Results 41 to 50 of about 2,995 (237)
Another Glass Lamp from Pannonia
Journal of Glass StudiesThe use of glass lamps can be traced back to the early Roman imperial period, at which time they were modeled after clay lucernae. A very small number of them have been preserved in their entirety.
Hrvoje Vulić, Mia Leljak
doaj +2 more sources
Weather, EarlyView.The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
wiley +1 more source
Virtuous Promises: The Changing Oaths of the Reichshofrat and the Appearance of Impartiality
Journal on European History of Law, 2023 As the Imperial Aulic Council of the Holy Roman Empire grew in stature over the course of the early modern period, the integrity of its membership came increasingly into focus.
Peter Roethke
doaj +2 more sources
The Big Picture: Religion and Global Comparative History
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.This article considers what a ‘big picture’ approach to global religious history might look like, and in particular the implications of deploying the comparative method across much larger stretches of time and space than historians normally attend to. It will begin by reflecting on the epistemological moods that have hindered this project to date, the ...
Alan Strathern
wiley +1 more source
Arkhaia AnatolikaThis article aims to evaluate the commercial interaction of the Black Sea region through the distribution of amphorae by typological study of imported amphoras dating back to the Roman imperial period.
Billur TEKKÖK-KARAÖZ +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Secularism, Gender and Masculinity in Nineteenth‐Century Cremation in Europe and the USA
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay explores, from transnational perspectives, the early history of modern cremation, which developed in the long nineteenth century with secularist connotations. I argue that the beginnings of modern cremation were shaped by bourgeois men who claimed certain identifiers for themselves in a gendering and Othering way.
Carolin Kosuch
wiley +1 more source
Země Koruny české a Svatá říše římská v raném novověku
Theatrum Historiae, 2011 This study is an extended version of the paper presented at the 47th conference of German historiographers in Dresden in October 2008. This was a contribution to a longterm discussion of the association of the Bohemian Crown with the Holy Roman ...
Petr Vorel
doaj
Gephyra, 2020 During the excavations of the last few years in the so-called Nero bath in Patara, two Blattkelch capitals were found, which gave reasons to the following article. These two capitals were created in the early Roman Imperial Period, although they were not
Mustafa Koçak, Feyzullah Şahi̇n
doaj +1 more source
State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies
History, 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
Identities in Roman Macedonia during the Early Imperial Period
Sapiens ubique civis, 2020 This paper focuses on the impact of the Roman presence in Macedonia on the collective identities of the local population from the beginning of Roman rule in the region in 167 BC until the early 3rd century AD. The societal changes taking place during the first three and a half centuries have been outlined using the available epigraphic, numismatic and ...
openaire +3 more sources