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Love, Class‐Crossing Courtship, and the Reading of English Novels in Late Eighteenth‐Century Sweden

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how novel reading influenced the courtship practices of Pehr Stenberg, a peasant who became a clergyman. Stenberg wrote a detailed account of his life in which his courtships of high‐born women are described in detail. These courtships took place during a transformative time when the ideal that marriage should be based on
Ina Lindblom
wiley   +1 more source

Warriors, heroes and companions: negotiating masculinity in Viking-Age England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Detailed analysis of the construction of gender identities has transformed our understanding of many aspects of early medieval society, yet the study of the Vikings in Britain has largely remained immune to this branch of scholarship.
Hadley, D.M.
core  

New Frontiers in EU Trade Policy: Moving Beyond Conventional Trade Agreements

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the rules‐based international trading system faces stagnation and increasing unilateralism, the European Union's trade policy must evolve beyond conventional free trade agreements (FTAs). This article examines recent trends in EU trade agreements, highlighting not only their expanded scope to include areas such as digital trade ...
Niall Moran
wiley   +1 more source

Cohort profile: Norwegian survey of health and ageing (NORSE). [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
Strand BH   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Racial Thinking in Old Norse Literature: The Case of the Blámaðr [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
There are not many kind words to be said about the notion of ‘race’. In the last century alone, it has shown itself to be a way of thinking that both lacks any basis in empirical reality (Montagu 1997, 121–44), and is liable to cause a great deal of ...
Cole, RKE
core  

Writing in Britain and Ireland, c. 400 to c. 800 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
No abstract ...
Abrams   +1241 more
core   +1 more source

Australia and the Path Not Taken: The Declining Independence and Influence of Middle Powers

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian foreign policy has famously been distinguished by the search for ‘great and powerful friends’. However, Australia's relationship with its current notional protector and key ally—the United States—has generally had more costs than benefits and, I argue, has consequently not been in Australia's much‐invoked ‘national interest ...
Mark Beeson
wiley   +1 more source

“Welcome to France.” Can mandatory integration contracts foster immigrant integration?

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract European governments, struggling with incorporating diverse immigrant populations, introduced integration contracts. Through language training and compulsory civics courses, these contracts aim to induce new migrants to adopt the host society's culture, respect its values, and improve their labor market outcomes.
Mathilde Emeriau   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Frankish rivalries and Norse warriors [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
non
Searle, Eleanor
core  

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