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Professors of the Prague Utraquist University and Their Careers in the Urban Milieu (1526–1622)

Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Historia Universitatis Carolinae Pragensis, 2021
The study is based on the prosopography of 93 professors, who have taught at the Prague Utraquist University in the years 1526–1622. It examines the careers of 63 of them, who have left the university and settled down in royal cities. They usually served
Marek Ďurčanský
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The Acts of Eadburg: drypoint additions to Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Selden Supra 30

Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
In 1913, two drypoint additions were identified in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Selden Supra 30 (SS30), an eighth‐century Southumbrian copy of the Acts of the Apostles. It was suggested that these additions, cut into the membrane of p. 47, were abbreviations of the Old English female name, Eadburg. Just over a century later, many more drypoint markings
Jessica Hendy‐Hodgkinson
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The status of thegn in late Anglo‐Saxon England

Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
This article considers how the term ‘thegn’ was used in tenth‐ and eleventh‐century England. Although commonly thought to indicate members of a face‐to‐face service aristocracy with specific attributes, it has resisted close definition. Examination of references to anonymous thegns in administrative and legal texts suggests that the people meant were ...
Richard Purkiss
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Toward an Interactive Directory for Norfolk, Nebraska: 1899-1900 [PDF]

, 2013
We describe steps toward an interactive directory for the town of Norfolk, Nebraska for the years 1899 and 1900. This directory would extend the traditional city directory by including a wider range of entities being described, much richer information ...
Allen, Robert B.
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The Social Origins and Education of the British Civil Service Elite, 1945–2022

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We provide a fuller account than previously available of the extent of change in the social backgrounds of the British civil service elite from 1945 onwards. We consider our findings in relation to questions of meritocracy in recruitment to the elite and of the representativeness of the elite of the population at large.
Erzsébet Bukodi, John H. Goldthorpe, Inga Steinberg   +2 more
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Свидетельства эпиграфики. Античная история в зеркале древних надписей [PDF]

, 2001
В данной работе античные инскрипции представлены как источник к изучению следующих страниц в истории Греции и Рима: локальные языки и местные культуры, античные имена, семья и общество, светская и религиозная жизнь, экономика.Настоящая монография издана ...

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A Certain Set of Skills? Pre‐Appointment Careers of Danish Ministerial Advisors

Governance, Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Ministerial advisors are politically appointed civil servants who serve at the intersection of politics and public administration. Drawing on the Public Service Bargain (PSB) framework, this article argues that the competencies associated with ministerial advisors reflect a dynamic bargain shaped by broader transformations in the political ...
Harald Brønd
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Who’s who in the system of the Egyptian cults on the Black Sea coast: prosopographic and anthroponymic analysis of the adherents from the Danube Delta to Callatis [PDF]

Cercetări Arheologice
The conquests of the Roman state and the subsequent peace of Augustus ultimately changed the historical and cultural map of the Mediterranean. Included in the provincial system, the population of three continents establishes contacts to a much greater ...
Stefan Yanakiev
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Individuals and Society in Mycenaean Pylos [PDF]

, 2013
This book revises our understanding of Mycenaean society through a detailed analysis of individuals attested in the administrative texts from the Palace of Nestor at Pylos in southwestern Greece, ca. 1200 BC.
Dimitri Nakassis
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Petitions and the Material Culture of Political Organisation*

Parliamentary History, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 16-32, February 2026.
Abstract This article examines surviving manuscript petitions to reveal the material culture of political organisation. Conceptually, the article frames the material culture of petitions and the practices associated with petitioning as a technology that enabled political activity.
Henry Miller
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