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Divine Self‐Placement, Sacred Placemaking: The Virgin of El Rocío and Territorial Custodianship in Early Modern Spain

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This essay argues that the Rocío hallazgo legend employs divine self‐placement to turn territorial uncertainty into sacred stewardship. The Virgin's miraculous refusal to move establishes the marshlands of Las Rocinas as a communal religious site, transforming a marginal and legally ambiguous area.
Adriano Duque
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‘I have been to Rome and seen the Pope’: Parish works of archimandrite Sophonia (Sokolsky), rector of the Church of St. Nicholas of the Russian Imperial Mission in Rome, 1855–1860 [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви
The article “I Have Been to Rome and Seen the Pope: Parish Works of Archimandrite Sophonia (Sokolsky), Rector of the Church of St Nicholas of the Russian Imperial Mission in Rome, 1855–1860” is devoted to the parish activities carried out between 1855 ...
Alexander Mogilyov
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The Momentum of ‘Developed’: Bodies of Water, Aging Bodies and Malta's Interventions at the UN

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Histories of major powers continue to shape how many scholars conceptualize internationalism. By focusing on Malta's interventions at the UN challenges, this article challenges such narrative. In particular, it examines Arvid Pardo's 1967 petition that the seabed be reconceived and protected as the ‘common heritage of mankind’ and Vincent ...
Brianne Wesolowski
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Heterogeneity in the relationship between undocumented immigration and violent victimization: Evidence from the National Crime Victimization Survey

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Undocumented immigration and its relation to public safety are subjects of intense political debate in the United States. Empirical evidence remains limited, and prior research has not examined how the relationship between undocumented immigration and victimization risk may vary by individuals’ citizenship status and local immigration policy ...
Min Xie, Eric P. Baumer
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Spis ludności parafii Konopnica z 1760 roku

Przeszłość Demograficzna Polski, 2016
The Parish in Konopnica was created in the first half of the 15th century. Before the partitions of Poland it belonged to the Cracow diocese, and in 1805 it became part of theLublin diocese, which had just been set up.
Piotr Rachwał
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Information flow and the adoption of soil‐improving and water conservation measures, and household welfare: Insights from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Extension services are designed to facilitate the flow of information from researchers to farmers. However, information failures continue to impede the diffusion of soil‐improving and water conservation technologies in Sub‐Saharan African countries. We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension‐based campaign
Esther Gloria Mbabazi, Awudu Abdulai, Enoch M. Kikulwe, Elisabetta Gotor   +3 more
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The Royal Commission on the Constitution, 1927–1929

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Royal Commission on the Constitution (1927–1929) is a little‐remembered event in Australian political, policy and legal history, which produced—in the words of the constitutional law scholar Geoffrey Sawer—‘a useful student's textbook and a minor alteration in the Judiciary Act’.
Carolyn Holbrook
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Adam Moczulski – sędzia pokoju powiatu radzyńskiego, urzędnik i ziemianin. Próba biografii [PDF]

Radzyński Rocznik Humanistyczny, 2019
The article shows the biography of Adam Moczulski, his public activity as the judge of peace and the official of Radzyń and Włodawa county, private life as the landowner, his financial and family situation.
Małgorzata Miernik, Jacek Siurek
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Church Death Registers as a Source for Researching Causes of Death Before and During World War I. The Case of the Parish Church in Dračić (Serbia)

Historical Life Course Studies
This paper analyses the causes of death among the inhabitants of villages belonging to the parish of the church in Dračić, in the Valjevo region, during the period 1909–1918.
Vladimir Krivošejev
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Captured participatory institutions: Theory and evidence from Venezuela's Consejos Comunales

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Can participatory institutions (PIs) facilitate development when captured by the government? We propose an original theoretical framework to investigate how changing incumbent priorities can shape the developmental and political effects of captured PIs.
Jared Abbott, Jose Morales‐Arilla
wiley   +1 more source