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Love, Class‐Crossing Courtship, and the Reading of English Novels in Late Eighteenth‐Century Sweden

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how novel reading influenced the courtship practices of Pehr Stenberg, a peasant who became a clergyman. Stenberg wrote a detailed account of his life in which his courtships of high‐born women are described in detail. These courtships took place during a transformative time when the ideal that marriage should be based on
Ina Lindblom
wiley   +1 more source

From Johanne to Janaki: Bringing Vikings to Varanasi

open access: yesIndialogs: Spanish Journal of India Studies, 2015
This is a summary of the book From Johanne To Janaki: Bringing Vikings to Varanasi by the author.
Nilambri Ghai
doaj   +1 more source

Newspaper of the university of alaska southeast juneau campus [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
UAS wins clean bill of health, gets accreditation -- Students oppose pay policy, make tuition recommendations -- USUASJ pass budget proposal -- What do you want for X-mas -- Getting to college wasn't easy for new Miss Alaska -- Ketchikan edition ...

core  

Lady Anne Kerr: From the Rise of International Conference Interpreting to the Whitlam Dismissal

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
Before Anne Robson (née Taggart) became the second Lady Kerr upon marrying governor‐general John Kerr in 1975, she had an international career of some 30 years working as a French to English interpreter and consultant at over 30 national and international conferences and became the first Australian elected to the International Association of Conference
Alexis Bergantz
wiley   +1 more source

Orientation with a Viking sun-compass, a shadow-stick, and two calcite sunstones under various weather conditions. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
It is widely accepted that Vikings used sun-compasses to derive true directions from the cast shadow of a gnomon. It has been hypothesized that when a cast shadow was not formed, Viking navigators relied on crude skylight polarimetry with the aid of ...
Barta   +20 more
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Slower Pace of Intellectual Development Is Common in Children With Cerebral Palsy–A Population‐Based Study

open access: yesActa Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To describe the intellectual level and changes during development in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and to investigate if there are factors associated with the pace of intellectual development. Method Population‐based study of all 264 children (141 boys, 123 girls) with CP born 1999–2006 in the region of Västra Götaland. Information was
Mattias Wicke Selvén   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spartan Daily, October 5, 1953 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1953
Volume 42, Issue 9https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/11915/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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The Provenance of Silver in the Viking‐Age Hoard From Bedale, North Yorkshire

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The acquisition of silver was a key motive propelling the Viking expansion out of Scandinavia; identifying the sources of Viking silver during the early part of the Viking Age can provide critical insights into the relative significance of western European and eastern, Islamic wealth in the Viking expansion.
Jane Kershaw   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Normandie, terre des Vikings

open access: yesModerna Språk, 1993
Les Vikings assaillirent l'Europe et le mirent à feu et sang. La Neustrie ne fut évidemment pas épargnée mais, ce qui allait faire l'originalité de la future Normandie, c'est qu'après l'avoir ravagée, les Scandinaves la relevèrent de ses ruines et en ...
Jean Renaud
doaj   +1 more source

Tin–Lead Sewn Tokens From 13th‐Century Gdańsk: Assessing Local and Non‐Local Production Through Archaeometric Analysis

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents the results of an interdisciplinary investigation of 98 tin–lead sewn tokens from 13th‐century Gdańsk, the largest assemblage of its kind in Central Europe. Combining archaeological context, typology, SEM‐EDS and lead isotope analysis, the research explores provenance, production and function.
Sławomir Wadyl   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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