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Tewdwr: Eponymous Ancestor of the Tudor Dynasty

History, EarlyView.
Abstract The standard derivation of the dynastic name Tudor from Welsh Tudur, surname of the grandfather of Henry VII, is problematic on phonological grounds, as well as the fact that Tudur was never used as a surname by Henry himself, being attributed to him only by his enemies with implication of lowly origins.
DAFYDD JOHNSTON
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Significant Far‐Right Challenges to Australian Society? The XYZ and AustraliaOne

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars who analyse the Australian far‐right from a criminological or security studies perspective propose that activists and groups pose ‘political’ challenges to Australian society. This paper examines the far‐right news website The XYZ and the AustraliaOne political party, and argues that claims that the far‐right may normalise ...
Timothy Lynch
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Aspects of the Marine Otherworld of Rathlin Island

Scottish Studies
This article examines maritime stories and folklore collected in Rathlin Island. Located between Ireland’s north coast and southwestern Scotland, Rathlin has long connected the two countries while also developing its own distinctive culture.
Séamus Mac Mathúna
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PERIODIZING GEOLOGICALLY OUTWITH (AND WITHOUT?) THE ANTHROPOCENE: PASTS, AGENCIES, AND THE TERRESTRIAL

History and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As a periodization that is generally understood to refer to an era of Terrestrial relationships that developed with modernization and nuclearization, the Anthropocene cannot be applied simply to premodern histories and texts. However, it has introduced historians to geological periodization as a mode of describing periods of changed ...
Gwenffrewi J. Morgan
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With Respect to the Dead: Reconstructing a Historic View of Death in Gaelic Nova Scotia

Genealogy, 2020
Drawing on a combination of oral history and archival research, this article reconstructs a historic view of death and dying in areas of the province settled by Scottish Gaels.
Shamus Y. MacDonald
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Developing Pre‐Service Teachers’ Digital Self‐Efficacy Through Self‐Directed Language Learning

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contemporary online language learning typically involves the use of multiple digital platforms. Drawing on digital self‐efficacy and self‐directed learning theories, this study investigates the self‐directed language learning experience of 19 pre‐service teachers as they navigate the affordances of two platforms, Duolingo and ChatGPT.
Yingqiu Chen, Louisa Buckingham
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‘Có às don Chorra-Ghiullan Ghlas?’

Scottish Studies, 2017
In oral tradition, as well as in literature, the theme is well known of the young man who takes leave of his betrothed or spouse, with the agreement that she is free to (re)marry if he does not return within a specified period of time.
Iain Seathach
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Is there a ‘right’ to use Welsh in prison?

Journal of Law and Society, EarlyView.
Abstract The use of the Welsh language is generally understood as a ‘right’ in contemporary Wales. While this right is often lauded as one of Welsh devolution's defining achievements, the efficacy of current protections is contested. This article contributes to the debate by focusing on the prison context, where the question of Welsh language rights is
GREGORY DAVIES, ROBERT JONES
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A Song Remembered in Exile: Anna a Ghaoil, hao ill o, Fear chanaidh, agus Eòin G. MacFhionghain

Scottish Studies
Visiting Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, in the 1930s, John Lorne Campbell became aware of the rich heritage of Gaelic song and culture brought to Canada by Scottish settlers.
Robert Dunbar
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Cultural and Economic Grievances and the Political Salience of Secessionism

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why does secessionism become politically salient at some times but recede at others? Existing work highlights how cultural and economic grievances can shape secessionism, but it explains less well when these claims elevate the salience of secessionism and why similar grievances matter in some contexts but not others.
Kevin Gatter
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