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The Acts of Eadburg: drypoint additions to Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Selden Supra 30
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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This work will present the development of the author's master's project, which aims to define and analyze the composition of the parish clergyman who worked in the parishes of Rio Grande, Rio Pardo and Santo Amaro between 1738 and 1807, using the ...
Rafaela Zanotto Casagrande
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The status of thegn in late Anglo‐Saxon England
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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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]
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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Praetorian Prefects of Emperor Commodus
The article presents the history of ten praetorian prefects of Emperor Commodus. The prosopographical method used by the author of the article is extremely useful in the studies on individuals in the society of Imperium Romanum.
Karol Kłodziński
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A Certain Set of Skills? Pre‐Appointment Careers of Danish Ministerial Advisors
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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Accounting for mechanisms underpinning knowledge production on contemporary Africa tends to oppose two views. On the one hand, the need to encourage the africanisation trend, of both researchers and epistemological frameworks used, in order to grasp the ...
Guillaume Beaud
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Analyzing individual trajectories through biographical material to studytheir social spaces can be particularly useful in the research on IOs. This“social space” approach initiated by Bourdieu and Saint Martin (1978) anddeveloped by others (including Lebaron 2000; 2008; 2010; 2016; Charle1998; Sapiro1999) uses the prosopographical method to study ...
Dogan, Aykiz, Lebaron, Frédéric
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Review of I. Andorlini, G. Bastianini, M. Manfredi, and G. Menci Atti del XXII Congresso Internazionale di Papirologia, Firenze, 23–29 Agosto 1998 [PDF]
Review of I. Andorlini, G. Bastianini, M. Manfredi, G. Menci (edd.): Atti del XXII Congresso Internazionale di Papirologia, Firenze, 23–29 Agosto 1998. Vols I, II and III. Pp. xxiii + 1362, pls. Florence: Istituto Papirologico ‘G. Vitelli’, 2001. Cased, €
Gonis, N
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Petitions and the Material Culture of Political Organisation*
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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