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The Use of Seneca’s Texts in Antonii Radyvylovskyi’s Sermons [PDF]

, 2018
In this paper, through the example of Antonii Radyvylovskyi’s work, I examine the impact of Seneca’s texts on the philosophical component of Ukrainian church sermons from the Baroque period.
Spivak, Volodymyr
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Marginal Tax Rates of Canadian Public Firms and the Applicability of Marginal Tax Rates in Corporate Decisions*

Accounting Perspectives, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While several US studies demonstrate the importance of using marginal tax rates (MTRs) to study corporate decisions and tax incentives, research using MTR in the Canadian setting is limited. The MTR literature has made several improvements on the estimation process using US firms, but these advances have not been made available for Canadian ...
Khin Phyo Hlaing, Bin (Betty) Xing
wiley   +1 more source

Conception of Mary According to Nicolaus Biceps OP in the Context of the Dominican Education System

Verbum Vitae
The aim of the article is to present the interpretation of the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary contained in the commentary on the Sentences by Nicolaus Biceps in the context of the educational system of the Dominican Order.
Bogusław Kochaniewicz, Agnieszka Łoza, Włodzimierz Zega   +2 more
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Top Executives with Academic Work Experience, Stakeholder‐friendly Engagement, and Firm Value

Abacus, EarlyView.
We study the role of top executives’ prior academic work experience in stakeholder‐oriented activities and related capital market benefits. Analyzing data from China, we demonstrate that firms managed by top executives with academic work experience have higher stakeholder‐friendly engagement scores than those without.
Zhe Li, Xinrui Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Visioni e proiezioni della Vergine in Gonzalo de Berceo e Juana de Ibarbourou

Lea, 2016
In this article we present an examination of the representation of the Virgin in “Loores de Nuestra Senora” by Gonzalo de Berceo – an exponent of Medieval literature dedicated to Mary – and in Juana de Ibarbourou, a spokeswoman of 20th century Uruguayan ...
Carmelo Spadola
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Selected Elements of Animated Nature Associated with the Birth of Jesus in the Bulgarian Oral Culture and Apocryphal Narratives [PDF]

, 2014
Translated by Katarzyna GucioThe article attempts to extract textual and extratextual planes on which representatives of fauna made their mark in the folklore of the South Slavs, mainly Bulgarians; in their oral literature, rituals, and beliefs ...
Krzeszewska, Karolina
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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

The McKinleys of Punch: Politics and the Press in Melbourne, 1870s to 1920s

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
This article re‐examines the Melbourne Punch (1855–1925; known simply as Punch from 1900) as a political weapon in the cut‐and‐thrust of Victorian, local, and national politics, in the hands of its longest‐serving, but least‐known proprietor, Alexander McKinley (1848–1927).
Richard Scully
wiley   +1 more source

When First Nations Don't Count: H.V. Evatt and the Erasure of Palestinian Rights

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
As Minister for External Affairs in the Chifley Government, Herbert Vere Evatt played a pivotal role at the United Nations in securing the partition of Palestine and recognition of the State of Israel. These endeavours were represented by Evatt and in subsequent commentary as exemplifying Evatt's commitment to justice.
Jeff Rickertt
wiley   +1 more source

The Pictorial Journey of a Milanese Painter in Catalonia : Joan Baptista Toscano, active between 1599 to 1617 [PDF]

, 2011
L’estudi reconstrueix les dues dècades d’activitat del pintor italià Joan Baptista Toscano a Catalunya (entre 1595 i 1617), analitzant-ne el rastre documental, relativament abundant i ara enriquit de manera molt rellevant, i, sobretot, la seva obra ...
Bosch Ballbona, Joan
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