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Våld och Visioner. Möten med högre makter i Peter de Dusburgs Cronica Terre Prussie

Collegium Medievale, 2019
The Cronica Terre Prussie by Peter de Dusburg (c. 1330) chronicles the expansion of the Teutonic Order into Prussia and the Baltic region. Predominantly occupied with armed conflict, the work also contains a considerable number of accounts of miracles ...
Magnus Borg
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‘Power to the Family.’ The Military Obligations of Old Prussians in Warmia in the Context of their Family Ties (13th and 14th Centuries)

Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis, 2018
The article deals with the main types of social and military relations between the indigenous people and the new landlords that formed in the times of building and reinforcing the rule of the Teutonic Order in Warmia, a part of Prussia.
Alicja Dobrosielska
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Gender Tokenism in Corporate Boardrooms in Europe

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the tension between the diversity spillover and tokenism hypotheses using a novel and extensive dataset of nearly 6 million private corporations across 29 European countries from 1986 to 2020. The diversity spillover hypothesis suggests that appointing women to supervisory roles facilitates greater female representation in executive
Hubert Drążkowski, Joanna Tyrowicz
wiley   +1 more source

Mendicant Orders in Medieval Prussia and Livonia: Pastoral Activities in Towns

Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis, 2016
The paper presents the general conditions in which the pastoral work of mendicant orders was conducted in the domains of the Teutonic Order and particular bishoprics in Prussia and Livonia, at the same time indicating similarities and differences in the ...
Rafał Kubicki
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Acquirer Strategic Orientations, Integration Decisions, and Performance

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Integration decisions are not isolated, as they are embedded in an organizational context. Using a multi‐country sample (Nordics, German speaking Europe, and China) of small‐ and medium‐sized acquirers, we explore the influence of firm strategic orientations on how managers conceptualize acquisitions, make integration decisions, and impact ...
Florian Bauer, David R. King, Jeffrey G. Covin, Svante Schriber, Nir Brueller, Qingxiong Weng   +5 more
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Vocabulary and Processing Speed Explain Reading and Writing Disparities Between Linguistic Groups in Higher Education

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Selective admissions at universities in the United Kingdom aim to ensure a baseline language competence, yet, despite persistent achievement disparities across linguistic backgrounds, systematic comparisons of linguistic skills underpinning academic success remain rare.
Justyna Mackiewicz, Danijela Trenkic
wiley   +1 more source

Input Variability in Foreign Language Verb–Argument Construction Learning: A Primary School Intervention

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Input variability (i.e., varied experience with different grammar exemplars; “[talk/think/rant/wonder] about [god/bicycles/dogs]”) can improve generalization (i.e., “[Verb] about [Noun]”) and enhance learning. Controlled experiments show that input variability benefits children's generalization and extension of linguistic information from ...
Johannes Schulz, Victoria Murphy, Elizabeth Wonnacott   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Battle of the Ice: On the ‘Svinfylking’ or ‘flying wedge’

Слово.ру: балтийский акцент, 2015
The fact that Teutonic knights fought in the Battle of the Ice in sivnflyking formation trying to destroy Alexander Nevsky’s troops and sustained a defeat is commonly acknowledged in Russian history.
Bakhtin A.
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Theodor Steinbüchel's Great Figures of Christian Humanism

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Theodor Steinbüchel (1888–1949) offers a study of eight figures in Western history who may be regarded as gestalts of Christian Humanism. He argued that none of these eight figures will ever return in the same way, but since there was an eternal conception of Christianity to which their ethos gave human form, each of these gestalts can be ...
Tracey Rowland
wiley   +1 more source

Diplomacy and Recruitment of Mercenaries before the Battle of Žalgiris

Lietuvos Istorijos Studijos, 2010
During the months preceding the battle of Žalgiris (Tannenberg/Grunwald) the diplomatic activity of the countries involved was intense. After the successful campaign of the Teutonic Order against Poland in 1409 an armistice was concluded on 8 October ...
Sven Ekdahl
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