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Roman Culture in the Ottonian World

open access: yesRoyal Studies Journal, 2023
  Roman culture outlived its empire in the West. Any study aiming to assess its relevance in the medieval period must consider that related conceptions and cultural features may change over time. A significantly different definition may have applied to
Laury Sarti
doaj  

The Economic Effects of the Protestant Reformation: Testing the Weber Hypothesis in the German Lands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Following Max Weber, many theories have hypothesized that Protestantism should have favored economic development. With its religious heterogeneity, the Holy Roman Empire presents an ideal testing ground for this hypothesis.
Davide Cantoni   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Monarchy, as the world's oldest and most enduring form of political organization, is an area that has attracted the attention of scholars from a range of disciplines. Two connected and complementary fields embody this interdisciplinary study of monarchy and monarchies: royal studies, which takes an all‐encompassing approach to monarchy, and ...
Jonathan Spangler, Elena Woodacre
wiley   +1 more source

The Eight Faces of Roman Imperialism. Review of Revell, L. (2009). Roman Imperialism and Local Identities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

open access: yesИзвестия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки, 2016
Referring to the work by Louise Revell, a lecturer in Roman History at the University of Southampton, the author examines the peculiarities of interpretation of Roman imperialism, and issues of cultural and political identity in the 1st–2nd Century AD ...
Maxim Valerievich Shisterov
doaj   +1 more source

Animal husbandry across the Western Roman Empire: Changes and continuities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This special issue of the European Journal of Archaeology discusses aspects of animal husbandry in a number of provinces of the Western Roman Empire. In this introduction, we describe the general characteristics of animal husbandry in pre-Roman and Roman
Albarella, U., Valenzuela Lamas, S.
core   +2 more sources

‘Enthusiasts’ and ‘Fanatics’: The Decembrists as a Case Study in French Influence on Russian Culture, Emotions and Thought

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Participants in Russia's 1825 Decembrist uprising against the Tsarist regime were, quite literally, a case study in French cultural influence upon Russia. This is particularly true as it relates to Russia's emotional cultures. Although this has not, traditionally, been the primary focus of historical analysis of this event (in Soviet or ...
ADAM COKER
wiley   +1 more source

Opera\u27s Not Over \u27Til Arepo Returns [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
With the recent discovery in the north of England of yet another example of the famous Latin palindromic square illustrated at the left, it is time to review the mystery surrounding this clever construction.
Newby, Peter
core   +1 more source

School Board Elections in England and Wales, 1870–1902: An Electoral Experiment?

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract The 1870 Elementary Education Act enabled the creation of school boards in England and Wales. Members were directly elected by the cumulative vote. This method gave each individual voter as many votes as there were seats on a school board, in some cases up to fifteen.
ED GREEN
wiley   +1 more source

The Monetary Reforms of the Romans and the Finds of Roman Denarii in Eastern and Northern Europe

open access: yesCurrent Swedish Archaeology, 1993
Monetary measures undertaken inside the Roman Empire might be responsible for the composition of finds of Roman coins made ontside the Empire. A possible link between the composition of the denarius finds in Barbarian Europe, on the one hand, and the ...
Lennart Lind
doaj   +1 more source

Anti‐Protestantism in the Global Catholic Mission, c. 1918–1960*

open access: yes
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Sante Lesti
wiley   +1 more source

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