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De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
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Cyril of Alexandria's critique of the term Theotokos by Nestorius Constantinople
Acta Theologica, 2012 The God Word became truly human. He had the real human nature (body and soul), but without propensity to sin. Jesus Christ was the incarnate Word of God. He was born of the Virgin Mary and conceived by the Holy Spirit.
E. Artemi
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Response and Responsibility - Chapter 1 of The Feeling Intellect: Reading the Bible with C.S. Lewis
, 2010 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin\u27s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, Greetings, favored one! The
Newell, Roger
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‘I, Me, Myself’: Selfhood and Melancholy in the Journals of Gertrude Savile (1697–1758)
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the journals of Gertrude Savile from 1727 in light of recent scholarship on early modern and eighteenth‐century melancholy. The concept had myriad associations with medicine, physiology, the imagination, and feeling, but questions remain about how melancholy during this period was considered by those outside the narrow ...
Daniel Beaumont
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Mite i etimologia: l’adjectiu gorgós i els seus derivats bizantins
AitiaThe adjective γοργός derives from the name of the Gorgo, meaning “terrible”, but in Byzantine vocabularies it means impetuous and fast, and it appears in several uncommon composita.
Montserrat Camps-Gaset
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Mother of God, Mother of Christianity: The Development of the Marian Tradition in Early Modern Japan
, 2019 The Christian figure of the Virgin Mary, first introduced as Jesus’ mother in the Bible, has since been repeatedly reinterpreted in various roles and imagery through her incorporation into different cultures. This project analyses the historical adoption
Keller, Alaina
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Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The final Stuart monarch, Queen Anne, has often been overlooked in studies of visual and material culture, particularly of fashion and dress. This article is the first to undertake a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the wardrobe accounts of Queen Anne, situating her consumption within the context of the eighteenth‐century fashion ...
Sarah A. Bendall
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Edith Stein on the Highest Expression of the Feminine Genius
Studia Gilsoniana, 2019 Edith Stein sees the highest expression of the feminine genius in the Blessed Virgin Mary. This article presents (1) Edith Stein’s insights into what it means to walk with Mary and how her imitation provides women a secure path to nurturing a healthy ...
Alexandra Cathey
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, 2022 The image depicts the Virgin Mary being attended to by angels on her left while to her left are images of the nude Adam and Eve. Location: Lady Chapel, North wall, 1st window. The images are lighted by artifical light. Lead Investigator and Photograph: C. Cody Barteet (cbarteet@uwo.ca).
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Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
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