The law of treason has been criticised for being based on ‘outdated’ statutes which are inflexible and unsuitable for modern needs. However, a historical examination of the evolution of treason in Britain and its empire suggests that the law was often adaptable.
Michael Lobban
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Actualizing memories of the 1812 Patriotic War in the context of the Crimean War of 1853–1856
. In the minds of contemporaries, the Crimean War of 1853–1856 and the Patriotic War of 1812 that preceded it were closely linked. The author of the article examines the image of the French and France as an enemy familiar to the Russians from the 1812 Patriotic War. The article analyzes the system of images, motives, memories associated with the events
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\u3cem\u3eMartin v. Mott\u3c/em\u3e and the Establishment of Executive Emergency Authority [PDF]
In August of 1814, a New York farmer named Jacob E. Mott refused to rendezvous with the militia pursuant to the orders of Governor Daniel D. Tompkins as commanded by President James Madison. In 1818, Mott was court martialed and fined ninety-six dollars.
Berns-Zieve, Eli
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“Naturalizing the nation”: the rise of naturalistic nationalism in the United States and Canada [PDF]
Perhaps the most vexing problem in philosophy and social theory concerns the relative importance of material and ideal factors for social action. Karl Marx, for instance, with his notion of base and superstructure and his materialistic interpretation of ...
Kaufmann, Eric P.
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This article contains historical and literary commentary on the V verse of the 6th chapter of the novel «Eugene Onegin». The analysis of the text is devoted to several aspects of the theme «The Patriotic War of 1812 and the Russian literature of the fi ...
Bayrta Kichikova
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From Messianic Subjectivity to Immaculate Objectivity: An Etymology
Critical Quarterly, Volume 67, Issue 2, Page 74-90, July 2025.
Nick Groom
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"SO YOU ARE RIGHT, THE ORACLE OF FRANCE...": ALEXANDER PUSHKIN'S POEM "RUSLAN AND LUDMILA" WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF RUSSIAN HISTORY OF THE PERIOD OF THE PATRIOTIC WAR OF 1812 [PDF]
This article compares the images from Alexander Pushkin's poem "Ruslan and Ludmila", collisions in the plot and certain episodes with historical events and particular historical persons modern to Pushkin.
Monakhova E. N.
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Don Cossack Militia of 1812-1813
The article is devoted to the Don Cossack militia in the epoch of Patriotic War of 1812. The Don Cossacks had a practice of the «total trips», but they usually left the 4th part of their army at home.
Andrey Venkov
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Hero of the Patriotic War of 1812 Tsagan Khalga Luzangov and his Descendants
The article is devoted to the personality of the hero of the Patriotic war of 1812, an offi cer of the 2nd Kalmyk regiment Tsagan Khalga Luzangov and to the history of his stock.
Elza Bakaeva, Namru Bakaev
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“To act according to the power of my testament”: the second testament of metropolitan Platon (Levshin) [PDF]
The article examines the circumstances of the peaceful death of Metropolitan Plato on October 11, 1812 and the fulfillment of the last will of the late hierarch. A sealed morocco case with two wills was taken to Vologda at the most dramatic moment of the
Natalia Chetyrina
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