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The significance of the Carolingian advocate [PDF]
This article argues that ninth-century advocates in the Frankish world deserve more attention than they have received. Exploring some of the wealth of relevant evidence, it reviews and critiques both current historiographical approaches to the issue ...
West, Charles
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Local Selection Shaped the Diversity of European Maize Landraces
ABSTRACT The introduction of populations to novel environments can lead to a loss of genetic diversity and the accumulation of deleterious mutations due to selection and demographic changes. We investigate how the recent introduction of maize to Europe shaped the genetic diversity and differentiation of European traditional maize populations and ...
Margarita Takou +2 more
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The third volume of academician N.P. Kondakov’s «Iconography of the Mother of God» remained inpublished in Russian. Kondakov took the manuscript to Prague and in December 1924 the publication rights were sold to the Vatican.
Irina Vladimirovna Tunkina
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Commemorating Festive Performances in Popular Print in Sixteenth‐Century Italy☆
Abstract The aim of this article is to show that the popular print sold and distributed during and after festive events, such as Carnival, had an impact on the commemoration and shaping of festive culture in early modern Italy. That is, the mass medium of print that had begun to shape European cultures, especially in Italy where Venice was one of ...
Rozanne Versendaal
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The Cowl - v.54 - n.18 - Apr 10, 1990 [PDF]
The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 54, Number 18 - April 10, 1990.
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ALL THAT GLITTERS: THE MANY OBJECTS OF ROME'S MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATIONS
ABSTRACT This review article examines the various methodologies practiced by Rome's Museum of Civilizations (Museo delle Civiltà) to discuss the contemporary curatorial approaches of traditional ethnographic museums. It adopts a historical and comparative perspective to situate the diverse collections within ongoing debates about art restitution.
Arielle Xena Alterwaite
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Spartan Daily, September 3, 1993 [PDF]
Volume 101, Issue 6https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/8434/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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At the roots of Europe: post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in Europe and the role of Ecclesiastical Archives [PDF]
Between 1994 and 1999 the Catholic church promoted five special synods, one for each Continent of the Earth: Africa, America, Asia, Oceania and Europe.
Rossi, Tommaso Maria
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Abstract The patrician Francesco Barbaro (1390–1454) is well known for having been both a first‐class humanist and a figurehead of the Venetian government in the new territories of the Stato da Terra. This article explores the pioneering use of humanist culture in the official praises he received during his political career, which helped shape a ...
Clémence Revest
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Cultural contacts and ethnic origins in Viking Age Wales and northern Britain: the case of Albanus, Britain's first inhabitant and Scottish ancestor [PDF]
Albanus, an eponymous ancestor for the kingdom of Alba, provides an example of the extent to which the creation of an ethnic identity was accompanied by new ideas about origins, which replaced previous accounts.
Evans, Nicholas J.
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