Pathfinders in oncology from the end of the Middle Ages to the beginning of the 19th century
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DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30590
Abstract: During the 3 centuries reviewed herein, all that was known regarding cancer was limited to Italy, France, Germany, and England. Practically nothing was written about cancer in the rest of the known world, including the… read more here.
Keywords: end middle; oncology end; pathfinders oncology; middle ages ... See more keywords
Inspiration and Authority in the Middle Ages: Prophets and Their Critics from Scholasticism to Humanism. Brian FitzGerald. Oxford Historical Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. xi + 278 pp. $84.99.
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DOI: 10.1017/rqx.2023.164
Abstract: pieces of silver, subsequently their insertion into the iconography of the Passion, and finally, their veneration as relics. Also noteworthy is Travaini’s careful iconographic analysis of the phenomenon of the coins in images of the… read more here.
Keywords: iconography; authority middle; inspiration authority; middle ages ... See more keywords
Colonialism and the Jews in German History: From the Middle Ages to the 20th Century Edited by Stefan Vogt. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. Pp. 320. Hardcover $115.00. ISBN: 978-1350155718.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0008938924000190
Abstract: There exists a longstanding rift between the disciplines of Jewish studies and colonial/post-colonial studies, in part as a result of the contested relationship between Zionism and colonial history (a pioneering attempt to redress this rift… read more here.
Keywords: history middle; jews german; history; middle ages ... See more keywords
Papal Justice in the Late Middle Ages: The Sacra Romana Rota Kirsi Salonen Routledge, London and New York, 2016, Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West, xv + 199 pp (hardback £95) ISBN: 978-1-472-48226-6
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DOI: 10.1017/s0956618x17000151
Abstract: Scotland is concerned, it might be argued that the opposite of secularisation took place. Smith depicts the changing scene in Edinburgh through chapters on the Kirk’s place in burial, its role in the burial of… read more here.
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Measuring the Middle Ages
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DOI: 10.1111/1740-9713.01669
Abstract: Humans have kept rudimentary statistical records since they first learned to whittle a notch on a stick. The earliest surviving records of more “sophisticated” data-gathering date back to the tenth century, and the most famous… read more here.
Keywords: measuring middle; middle ages;
Three Welsh kings and Rome: royal pilgrimage, overlordship, and Anglo‐Welsh relations in the early Middle Ages
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DOI: 10.1111/emed.12430
Abstract: This article investigates the motivations behind royal pilgrimage to Rome in the early Middle Ages by examining the journeys of three Welsh kings (Cyngen ap Cadell in 854, Hywel in 886, and Hywel Dda in… read more here.
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Seen and named in narratives: denizens of hell in the early Middle Ages
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DOI: 10.1111/emed.12738
Abstract: This article discusses a special type of narrative: encounters with named individuals in hell. The catchment is broad (Homer to Dante) but the focus is on the early Middle Ages. Philological and literary techniques elucidate… read more here.
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The Under-Appreciated Rodent: Harbingers of Plague From the Middle Ages to the Twenty-First Century
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DOI: 10.1162/jinh_a_01408
Abstract: The history of the rat and the wider rodent family in relation to bubonic plague suggests multiple ways in which different research disciplines can contribute to the understanding of mortality, morbidity, and epidemics in the… read more here.
Keywords: plague middle; ages twenty; harbingers plague; middle ages ... See more keywords
Commerce and Consumers: The Ubiquitous Chest of the Late Middle Ages
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DOI: 10.1162/jinh_a_01591
Abstract: Contrary to their ubiquity within written, visual, and material sources, chests have largely remained overlooked in studies of the late Middle Ages. Bill Brown’s “thing theory” helps to explicate the ways in which chests can… read more here.
Keywords: commerce consumers; middle ages; late middle; consumers ubiquitous ... See more keywords
Climate after the Middle Ages: a Look at Later Developments
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DOI: 10.1163/15733823-20240116
Abstract: In this article, I explore the influence of medieval “climate theories” upon later thinkers, highlighting three thematic areas where this continuity was particularly strong: the problem of method; the management of disagreement; and the question… read more here.
Keywords: later developments; middle ages; climate middle; ages look ... See more keywords
Time and accounting in the Middle Ages: An Italian-based analysis
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DOI: 10.1177/1032373219833140
Abstract: This work is focused on an issue scarcely examined in the literature, concerning the analysis of the relationship existing between time and accounting practice. The aim is to highlight how changes in the interpretation of… read more here.
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