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Noah's Raven, Noah's Son: The Metamorphoses of Blackness in Early Modern Readings of Genesis 8‐9
ABSTRACT Over the past half‐century, scholars have offered various theories to explain when and how an aetiology for black skin became part of the reception history of the so‐called Curse of Ham in Genesis 9—a text that does not include any reference to skin colour.
Ashleigh Elser
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«Аннибаловская клятва» А. И. Герцена и И. С. Тургенева: миф и реальность
This paper examines the circumstances and motives under which Herzen and Turgenev, in their youth, swore an oath that contributed to the emancipation of the serfs and to which they remained faithful to the end of their lives.
Valentina Loukina
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Simion Bărnuţiu and His Socio-Political Ideas [PDF]
Simion Bărnuţiu (July 21, 1808 - May 24, 1864) was a Romanian politician and scholar who followed the tradition of the Transylvanian School (Şcoala ardeleană) and the German Rationalism. He is considered to be the ideologist and the political leader of
Sorinel Cosma , Daniel Lipară
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It's bean too long: Interventions to reintroduce legumes to the UK palate and plate
Increased legume consumption can offer considerable health and sustainability benefits. Legume intake in the UK is low, and a number of barriers to intake have been identified. Adopting the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Intervention Ladder, we identify and review an array of interventions—with increasing levels of intervening—that could support ...
Neil Bernard Boyle +7 more
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The proclamation of the abolition of serfdom in Russia in March 1861 was rather modestly reported in French daily press. After the return to peace, French diplomats had been back in Russia from the summer of 1856, which allowed them to inform their ...
Grégoire Eldin
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Theatres of Indirectness: Passive Aggression and Failure
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Sara Crangle, Sam Ladkin
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Political and Institutional Development in England
ABSTRACT This paper revisits the political and institutional development of England from the Magna Carta to the Glorious Revolution. I argue that institutional change in this period is best understood through the lens of coalition formation. Political elites had heterogeneous preferences over first two, and then three, recurring axes of disagreement ...
Mark Koyama
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Abstract Premise The species‐rich flora of Tropical Andes underwent multiple rapid and recent diversifications, yet resolving their evolutionary histories remains challenging despite increasing phylogenomic data. Here, we examined phylogenomic conflict in Brachyotum (Melastomataceae) to identify sources preventing its resolution.
Diego Paredes‐Burneo +5 more
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We report a previously undescribed trophic interaction in which Macrogerodonia peruviana rove beetles prey exclusively on wounded or recently killed Trigona stingless bees generated during aggressive conflicts at carrion. Field observations and choice experiments showed that beetles selectively targeted injured Trigona while ignoring carrion and other ...
Erin Rivera +4 more
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