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The Middle Ages after the Middle Ages

2022
Abstract This chapter reflects on popular memories and various manifestations of interest in the real or imaginary Middle Ages which circulated in the past three centuries. Often connected with political agendas that one tends to classify as “medievalism,” they bring in some important fragments of Central Europe’s “culture of memory” and
János M. Bak, Gábor Klaniczay
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The Middle-Aged Microprocessor

IEEE Micro, 2021
From its birth with 4 bits, first stumbling 8-bit steps, no longer an adolescent 16-bit design, and well past the awkward 32-bit age, the microprocessor is finally mature and well into middle age! It is only those of us for whom the Fogey Factor is high who remember this lifecycle. It has certainly not been boring or lacking drama.
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Transvestites in the Middle Ages

American Journal of Sociology, 1974
Transvestism, which is usually defined in terms of psychopathology, must also be examined in terms of status gain and loss. This appears most obvious in an examination of the lives of the transvestite saints whose legends and myths help set Western attitudes toward transvestism.
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Middle-Aged Women in the Middle Ages

2011
New research into medieval women from the Anglo-Saxon to the late medieval period demonstrates their energy, defiance and wit.
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Return To the Middle Ages

Western Political Quarterly, 1949
D URING the First World War it was usual for the Allies to represent their cause as that of democracy, which was defined as the free and spontaneous movement of the human spirit, unfettered by logic. Germany, on the other hand, stood for machine-like regularity and cold, calculating rationality.
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“Europe" in the Middle Ages

2023
From the nineteenth century onwards, historians described the Middle Ages as the 'cradle' of the nation state-then, after World War II, they increasingly identified the period as the 'cradle' of Europe. A close look at the sources demonstrates that both interpretations are misleading: while 'Europe' was not a rare word, its use simply does not follow ...
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A middle-aged man

The Lancet, 2004
Of the various clinical errors I made, one in particular continues to trouble me, and although I have discussed it on many occasions with colleagues and students, I am glad to have the opportunity to admit to it so publicly. It concerns a middle-aged man, a family acquaintance, who came to me complaining of an altered bowel habit he had been suffering ...
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