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Abstract While the North Atlantic’s five‐century hurricane history is among the most complete globally, the earliest centuries are poorly documented in the written record. This study reassesses a subset of sixteenth to seventeenth‐century tropical cyclones (TCs) through a systematic review of archival evidence, mainly from Spain’s colonial archive, the
William Gomez Pretel, Michael Chenoweth
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The methods of natural inquiry during the sixteenth-century: Bartolomeo Maranta and Ferrante Imperato [PDF]
The present dissertation focuses on the examination of the methods of natural inquiry during the sixteenth-century. The historico-epistemological analysis of the different methodologies, which naturalists used to read the book of nature, shows that ...
Sánchez Baudoin, José Ricardo
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Some examples taken from the paintings executed at Bologna from the end of the sixteenth century to the end of the seventeenth illustrate the different meanings that can be attributed to the bed in different narrative contexts. The bed can become a major
Michele Danieli
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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
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Sustainable Tourism and Projectification: Evidence from South‐Eastern Italy
Abstract This article examines how public policy can be used to promote local tourism and steer it towards sustainability. It uses the municipality of Lecce—a medium‐sized city in south‐eastern Italy—and the broader Salento region as a critical case study, drawing on descriptive statistics, administrative data on local policy projects promoting culture
Lorenzo Mascioli
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SIXTEENTH CENTURY SEXUALITIES, CONTEMPORARY LOOKS
One of the most interesting features of contemporary gay studies is the possibility they open for a new look upon literary works from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Jose Carlos Barcellos
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Russia is consistently a top migration destination. While most migrate to Russia from other post‐Soviet countries, a small but highly visible group of the Russian‐speaking diaspora has returned from Europe and North America. Lauded in Russian media as ‘ideological migrants’, their narratives at first glance echo those of the state as they claim to flee
Lauren Woodard
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La cour des Offices du château de Fontainebleau : genèse d’un espace et aperçu du quotidien
It was during the recent restoration works on the Quartier Henri IV at the Château de Fontainebleau that a preventative archaeology diagnosis of the courtyard was possible.
Sébastien Ronsseray
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Comercio, conflicto militar y violencia legal
Through the policy of the Diputación in Aragon between 1514 and 1559 this article studies the ability of regional representative institutions at the beginning of the early modern age to protect the foreign trade in their territories.
José Antonio Mateos Royo
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