Felons’ chattels and English living standards in the later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
Abstract The later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries have long occupied an intriguing and contested place in discussions of England's long‐run economic development. One key issue around which debate has coalesced is the living standards of the population as a whole and of different groups within it. We contribute to this debate by bringing forward new
Chris Briggs +4 more
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Analysis of “Responses of the Diocesan Bishops on the Issue of Church Reform” (1905–1906) in relation to Parish Development and Improvements [PDF]
The article presents an overview of opinions of bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church at the turn of the XIX–XX century on reasons of parish decline. Special attention is attributed to the question of parish reform and tendencies which influenced the ...
Olga Philippova
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Life‐cycle living standards of male‐headed households: Evidence from Stockholm, 1800–80
Abstract Recent research in economic history argues for using a household life cycle standard‐of‐living approach that includes the income and expenses of all household members and considers fluctuations in the household over the life course. This study builds on that approach by empirically examining the development of living standards in male‐headed ...
Anton Svensson
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\u27Conformists\u27 and \u27Church Trimmers\u27: the Liturgical Legacy of Restoration Anglicanism [PDF]
The attention paid to religion in recent accounts of Restoration England has had the refreshing result of adding complexity to the traditionally one-dimensional image of the established Church in this period. No longer is Anglicanism seen as synonymous
Ramsbottom, John D.
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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers
Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
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Kvinnorum i fadershus — kvinnliga prästers könsskapande
The aim with the article is to discuss how Swedish women clergy constitute gender in their professional career navigating between appreciation and resistance.
Birgitta Meurling
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Aspects and problems of the Templars’ religious presence in Medieval Europe from the twelfth to the early fourteenth century [PDF]
The medieval military orders were religious institutions whose members had professed to a life of combat and prayer that integrated them into a religious landscape exceedingly defined by diversity.
Schenk, Jochen
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The Pan‐Orthodox Celebration of the 1600th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 1925
Abstract This article explores the attempts to organize a Pan‐Orthodox Council in the years following the First World War that could gather in 1925 on the occasion of the 1600th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. While some of these efforts were remarkably ambitious, and although they were not always feasible or fully realized, they
Natallia Vasilevich
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The Henrician Reformation and the Parish Clergy
‘The scanty band of martyrs’ to the Catholic cause1 during the reign of Henry VIII poses a question for the historian of the Henrician Reformation which is still far from receiving a wholly satisfactory answer. Whatever the causes of the Pilgrimage of Grace, however varied the particular regional grievances which fuelled it, it cannot be regarded ...
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Dobrušský děkanát a jeho klérus do roku 1436
The study deals with the parish topography of the Dobruška deanery and its clergy until 1436. The focus is on defining the extent of the deanery, the patronages of churches, papal tithes and the distribution of the patronage right. It also deals with the
Václav Nečada
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