A Family Affair: War, Agency and Female Epistolary Networks in Renaissance Italy
Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 741-751, October 2026.ABSTRACT This article draws on the largely unexplored epistolary archive of dozens of women who were born or married into military families in northern Italy around the time of the first phase of the Italian Wars (1494–1530). Building on recent work on early modern agency, patriarchy, networks and emotional communities, the article reconstructs and ...
Stephen Bowd
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference
American Journal of Political Science, Volume 70, Issue 4, Page 1369-1381, October 2026.Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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Valuing five centuries of unpaid breastfeeding in England. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S AHenderson L, Humphries J.
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“We Can No Longer Live by the Domostroi”: The Riddles of Anna Nikanorovna Paskhalova‐Mordovtseva
The Russian Review, Volume 85, Issue 4, Page 417-437, October 2026.Abstract This article analyzes the rebuses (picture riddles) of Anna Nikanorovna Paskhalova‐Mordovtseva. It argues that despite their seemingly modest nature as artefacts of everyday leisure, Mordovtseva used these puzzles to make radical claims and assert herself as a public intellectual.
Ksenia Butuzova, Julia Mannherz
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A 16th Century Description of a Ritualized Avoidance Behavior. [PDF]
Clin NeuropsychiatryBrigo F.
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Spectroscopic characterization of sixteenth century panel painting references using Raman, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and helium-Raman system for in situ analysis of Ibero-American Colonial paintings. [PDF]
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci, 2016 García-Bucio MA +4 more
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Pastourelle Narratives of Sexual Violence and Consent in Middle French and Middle Dutch Printed Popular Song. [PDF]
Neophilologusde Morrée C.
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The Human Mind in Dialogue With its Replica AI - a Historical Perspective. [PDF]
Integr Psychol Behav SciKlempe SH.
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Sleep, Scent, and Household Medical Care in Early Modern England. [PDF]
Hist Workshop JFletcher H, Handley S.
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Orthopaedic portrayals in The Seven Works of Mercy painted by a Dutch master in the year 1504. [PDF]
Int OrthopBult SA +3 more
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