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Globalization and the Roman empire: the genealogy of ‘Empire’

, 2011
The use of concepts and ideas taken from the contemporary World in the studies on ancient Rome simply cannot be avoided. The studies that since 1990s onwards have criticized the term “Romanization” are not an exception. For this reason, the concept of “globalization” in reference to Ancient Rome can be helpful since it makes the anachronism in ...
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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
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Declining female participation: Mechanisms at play in the Viennese private annuity market, c. 1360–1450

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract During the high and late Middle Ages, the European economy witnessed the emergence and substantial growth of capital markets, a phenomenon connected to urbanization and pestilence, both of which brought profound changes to the social, legal, and economic positions of women.
Anna Molnár
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The laws in the decline of the Empire: Augustine about Roman Law

Revista Opinião Filosófica, 2017
The following article aims to investigate the role played by Roman law in the decline of the Roman Empire, in the vision of Augustine of Hippo. At first, we will make brief remarks about the causes of the decay of the Roman world.
Philippe Oliveira de Almeida
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The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes
Edward Kerby, Lloyd Melusi Maphosa
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Hunting for Hollanders: The community responsibility system, trade sanctions, and public debt in the late‐medieval Low Countries

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract To persuade creditors to lend, cities in the Low Countries relied on a community responsibility system that made all citizens personally liable for public debt. This exposed itinerant citizens to significant risks: their merchandise could be confiscated by creditors, and they could even be imprisoned for debt.
Jaco Zuijderduijn
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A Legal Paradox: The Roman Republic’s Legal Code’s Influence and Manifestation in the Soviet Union’s Jurisprudence

Nordicum-Mediterraneum
One would think of Roman Law and Soviet Law to be strange bedfellows, given the socialist-communist governmental regimes of the Soviet Union and the republican regime of the early Roman Empire.
Jonathan Wood
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Difference and the Liberation of Sufficient Reason

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract The Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) holds that every event and entity can be explained by a sufficient reason or cause. Philosophers have long struggled with the question of the PSR's compatibility with freedom, for if what occurs or exists follows necessarily from its sufficient reason then it seems it could not have been otherwise ...
Louis Matheou
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Paideía e Imperio: Una reflexión sobre el valor de la cultura como fundamento del dominio imperial

Anuario de la Escuela de Historia Virtual, 2015
This paper is concerned with the relationship between Greek culture and Roman politics. My aim is twofold. First, I want to challenge the traditional point of view that held a Roman Ruling Power and a Hellenic Civilizing Power. In my opinion, Greek
Juan Manuel Cortés Copete
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ÄSTHETIK DES JIDDISCHEN IN DER KLASSISCHEN MODERNE

German Life and Letters, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Der Beitrag erzählt die Geschichte der Entdeckung und Aufwertung des Jiddischen unter deutschsprachigen Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftstellern. Hatte die zunächst als Judendeutsch, Mauscheln oder Jargon bezeichnete Sprache in literarischen Texten des 19. Jahrhunderts vornehmlich eine mimetische Funktion, in der Regel wie bei Gustav Freytag in
Alexander Nebrig
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