Results 81 to 90 of about 46,328 (236)

An Attempted Albanian Settlement in Istria Orchestrated Together with Venetian Authorities (1610‑1612)

open access: yesDiasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire
The Adriatic region has been characterized by spontaneous migrations and almost obligatory escapes, resulting in the constant redefinition of existing cities and the establishment of new ones.
Bruno Pomara
doaj   +1 more source

The Ottoman state and descendants of the prophet in Anatolia and the Balkans (c. 1500-1700) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Throughout the Islamic world those claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad (T. seyyid/serif pl. sadat/esraf) were (and are) accorded a special status.
Hulya, Canbakal, Hülya, Canbakal
core   +1 more source

Framing Irredentism: Ancient Statehood, Sacred Lands and Causes and the National Family

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although irredentism—the attempt by states to retrieve ‘lost’ lands and peoples—rarely occurs, it has highly destabilizing effects on international security and is difficult to resolve given the number of actors drawn into these conflicts.
John Nagle
wiley   +1 more source

The Chechens and the Ingush in the Ottoman empire in the second half of the 19th century: the processes of emigration and re-emigration

open access: yesКавказология
The mountain peoples of the North Caucasus were forced to relocate to the Ottoman Empire in the mid-19th century as a result of the Russian Empire's deliberate strategy.
Akhmed K. Chapanov
doaj   +1 more source

U HUMSKOJ ZEMLJI // IN THE LAND OF HUM [PDF]

open access: yesHistorijski pogledi, 2018
The paper deals with the position of Herzegovina in the Middle Ages. Although the significance and role of the surrounding causes and phenomena have been elaborated, which have undoubtedly influenced the situation of this area in certain periods, the ...
Adnan Velagić
doaj  

Ottoman Authors Revisited: Name Authority Records at the BnF

open access: yesTürk Kütüphaneciliği, 2012
Despite the proposals developed by Birnbaum in 1968, rules and practices to establish authority records for Ottoman authors have gaps and / or are still not completely implemented. The diversity of ways in which reference is made to these authors, the lack ofpatronyms in the sense of a hereditary family name, the range of given names among Ottoman ...
openaire   +1 more source

Pre-Eighteenth-Century Traditions of Revivalism: Damascus in the Thirteenth Century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This article examines whether it is possible to trace eighteenth and nineteenth-century revivalist thought to earlier ‘medieval’ examples. The discussion is centred on the issue of ijtihad/taqlid, which featured prominently in revivalist thought.
Hirschler, Konrad
core   +1 more source

From Masada to Sarikamis: Trauma and Defeat Turns Into Heroic Resistance and Ontological Security

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article traces the characteristics of the political discourse in the post‐modern era, which sees the necessity of using traumas and defeat to create national‐religious narratives. Through a critical discourse study of two case studies—the Battle of Masada (73 CE) and the Battle of Sarikamis (1914–1915), this article presents an analytical
Tarik Basbugoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Liberation’ of ‘Younger Brothers’ or Genocide of Subhumans? Genocidal Discourses on Ukrainians in Putin's Regime

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores Russia's genocidal discourses on Ukrainians, focusing on the predominant narrative that frames cultural genocide as the ‘liberation’ of Ukrainians through the erasure of their cultural identity. Existing literature tends to overlook this form of genocidal discourse, which diverges from typical ‘othering’ by instead ...
Martin Laryš
wiley   +1 more source

An Exploratory Spatial Analysis of the Churches in the Southern Mani Peninsula, Greece [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The Mani Peninsula is home to hundreds of Orthodox Christian churches that were built within the last millennium. As in other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean countryside, the topological relationship between churches and settlements is a critical ...
Kalaycı, Tuna, Seifried, Rebecca M
core   +2 more sources

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy