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Orbis Litterarum, Volume 78, Issue 5, Page 421-440, October 2023., 2023 Abstract Early modern French dramas c.1550–1660 stage a multitude of female figures. Two of the most popular were the Greek‐Egyptian ruler Cleopatra and the Carthaginian noblewoman Sophonisbe who all in all appear in no less than 13 French tragedies from this period including some of the period's most important ones.
Anastasia Ladefoged Larn +1 more
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L’inférence dans les romans judiciaires d’Émile Gaboriau
Orbis Litterarum, Volume 77, Issue 6, Page 386-404, December 2022., 2022 Résumé L’injection de l’heuristique dans le romanesque est loin d’être un recours littéraire nouveau. Un certain nombre de romanciers (tels Voltaire, Balzac, Bernanos, Robbe‐Grillet ou Butor) ne se sont pas privés d’y toucher. Ceci dit, ce sont notamment les écrivains attitrés du genre policier qui s’y sont spécialisés.
Daniela Ventura
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Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 223-237, June 2022., 2022 Abstract The Anglo‐Venetian Giustiniana Wynne, Countess of Rosenberg Orsini, best known for her novel Les Morlaques (1788), had epistolary relations with friends from the Veneto as well as across Europe and is therefore part of the network of the European Republic of Letters.
Rotraud von Kulessa
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Profils d’un lectorat: Enquête sur les signatures d’énigmes du Mercure de France (1724‐1778)
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 11-28, March 2022., 2022 Abstract Little is known about the distribution of ancien régime French periodicals and there are few sources on readers’ geographical origins and social positions. Most studies rely on subscriber lists, but subscription is not the only possible mode of acquisition.
Timothée Léchot
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The Death Penalty and Historical Change in Spain
Journal of Historical Sociology, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 305-322, June 2021., 2021 Abstract This article studies the long duration of the death penalty in Spain until its abolition in the Constitution of 1978. After analysing the plurality of theoretical approaches and possibilities offered by archival sources and specialised historiography (particularly those produced by specialists in the history of law and social history), I ...
Pedro Oliver Olmo
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Feu la D.C.D. L'arrêt Miller et la peine de mort [PDF]
, 1977 The Miller case, decided by the Supreme Court of Canada on October 5, 1976, puts the death penalty under the light of the Canadian Bill of Rights which formulates the right to life and the right to protection against cruel and unusual treatment or ...
Brun, Henri
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La mort est bien vivante : Pour une perspective socio-thanatologique [PDF]
, 1982 Pour mieux comprendre les changements des conditions de la mort, et pour mieux poser les questionnements qui en découlent, il faut situer les réalités du mourir et de la mort par rapport aux mouvements sociaux qui produisent et traversent aujourd'hui le ...
Carette, Jean
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Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 262-275, June 2020., 2020 Abstract In the history of scholarly practice, Voltaire stands out among eighteenth‐century authors for his critical attitude towards erudite reading habits. His contempt for the “compilateurs” is a radical expression of the Enlightenment desire to write free of the traditions and burdens of the past.
Vanessa de Senarclens
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Sociology of Health &Illness, Volume 42, Issue 2, Page 232-246, February 2020., 2020 Abstract This study analyses ‘Do‐It‐Yourself’ (DIY) gerontechnologies and shows that they can be viable and valuable alternatives to ‘ready‐made’ gerontechnologies. Using the concept of innosumption, we analyze the work of care workers in gerontechnology showrooms in Norway.
Jenny M. Bergschöld +2 more
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