory, Volume 75, Issue 5, Page 936-961, October 2025.Abstract In contemporary contexts of digitalization, proliferating media, and generative AI, various “life hacks” are regularly recommended to disconnect and resist distraction, ranging from meditation to getting back to nature to unplugging. This paper traces contemporary concerns over “the attention crisis” into a longer signature — the frequently ...
Antti Saari, Bernadette M. Baker
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African Controversy: The Inheritance of the Donatist Schism in Vandal Africa [PDF]
, 2014 A sense of an ending dominates accounts of African Christianity after the Vandal conquest of the 430s, not least as a result of the apparent disappearance of the Donatists in an Africa now ruled by Homoian Christians.
Robin Whelan
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Child Ordination in South and Southeast Asian Buddhism
Religion Compass, Volume 19, Issue 8, August 2025.ABSTRACT This essay presents scholarship on the lifestyles of Buddhist young people who ordain before reaching the age of 18 or 20—ages that in many nations today signify adulthood. It covers questions about the forms of education provided young nuns and monks, the care and emotional support such children receive.
Liz Wilson
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Child Ordination in South Asian Jainism
Religion Compass, Volume 19, Issue 7, July 2025.ABSTRACT The practice of initiating minors (children under the age of 18 [bāla or bāl]), was once common among Śvetāmbara Jain mendicant communities in South Asia. This article summarizes scholarship on Jain child ordination, specifically initiation (dīkṣā) into Śvetāmbara mendicant life.
Liz Wilson
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