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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
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Pope Leo and Chalcedon: how to prepare, appreciate and defend a problematic council [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви, 2020 In the middle of the 5th century, in a context where the Alexandrian and Constantinopolitan models were experiencing an exacerbation of their rivalry, the See of Rome also put its claims to the test of the ecclesial realities of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Philippe Blaudeau
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Contemporary European Politics, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Following a breakdown in the post‐1989 liberal consensus that governed Polish democracy promotion in its eastern neighbours under Law and Justice's term from 2015, we can expect policy changes to Polish democracy promotion. Paying tribute to historical explanations of Poland's democracy promotion, this article links the historical legacies of ...
Wicke van den Broek
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Biserica Ortodoxă în viziunea lui Martin Luther: disputa de la Leipzig (1519)
TheoRhēma, 2018 By the mid-16th century, besides the heavy confrontation between the Catholic Church and Luther, there had been some attempts to connect Lutherans with the Orthodox, the Jews and even with the Turks.
Daniel Nițulescu
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Induced abortion in the world: 3. In search of a minimum common ground
International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 173, Issue 3, Page 1223-1231, June 2026.Abstract The rising worldwide trend toward legalization of termination of pregnancy has been accompanied by increased polarization around abortion. Two opposite broad coalitions emerged from this confrontation, generally known as the “pro‐life” and “pro‐choice” movements. The basic issue for pro‐life advocates is that the protection of “innocent, human
Giuseppe Benagiano +4 more
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Narratives Contextualizing Numeric Disclosures: Insights From Earnings Calls
Journal of Business Finance &Accounting, Volume 53, Issue 3, Page 1263-1286, June 2026.ABSTRACT We investigate how narrative disclosures during earnings conference calls (ECCs) provide context for quantitative numeric disclosures in quarterly earnings releases, enhancing their informativeness. Drawing on a large sample of 34,918 quarterly ECCs from 1621 US‐listed firms from 2007 to 2020, we extract interpretable textual attributes—such ...
Imelda Taraj, Ranik Raaen Wahlstrøm
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La recezione dell’autorità pontificia a Costantinopoli tra IX e XI secolo: alcune circostanze
Theologica Leoniana, 2023 Attraverso alcuni testi legati alla seconda controversia iconoclasta (815-843), allo scisma foziano (867), alla genesi dell’autocefalia bulgara (917-923) e all’elezione dell’anti-papa Giovanni Filagato (997), l’articolo mostra come il mondo bizantino ...
Filippo Carcione
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Who Is the System? On the Externalisation and Depersonalisation of Responsibility for Abuse
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 686-697, March/April 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines the externalisation and depersonalisation of responsibility in the institutional communication of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of sexualised violence. Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems is used to show how semantic constructions such as ‘systemic causes’ rhetorically blur responsibility and contribute ...
Thomas Kron
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The Politics of Preferences for Public Mental Health Insurance in Quebec
Canadian Public Administration, Volume 69, Issue 1, Page 45-62, March 2026.Abstract We study public demand for the extension of public health insurance to psychological services. Previous research neglects the interplay of self‐interest and ideology to explain individuals’ willingness to pay for public mental health care. Relying on an original survey of the Quebec population, we show that support for the extension of mental ...
Olivier Jacques, Gabriel Gosselin
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The Fourth Ecumenical Council and the Issue of the Primacy of the Bishop of Rome
Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2019 Introduction. Despite multiple references and partial treatment of the proposed topic in scholarly literature, the necessity of its full-scaled analysis on the basis of the Acts of the Fourth Ecumenical Council held in Chalcedon in 451 still remains ...
Mikhail V. Gratsianskiy
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