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The Goddess: Myths of the Great Mother

open access: yes, 2016
The Goddess is all around us: Her face is reflected in the burgeoning new growth of every ensuing spring; her power is evident in the miracle of conception and childbirth and in the newborn’s cry as it searches for the nurturing breast; we glimpse her in
Fee, Christopher R., Leeming, David
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Strathconon, Scatwell and the Mackenzies in the Written Record c. 1463-c.1700 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Although some writers have considered the earlier history of Ross, these studies tend to focus on dynastic and political events and not much is know about the internal workings of Ross-shire far less Strathconon in the historical record prior to the end ...
Maccoinnich, Aonghas
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Thomas Gray and the Goths: philology, poetry, and the uses of the Norse past in eighteenth-century England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In 1761 Thomas Gray composed two loose translations of Old Norse poems: The Fatal Sisters and The Descent of Odin. This article reconstructs Gray’s complex engagement with the world of seventeenth-century Scandinavian scholarship: recovering the texts he
Williams, Kelsey Jackson
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Underutilised crops in Europe: An interdisciplinary approach towards sustainable practices

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract In the context of a rapidly growing global population and significant climatic and environmental change, there is an urgent need to produce nutritious food in a sustainable manner. Some crops are underutilised in Europe, despite their suitability to local environments, viability for sustainable production and potential to improve diets.
Meriel McClatchie   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forgotten Laxdæla poetry : a study and an edition of Tyrfingur Finnsson's Vísur uppá Laxdæla sögu [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The paper discusses the metre and the diction of a previously unpublished small poem about characters of Laxdæla saga, composed in 18th century. The stanzas are ostensibly in skaldic dróttkvætt; the analysis shows it to be an imitation of the classical ...
Sverdlov, Ilya, Vanherpen, Sofie
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Writing in Britain and Ireland, c. 400 to c. 800 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
No abstract ...
Abrams   +1241 more
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Digital Transformation of Retail Work: The Rise of Chaotic Rationalisation

open access: yesBritish Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine how new digital technologies are transforming labour processes in frontline jobs in United States (US) store‐based retail, examining the US as an extreme case of labour market liberalisation. Research on technological change presents three scenarios: job displacement, job enrichment and ‘digital Taylorism’ involving heightened ...
Chris Tilly, Françoise Carré
wiley   +1 more source

Making Sense of the Establishment Clause [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
While the jurisprudence of the Establishment Clause may not make much sense (common or otherwise) as a substantive legal matter, it does make sense as a series of jurisprudential maneuvers by which the Court has sought to make more room for religion in ...
Shulman, Jeffrey
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Navigating Family Relationships and a Sense of Home in Foster Care: The Experiences of Children With Migration Backgrounds

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Establishing a sense of belonging and home in foster care can be demanding for children, as placement involves discontinuities such as ruptures with family and networks. For children with migration backgrounds, this can include adapting to new languages, traditions, religious and cultural practices. In this study, we shed light on how children
Eirinn Hesvik Ljones   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Layers of powers: societies and institutions in Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Historians and social scientists have offered many and varied definitions of the term “community”. This chapter focuses on specific examples of face-to-face or local communities in order to test the possibilities and limits of the two major analytical ...
Amelang, J.   +4 more
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