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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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Le modèle de la codification napoléonienne et les temps modernes

Czasopismo Prawno-Historyczne, 2007
Le 30 Ventôse An XII, fut signée par Bonaparte et scellée du sceau del’Etat une « loi sur la réunion des lois civiles en un seul corps, sous le titrede Code civil des Français » Douze mois avaient sufii au législateur de cetemps pour adopter les trente ...
Pierre Catala
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‘Enthusiasts’ and ‘Fanatics’: The Decembrists as a Case Study in French Influence on Russian Culture, Emotions and Thought

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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Family Work Among the Astors

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within classical sociological accounts of capitalism, families are curious remnants of the past. Contemporary elite sociology dismisses the family in a different way: by primarily focusing on individual men. When the family does appear within elite studies, scholars frequently follow a stratification framework, which focuses on the ...
Shamus Khan, Max Besbris, Estela Diaz
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A. Manfred: Napoleón Bonaparte.

Cuadernos de Historia Moderna, 1989
Sin ...
Jesús Payo de Lucas
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Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A theory of degenerate autocracy

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Many dictatorships end up with a series of disastrous decisions such as Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein's aggression against Kuwait. Even if a certain policy choice is not ultimately fatal for the regime, such as Mao's Big Leap Forward or the Pol Pot's collectivization drive, they typically involve both a miscalculation ...
Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
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A ninny, an idiot and an economic theorist

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract Anton Chekhov's story ‘The ninny’ meets the question: ‘What is the meaning of economic theory?’
Ariel Rubinstein
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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Plan de reforma de la iglesia española impulsado por Napoleón Bonaparte

Hispania Sacra, 2008
El artículo aborda el plan de reforma de la Iglesia española, desconocido hasta hoy, impulsado por Napoleón Bonaparte en 1808 y elaborado por un equipo dirigido por monseñor de Pradt, base de la política religiosa del gobierno josefino.
Luis Barbastro Gil
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Theodor Steinbüchel's Great Figures of Christian Humanism

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Theodor Steinbüchel (1888–1949) offers a study of eight figures in Western history who may be regarded as gestalts of Christian Humanism. He argued that none of these eight figures will ever return in the same way, but since there was an eternal conception of Christianity to which their ethos gave human form, each of these gestalts can be ...
Tracey Rowland
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