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Strategic materials and state capacity in Renaissance Italy. The economic policies of ‘Roman saltpetre’ procurement

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
wiley   +1 more source

Extreme weather and economic crisis in the 1430s in England, and the implications for tenurial change

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The 1430s were characterized by extreme weather conditions, food and fodder shortages, and high mortalities among animals and humans, although the severity of events and their consequences in England have received limited attention. The economic downturn and the depressed customary land market in this decade marked the beginning of the Great ...
Mark Bailey
wiley   +1 more source

Helium isotope anomaly in groundwater prior to the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake. [PDF]

open access: yesNat Commun
Kagoshima T   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Discriminative Reactions to Behaviour and Social Attributes of Non‐Mother Individuals in Wild Infant Japanese Macaques on Yakushima (Macaca fuscata yakui)

open access: yesEthology, EarlyView.
Overview of the study. ABSTRACT Mammalian infants exhibit context‐dependent behavioural reactions in social interactions. Despite extensive research on these discriminative reactions, studies have lacked diversity in infant behaviours and have reported inconsistent findings.
Boyun Lee, Takeshi Furuichi
wiley   +1 more source

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