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From Custom to Court: The Evolution of Mediation in European Legal Systems

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article traces how European mediation has repeatedly rebalanced three variables—(1) the source of mediator authority, (2) the degree of institutionalization, and (3) the operative meaning of voluntariness—from antiquity to the present. Using three periods—Proto‐Mediation (c. 500 BCE–c. 1750), Classical Mediation (c.
Viktoriia Hamaiunova
wiley   +1 more source

Late Holocene environmental history of Dojran, Macedonia: Investigating the interplay of imperial dynamics and climatic change

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a high‐resolution, multi‐proxy reconstruction of environmental and land‐use change from Lake Dojran over historical times (last 2500 years), combining pollen, biomarkers, radiocarbon dating, Ottoman taxation records and other historical data.
Alessia Masi   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Roman City of Tarsus in Cilicia and its Terracotta Figurines

open access: yesLes Carnets de l’ACoSt, 2018
From the Bronze Age to Greco-Roman antiquity, Tarsus was an important urban center because of its proximity to the famous Cilician Gates that connected central Anatolia to the Mediterranean coast and northern Syria, as well its maritime connections to ...
Isabelle Hasselin Rous, Serdar Yalçin
doaj   +1 more source

Jewelled Byzantine and Medieval Reliquaries of the True Cross: Peridots and Other Gemstones in Material and Symbolic Perspective

open access: yesJournal of Raman Spectroscopy, EarlyView.
An interdisciplinary in situ study of jewelled reliquaries of the True Cross integrates gemmology and portable analytical techniques, revealing new evidence on the identification and symbolic role of peridots and other gemstones. ABSTRACT Jewelled crosses containing relics of the True Cross occupy a central position in the devotional, artistic and ...
Stefania Martiniello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Late Roman necropolis of Romuliana, area south of the fortified palace: Research 2005-2006 [PDF]

open access: yesStarinar, 2007
The purpose of research conducted from 2004-2007 within the scope of international cooperation with the Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Institute of Archaeology in Frankfurt was to investigate the site of Gamzigrad - Romuliana in the extra muros ...
Petković Sofija
doaj   +1 more source

Marriage in the Roman Imperial Period

open access: yes, 1999
The subject of the aforementioned article is the new meaning which was given to the institution of marriage by the Stoic philosophers of the early Roman imperial period, which was also mirrored in the legal and epigraphical texts of the Principate. Both the less known literary texts (i.e Artemidorus' «Oneirocritica») and the inscriptions, prívate and ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Greek and Roman Epigrammatists in the Later Imperial Period

open access: yes, 2022
The literary epigram is one of the most versatile ancient literary genres, and epigrammatists have often used it as a testing ground for the recollection and construction of their literary past. This chapter compares the corpus of Decimus Magnus Ausonius and Palladas of Alexandria, two eminent representatives of the epigrammatic genre from the later ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Shaping Manager Well‐Being and Functioning in Declining Nonprofit Organizations: The Critical Role of Strategy Implementation

open access: yesNonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Under the roof of Christian churches in Central Europe, some nonprofit organizations (NPOs) grow, while others are in marked decline. Our study in this context extends a previous focus on financial indicators to NPO managers' experiences, their role clarity and job satisfaction, during phases of organizational growth and decline. Specifically,
Max Niehoff, Johannes Stark
wiley   +1 more source

Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concrete in architecture: Redefining form, space, function, and insights from bibliometric analysis

open access: yesStructural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Concrete has become a cornerstone in architectural and engineering innovation, as it seamlessly integrates structural performance with artistic expression. Its evolution from ancient opus caementicium to contemporary ultra‐high‐performance concrete illustrates its adaptability to the change in technological, environmental, and design paradigms.
Mouhcine Benaicha   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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