Grazing hay meadows: History, distribution, and ecological context
Grazing hay meadows, once widespread across Europe, became limited to rural regions with maintained traditional agriculture. Spring and autumn grazing, along with corralling and manuring of hay meadows, were integral parts of all farming systems existing in the Carpathian Mountains in parallel before agricultural intensification. We describe details on
Monika Janišová +5 more
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THE PHANARIOTE SYSTEM IN MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA UNDER THE OTTOMAN RULE [PDF]
Dobruja, Moldavia and Wallachia remained under the Ottoman sovereignty for more than 400 years. Dobruja was inhabited mostly by Turks and Muslims, and was administered by Muslim-Turkish governors assigned directly from the Sublime Porte.
BEDIR, Ömer
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The ‘Obstacle of Sex’. Christina of Sweden and Her Aspirations to the Polish–Lithuanian Throne
ABSTRACT An important field of research related to early modern sovereignty is the topic of female political authority. This article aims to utilise the category of gender to analyse potential obstacles that Queen Christina of Sweden had to overcome in order to obtain royal dignity in an elective monarchy, the early modern Polish–Lithuanian ...
Dorota Gregorowicz
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Abstract The Great Sejm (1788−1792) is perceived as a turning point in Stanisław August Poniatowski's reign and as one of the most important Sejms in the history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Studies devoted to this period concentrate in particular on parliamentary debates and deputies’ actions, as they were leading actors in this so‐called ...
Dorota Wiśniewska
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Kazikli Voivode: Turkey\u27s Nationalist Version of Dracula as Traced Through an Onomastic Journey [PDF]
While it can be reasonably assumed most scholars know something of Stoker’s Victorian classic, it is doubtful many have heard of, much less read, its Turkish progeny by Ali Riza Seyfi, Kazikli Voivode.
Hansen, David
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The Voivode Józef Potocki and the Prince Francis Rákóczi II [PDF]
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Un voievod valah redat pe cahle placă descoperite la Văleni, jud. Dâmboviţa (sf. sec. XIV- începutul sec. XV) O filă din repertoriul iconografic al cahlelor medievale româneşti [PDF]
The study presents two fragmentary, unglazed stove tiles, discovered by chance, in 1873, in Văleni, a small town located in the North-Eastern part of the Getic Plateau, at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains, in the valley of the Dâmboviţa River.
Maria-Venera Rădulescu
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Foreign experience of introduction of the institution of the prefect and its importance for Ukraine
The article is devoted to the study of the prefect Institute in European countries and in Ukraine. Attention is focused on the powers exercised by prefects in France, Poland, Romania and Ukraine.
Олексій Юрійович Лялюк +1 more
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To the question of the personality of Zhiroslav Nazhirovich who led the Kyiv troops to Mensk in 1159
The article deals with the biography of the Kyiv voivode Zhiroslav Nazhirovich. The boyar is mentioned in the Kyiv Chronicle only once, in 1159, when he leaded the military unit of Torks that had been by the Kyiv prince Rostislav Mstislavich to Mensk to ...
Vitaliy M. Nagirnyy +1 more
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Great Perm Governance in the Late 16th – Early 17th Century: From Administrators to Voivodes
Introduction. Great Perm (Perm Velikaya) in the late 16th – early 17th centuries included Cherdyn, Solikamsk and Kaigorod districts. It was an important strategic region.
Natalia V. Rybalko
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