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The Material and Textual Value of Manuscript and Print Binding Waste☆
Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 166-189, April 2026.Abstract In 2019, the Foundation of Christ's Hospital at Lincoln made a bequest of early printed books to the Bodleian Library. The collection is rich in sixteenth‐century tooled bindings, many of which preserve manuscript and printed waste in the form of pastedowns, endleaves and endleaf guards.
Tamara Atkin
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Posthumous Veneration of King Leonidas in Sparta
Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные наукиThis article examines several narratives about the posthumous veneration of King Leonidas in Sparta. The details of the funeral ceremony held for him are analyzed.
L. G. Pechatnova
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Classica Cracoviensia, 2016 Alexander, his Teacher and his Status of Philosophy in Plutarch of Chaeronea: an Inquiry into the Meaning of a Certain Exchange of Letters The principal focus of the present article is the exchange of letters quoted by Plutarch of Chaeronea ...
Joanna Komorowska
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Four Dimensions of Presidential Leadership: Rethinking Nelson Mandela's Presidency
Presidential Studies Quarterly, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT This article applies a four‐dimensional analytical framework to re‐evaluate Nelson Mandela's presidency (1994–1999). The framework distinguishes tensions and synergies across four key domains of leadership: executive and symbolic, party and state, international and domestic, and formal versus informal.
Anthony Butler
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Alexander and the Spoils of War in Plutarch: Politics, Discipline and Ideology [PDF]
UirtusThis article examines the management of war booty in Plutarch’s Life of Alexander, distinguishing between distribution to troops, honorary gifts, storage/minting, and the treatment of individuals (slavery, executions, clemency).
Ibrahima Diamanka
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PsyCh Journal, Volume 14, Issue 6, Page 940-951, December 2025.ABSTRACT Minority opinions can be of crucial importance to the diversity, productivity, and harmony of a group, but are often left unattended and unheard. Previous methods that tried to enhance minority influence are usually overly forceful and low on ecological validity. To overcome these pitfalls, we proposed a new intervention method called minority
Baizhou Wu +4 more
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The Literary Court: Reading Queen Charlotte
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 509-524, December 2025.Abstract This article investigates the literary culture revolving around Queen Charlotte (1744–1818) between 1761 and 1818. The Queen's library, sold after her death in 1818, contained more than 4500 volumes, and the sales catalogue (1819) offers a fascinating glimpse into her collecting habits and reading interests. This article uses the catalogue, as
Mascha Hansen
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Feminismo/s, 2012 Archaeological findings help us to make an interpretation of history that is hidden behind the myths; I focus in particular those relating to the history of the oracle at Delphi and Dodona. In last times, the cult of Delphi, when Plutarch was a priest of
Neus Calvo Escamilla
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Una suggestione archilochea ne La Città Morta?
Archivio d’Annunzio, 2020 This note proposes the hypothesis that in La città morta, Act II, sc. I, d’Annunzio used a fragment of Archilochus, sent to us by Plutarch and Athenaeus.
Bisanti, Armando
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What Sustains Wars: Will to Fight Versus Military Might
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1554, Issue 1, Page 66-86, December 2025.This essay examines how psychosocial forces shape will to fight through the Devoted Actor Framework (DAF). Devoted actors, bound by sacred, non‐negotiable ideals and fused group identities, pursue a quest for ontological significance that sustains conflict beyond material incentives.
Scott Atran
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