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Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)
Abstract This article analyses wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice during 1400–1800. The availability of a large database of homogeneous inequality measurements allows us to produce the most in‐depth study of the factors affecting inequality at the local level available thus far for any preindustrial society.
Guido Alfani +2 more
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Introduction. The issue of agricultural development in the Ottoman Empire has not been widely reflected in domestic and partly in foreign historiography.
E. R. Khalimbekova
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The Kosovo Vilayet in the geostrategic plans of the Ottoman Empire and the Eastern Question [PDF]
During the 19th century, particularly in its second half, significant changes occurred in international relations and the territorial organization of Europe and the world.
Sait Š. Šabotić
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
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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The Past Requires Reconciliation
Abstract This article presents three cases from the Orthodox Christian past that concern the defence of individuals and religious groups whose views differed from those of the official Orthodox Church. It also highlights the significance of the past in the Orthodox Christian context as a tradition that largely influences the behaviour of Orthodox ...
Petros A. Panagiotopoulos
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The Image of Turk and Turkey in the letters of Helmuth Graf Von Moltke (1835-1839)
Historically, official relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Prussian Kingdom (Germany) coincided with the mid-19th century. In this period, industrial empires began to rise in the West, and the German Empire established relations with the Ottoman
Mutlu ER
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In Turkish literature, it is recognised that popular novels written in the early Republican period had frequently criticized the old regime, Ottoman Empire, especially its negative aspects, in order to gain more legitimacy to the new regime. Looking into
Melih ERZEN
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Field Theory and Colonialism: Indirect Colonial Situation as a Social Field in Egypt (1882–1922)
ABSTRACT This paper argues that Egypt under British rule (1882–1922) constituted a field of power in which the local state of Egypt and the British administration competed to dominate three key subfields to ensure control over a contested territory: the modern courts system, policing, and agricultural production.
Mehdi Hoseini
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The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)
Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
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