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Queen Anne's Wardrobe: Fashion, Sartorial Politics, and the Representational Strategies of the Last Stuart Queen

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The final Stuart monarch, Queen Anne, has often been overlooked in studies of visual and material culture, particularly of fashion and dress. This article is the first to undertake a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the wardrobe accounts of Queen Anne, situating her consumption within the context of the eighteenth‐century fashion ...
Sarah A. Bendall
wiley   +1 more source

CEO's Early‐life Experience of Disasters and Corporate Environmental Performance

open access: yesAbacus, EarlyView.
We investigate the nexus between the early‐life disaster experiences of chief executive officers (CEOs) and their firms’ environmental performance metrics. We hypothesize that first‐hand experience of the adversities of natural disasters in the formative years of a CEO can catalyze a transformation in their environmental cognizance and perspective ...
Shushu Liao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

Who Makes the Far Right? Exploring Membership Application Data of the National Front of Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
This paper addresses a problem for scholars examining the question of who supports far right political parties or movements. Due to the semi‐clandestine or oppositional nature of far right groups, historians, as well as those in adjacent disciplines, have often been unable to gain access to sufficient records or data to conduct analysis of who supports
Evan Smith, Lauren Pikó
wiley   +1 more source

Nurslings Of Protestantism: The Questionable Privilege Of Freedom In Charlotte Brontë’s Villette

open access: yesStudia Anglica Posnaniensia, 2014
In Charlotte Brontë’s Villette, a number of foreigners at various points express their amazement or admiration of the behaviour of Englishwomen, who, like the novel’s narrator Lucy Snowe, travel alone, visit public places unchaperoned and seem on the ...
Mazurek Monika
doaj   +1 more source

The Troubles and Beyond: The impact of a museum exhibit on a post‐conflict society

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract In divided societies, can museums contribute to healing and recovery? While efforts to memorialize past violence typically aim to promote tolerance and reconciliation, remembering could exacerbate divisions in recovering societies where the past is deeply contested. We examine a transitional justice museum exhibit in Northern Ireland.
Laia Balcells, Elsa Voytas
wiley   +1 more source

An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, scholars have increasingly examined the unique blending of Christian and political ideology known as Christian nationalism. During this period, the US Supreme Court has increasingly ruled in ways that favor Christian nationalism, and Court watchers have criticized several justices for showing bias toward Christianity at best and ...
Miles T. Armaly   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An empirical analysis of percentage tax designation to the catholic church and other social entities in Spain

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Since 2007, the Spanish State's contribution to funding the Catholic Church comes from what is known as the ‘tax allocation’ (asignación tributaria). It is a pure system of percentage tax designation consisting of 0.7% of the tax liability of taxpayers who decide to tick the relevant box on their personal income tax form.
Ángela Castillo‐Murciego   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mutual Misunderstandings: Herman Bavinck and Dumitru Staniloae in Dialogue

open access: yesPerichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University
This paper examines the criticisms of Protestantism articulated by Romanian Eastern Orthodox theologian Dumitru Staniloae, highlighting over-generalizations in his assessments.
Simpson Robert
doaj   +1 more source

Girolamo Savonarola: Katolik Kilisesine Eleştirileri ve Protestan Harekete Etkisi

open access: yesMilel ve Nihal
Girolamo Savonarola (ö.1498), 15. yüzyılda Floransa’da etkili olan Dominiken bir vaiz ve reformcudur. Katolik Kilisesi’nin kurumsal yapısına ve uygulamalarına yönelik sert eleştirilerde bulunan Savonarola, Floransa halkına verdiği vaazlarda, kendi ...
Özge Terzi Yazıcı
doaj   +1 more source

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