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Commenting on medieval chronicles: Between fiction and truth (on the material of the “History of Spain”, 13th century)

open access: yesШаги
The present article is devoted to the problem of commenting on medieval chronicles (on the example of the Old Spanish Estoria de España by Alfonso X the Wise, 13th с.) and the need not only to search for the sources of certain large and small stories ...
I. V. Ershova
doaj   +1 more source

With a Great Story Comes Great Responsibility: Role of Narrative in Leadership Development

open access: yesNew Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 81-87, Spring 2025.
ABSTRACT Comic books reside uniquely within American culture. Historians have contended comics are more than just sequential artwork mixed with engaging stories, but rather, a framework by which the generations make sense of who they are. These stories are a reflection of cultural conscience; a lens through which we can view the world and a mirror ...
Sean Connable
wiley   +1 more source

Contos de uma insurreição. A Batalha do Rio Nedao e a Revolta Fictícia dos Povos Germanos [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The aim of this paper is to explore and call into question the account of the insurrection of a number of Germanic tribes against the Huns, in the so called Battle of Nedao River (second half of the fifth century).
Otávio Luiz Vieira Pinto
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The Vaccaei, the Vaceti, and the rise of Vasconia

open access: yesStudia Historica: Historia Antigua, 2010
RESUMEN: Late Antique ethnography is generally more of a testimony to its authors' antiquarian learning than to the social realities of they age in which the lived.
Roger COLLINS
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V. F. Gening and problems of the Volga Bulgaria archaeology

open access: yesПоволжская археология, 2014
V.F. Gening’s contribution to the study of the Volga Bulgaria and his views concerning the history and archaeology of this state formation are considered in the article.
Rudenko Konstantin A.
doaj   +1 more source

Longitudinal aerodynamic characteristics of a large scale model with a swept wing and augmented jet flap in ground effect [PDF]

open access: yes
The investigation of the in-ground-effect, longitudinal aerodynamic characteristics of a large scale swept augmentor wing model is presented, using 40 x 80 ft wind tunnel.
Falarski, M. D., Koenig, D. G.
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A ‘Wholly Unjustifiable Treatment of British Subject’? The Detention of W. T. Goode in the Baltic, 1919

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract In the summer of 1919, W. T. Goode, the Manchester Guardian’s special correspondent in Russia and the Baltic, was arrested in the Estonian capital Tallinn and briefly detained aboard a British warship. Goode's detention caused a furore, leading to accusations of kidnap, heated commentary in the press and questions in parliament.
Colin Storer
wiley   +1 more source

J.R.R. Tolkien: the Forest and the City (2013), edited by Helen Conrad-O’Briain and Gerard Hynes. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
J.R.R. Tolkien: the Forest and the City (2013), edited by Helen Conrad-O’Briain and Gerard Hynes. Book Review by Kelley M.
Wickham-Crowley, Kelley M.
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EXPERIENCING MORE‐THAN‐PANDEMIC WATERSCAPES: An Intra‐urban Comparison of Water Practices and Geographies in Nairobi

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract While many African cities, such as Nairobi, fared comparatively well during the pandemic years, urban residents still faced compounded uncertainties and an unequal distribution of burdens that were infrastructurally co‐mediated, for example, within and through place‐specific waterscapes and their socio‐technical infrastructures.
Moritz Kasper   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wilhelm II’s ‘Hun Speech’ and Its Alleged Resemiotization During World War I [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Kaiser Wilhelm II’s speech to a German contingent of the Western expedition corps to quell the so-called ‘Boxer Rebellion’ in 1900 and develop the imperialist drive for colonies further, is today remembered chiefly as an example of his penchant for sabre-
Musolff, Andreas
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