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Property rights of women in Roman law
Površni uvid u položaj žene u rimskom pravu mogao bi ostaviti dojam da je gori nego što je zaista bio. To nije čudno s obzirom na načelnu patrijarhalnost i androcentričnost tadašnjega rimskog društva.
Ombla, Petra
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Difference and the Liberation of Sufficient Reason
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract The Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) holds that every event and entity can be explained by a sufficient reason or cause. Philosophers have long struggled with the question of the PSR's compatibility with freedom, for if what occurs or exists follows necessarily from its sufficient reason then it seems it could not have been otherwise ...
Louis Matheou
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Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.This article presents a newly discovered Latin text: a theological treatise titled Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti that was written by Alcuin’s friend Candidus (Wizo) at the request of Charlemagne. By discussing selected passages from the Heptateuch, Candidus seeks to demonstrate that Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, thus the whole Christian ...
Lukas J. Dorfbauer
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Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.Palermo became the new capital of Sicily after the Aghlabid conquest in 831. The transformation of the city into a capital took many forms, including the production and consumption of pottery. The perspective from ceramic evidence shows that Palermo underwent faster and deeper processes of Islamization than other urban and rural contexts across the ...
Viva Sacco
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Jorge Luis Borges' Medieval Aesthetics of Failure
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Irina Dumitrescu
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Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave
Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.Slave owners in Late Antiquity viewed the possession of at least one slave to be a necessity and a defining mark that distinguished the dignified social classes from the poor. Ascetics who shared this perspective faced a choice when renouncing all worldly possessions in pursuit of spiritual perfection, one not merely about luxury, but also about status
E.T. Dailey, Justin Pigott
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Social Justice as a Catalyst for Ecumenical Engagement
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the historical formation of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCC), examining the social and political context in the United States that shaped its adoption of ecumenical practices focused on social justice.
Geneva Blackmer
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Perspectives on the Roman Law Tradition: past and future of Roman Law
, 2015 this paper outlines a historical over-view of western romanistic tradition, evaluating the meanings attributed to Classical RomanLaw on the different periods in which legalknowledge revitalized it. The article concludesby diagnosing the crisis faced by romanistictradition nowadays, suggesting its historical re-covery as the only way out of it.
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The Pan‐Orthodox Celebration of the 1600th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 1925
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores the attempts to organize a Pan‐Orthodox Council in the years following the First World War that could gather in 1925 on the occasion of the 1600th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. While some of these efforts were remarkably ambitious, and although they were not always feasible or fully realized, they
Natallia Vasilevich
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Trust as a Foundational Family Need in Contexts of Trauma: A South African Qualitative Study
Family Relations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This study examined trust as a foundational family need and explored how relational trauma erodes trust and how families attempt to restore it. Background Trust is central to family life, yet it remains underexamined as a distinct family need in family scholarship.
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