The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 871-899, August 2026.Abstract In recent years economic inequality has become a major research topic in economic history. However, much remains to be done to complete our knowledge of long‐term distributive dynamics. This article highlights several promising avenues for future research, focusing on the preindustrial period.
Guido Alfani
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Beyond Brunhild: reassessing women in the Fredegar Chronicle
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 458-479, August 2026.Scholarly consideration of women in the seventh‐century Fredegar chronicle has long been dominated by the author’s hostility towards Brunhild, queen of Austrasia. Statistical analysis of Latin world chronicles before ad 900, however, shows that Fredegar’s representation of women was unusually high within this tradition.
Emily Quigley
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Legislative recognition and implementation challenges of living wills in China. [PDF]
Philos Ethics Humanit MedChen L.
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Aristocratic identification in Felix’s Life of Guthlac
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 435-457, August 2026.Recent scholarship often sees high‐born monastics and clerics in early Christian England as part of the aristocratic class. Modern identity theories, however, suggest that social identity could be dynamic, situational, processual and discursive. In light of this concept, the present article reads Felix’s Life of Guthlac as a text that constructs an ...
Lek Hang Chan
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Choice, struggle, and resilience: the experience of pre-loss grief among Chinese family caregivers of cancer patients. [PDF]
BMC Palliat CareBao S, Chen Y.
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Women, Crime, and Law in Latin America's Nineteenth Century
History Compass, Volume 24, Issue 4, August 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines the literature on women as perpetrators of crime in 19th‐century Latin America, a topic largely overlooked in historical scholarship. While most studies focus on women as victims of domestic or sexual violence, this work explores women as perpetrators of crime, specifically reproductive crimes (abortion and infanticide ...
Reuben Zahler
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Marriage Mandates: Understanding Parental Pressures to Marry Among Taiwanese Young Adults
Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 88, Issue 4, Page 1023-1038, August 2026.ABSTRACT Objective This study uses unique, intergenerational data from Taiwan to examine parental pressure on adult children to marry. Background Despite the increase in delayed marriage and non‐marriage in East Asia, there is still considerable parental pressure on adult children to marry, but little is known about the familial factors and social ...
Jen‐Hao Chen, Kuan‐Ju Huang
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The vicious cycle of stigma: A multi-level analysis of dementia help seeking and care in Malaysia. [PDF]
Alzheimers Dement (Amst)Lim JNW +4 more
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Reconfiguring Functional Solidarity: Typologies of Intergenerational Support in Contemporary China
Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 88, Issue 4, Page 990-1003, August 2026.ABSTRACT Objective This study provides an updated typology of intergenerational support between parents and adult children in contemporary China. Background A growing body of research has documented the diversity of intergenerational relationships among Chinese families, yet existing studies often lack granularity in capturing functional solidarity ...
Yanjun Zhang +3 more
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"It Is Not Possible to Balance It Easily": A Phenomenological Study Exploring the Experience of Work-Family Conflict in Contemporary Chinese Society. [PDF]
Behav Sci (Basel)Chen S, Cheng MI, Elqayam S, Scase M.
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