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Reassessing sixteenth and seventeenth century written accounts of hurricanes in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea

open access: yesWeather, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

The methods of natural inquiry during the sixteenth-century: Bartolomeo Maranta and Ferrante Imperato [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
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
core  

Naître, aimer, mourir. Les lits (et leurs habitants) dans la peinture bolonaise des xvie et xviie siècles

open access: yesIn Situ, 2019
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
doaj   +1 more source

Genoa, sixteenth century–1797

open access: yesRevue de l'OFCE, 2015
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PICCINNO, LUISA, ZANINI, ANDREA
openaire   +4 more sources

How weather got its words: a history of meteorological English – Part 1: Old English to the Age of Discovery

open access: yesWeather, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Tourism and Projectification: Evidence from South‐Eastern Italy

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

SIXTEENTH CENTURY SEXUALITIES, CONTEMPORARY LOOKS

open access: yesGragoatá, 2004
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
doaj  

Conceptualizing moral migration: how disillusionment and the transnational right motivate migration to Russia Conceptualiser la migration morale : comment les désillusions et la droite transnationale motivent l’émigration vers la Russie

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

La cour des Offices du château de Fontainebleau : genèse d’un espace et aperçu du quotidien

open access: yesBulletin du Centre de Recherche du Château de Versailles, 2006
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
doaj   +1 more source

Comercio, conflicto militar y violencia legal

open access: yesMélanges de la Casa de Velázquez, 2020
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
doaj   +1 more source

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