An Empire For Our Times? A Discussion of Peter Wilson's The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History
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DOI: 10.1017/s0008938917000905
Abstract: In the two centuries since its dissolution in 1806, the Holy Roman Empire has usually been viewed as an antiquated relic of the medieval past, a dysfunctional polity that hindered Germany's development into a modern,… read more here.
Keywords: wilson; roman empire; empire; holy roman ... See more keywords
Central European History and the Holy Roman Empire
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DOI: 10.1017/s0008938918000067
Abstract: Central European History (CEH) began to appear at a crucial juncture in the historiography of the Holy Roman Empire. Of course its remit was much broader. Founded sixteen years before the British journal German History,… read more here.
Keywords: roman empire; central european; european history; holy roman ... See more keywords
The history of labour in the Roman empire: new insights, new methodologies
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DOI: 10.1017/s1047759418001666
Abstract: This collective work of 13 chapters is an important one: treating very diverse issues from different theoretical points of view, and using a wide range of evidence (archaeology, epigraphy, literary sources, some papyri), it shows… read more here.
Keywords: roman empire; history labour; archaeology; history ... See more keywords
Amulets in the Roman empire: the longue durée of a diversified knowledge-practice
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DOI: 10.1017/s1047759419000588
Abstract: This handsome, well-illustrated book is yet another exemplification of the current interest in the everyday, instrumental use of religious resources for a range of different purposes, primarily the integrity of the subjectively significant unit, ranging… read more here.
Keywords: diversified knowledge; empire longue; amulets roman; longue dur ... See more keywords
Arrian’s Ektaxis in the Roman Empire
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DOI: 10.1163/1568525x-12342816
Abstract: This paper proposes to discuss one of Arrian’s so-called ‘minor texts’—the Acies contra Alanos which I prefer to call Ektaxis kata Alanōn—and show how it is not only a military manual, but also allows Arrian… read more here.
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Vice-versa: The iron trade in the western Roman Empire between Gaul and the Mediterranean
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268209
Abstract: Starting from the second century BC, with the fast expansion of the Roman Empire, iron production and consumption developed exponentially in north-western Europe. This rapid growth naturally led to an increase in trade, that still… read more here.
Keywords: roman empire; trade; iron; vice versa ... See more keywords