‘It’s bawdier in Greek’: A.C. Swinburne’s Subversions of the Hellenic Code by Charlotte Ribeyrol

“…This eloquent polyglossia was both an appropriate tribute to his classically-trained French poetic mentor, as well as a means for Swinburne to show off his multifaceted literary skills. In the 19th century, Latin and Greek were indeed powerful signifiers of elitism on both sides of the Channel, as shown by Swinburne’s erudite use of untranslated Greek words or quotations in many of his essays and poems which were meant to baffle ignorant critics. …”
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Patient's Attitudes Towards the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Finland: an Ethnomedical Insight Based on Cancer Narratives by Piret Paal

“…As in many other countries, the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century marked times of modernisation in Finland. …”
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19. Yüzyılın Son Çeyreğinde Malatya'da Yaşanan Afetler, Sosyal, Ekonomik Krizler ve Yardım Faaliyetleri by Abdurrahim Fahimi AYDIN

“…Disasters such as earthquakes, fires, famine, locust invasions and cholera caused unfortunate disasters in Malatya in the last quarter of the 19th century. In addition to all these, the immigrant and Armenian question has deepened the issues. …”
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Sociétés chorales et Renaissance de la musique anglaise, 1840-1910 by Gilles Couderc

“…Paradoxically, the Renaissance of English music in the late 19th century benefited from the craze for choral singing but also somehow triggered its demise when native composers, who had assimilated the lessons of their foreign competitors and raised their standards of composition, required more from their amateur choristers, gradually forced to give up in favour of professionals, increasing the gap between popular and high brow culture.…”
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Der Tatra-Babelturm. Der Grenzcharakter vom Ethnos „homo scepusiensis“ in den Berichten von Ludwik Pietrusiński und Teodor Tripplin by Aleksandra Gintowt

“…The article presents the elements of multiculturalism of the Spiš area in the 19th century, which falls under the contemporary definition of a borderland: life at the intersection of cultures with an interactive character. …”
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Řeholní kongregace v Čechách na přelomu 19. a 20. století v kontextu proměn náboženského milieu by Miroslav Novotný

“…It views complex situation in Czech lands in a wider context of transformations and creation of the modern European industrial society in the second half of the 19th century, which also strongly mirrored in the activity of individual Churches and led, among others, to the “religious renaissance” and to the search for new or renewed forms of religious activities, as well as spiritual life and also to the formation of new regular communities (men and especially women congregations) together with lay confraternities (Marian communities, in the first place). …”
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EKOLOGINĖ ETIKA IR SUBJEKTO PROBLEMA by Česlovas Kalenda

“…The objective German idealism of the 19th century overcame the categorical alienation of man from nature, while the philosophy of postmodernism disclosed it as a Western culture’s way of forcing human will upon nature, opening the perspective of subject’s decentration. …”
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KAREL SCHOEMAN EN DIE LEEFWÊRELD VAN VROEË SENDELINGE IN SUID-AFRIKA – by G van der Watt

“… Karel Schoeman, the award-winning Afrikaans author, not only wrote several seminal novels (for which he received the highest Afrikaans literature prizes), but his contribution to research focusing on the 18th and early 19th century South African sociocultural history is also remarkable. …”
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A Study of Social Class Conflict in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. by Atukunda, Atubangiire

“…The novel, set in early 19th-century England, presents a critical view of the social hierarchy through the interactions and development of its characters. …”
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City, cholera, and COVID: A reading mediated by religiosity and science by Carlos E. Flores-Rodríguez, Luis Fajardo-Velázquez, Rosa María López-Nanco

“…On its way to liberalism and, above all, in relation to the difficulties that characterized this moment, the 19th century was fundamental in the configuration of the societies of Mexican cities and, in particular, of peripheral neighborhoods. …”
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The first books in Kaunas by Sigitas Lūžys

“…In the middle of the 19th century, the remaining books from the Jesuits' library in Kaunas were supplemented by the remainder of the Jesuits' library from Kražiai. …”
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Les bandages herniaires modernes : apports d’un nouvel exemple provenant du cimetière paroissial de Gradignan (Gironde) by Camille Bouffiès, Hélène Réveillas, Alejandra Balboa-Pont

“…A hernia truss dating from the 17th to the first half of the 19th century, discovered inside a grave in the parish cemetery of Gradignan (Gironde, SW France), adds to the small corpus of similar modern archaeological examples of this type of medical device uncovered in France to date. …”
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Das galante Modell als kreativer Raum by Johannes Raiser

“…I use two different methodologies: the early 19th century theories of figured bass and bass scale degrees of Emanuel Aloys Förster (1805) and Robert Gjerdingen’s theory of schematic models of late eighteenth century ›galant‹ music (2007). …”
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Long-Term Trends in Marriage Timing and the Impact of Migration, the Netherlands (1650-1899) by Charlotte Störmer, Corry Gellatly, Anita Boele, Tine De Moor

“…As later marriage implies a reduction of the window of fertility, especially for women, our results suggest that migration and increasing regional mobility might have been an important driver of the demographic shift toward higher marriage ages and lower fertility in Europe between the 17th and 19th centuries.…”
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Notes on medical publications in Villa Clara by Jesús Ramón Sánchez Pérez, José Ramón Ruiz Hernández

“…Conclusions: In the society of Villa Clara in the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, there were medical publications of a certain regularity, which are an important precedent for the history of our current medical journals.…”
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Charles Maurras – osobnost a l´Action française by Aleš Vrbata

“…Maurras collaborates with Félibrige de Paris, with tradicionalist press, publishes his first books and specifies his definition of french culture and civilization which is connected with his criticism of the french revolutionary tradition. In the end of 19th century enters l‘Action française which was originally republican movement. …”
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Genomic exploration of the journey of Plasmodium vivax in Latin America. by Margaux J M Lefebvre, Fanny Degrugillier, Céline Arnathau, Gustavo A Fontecha, Oscar Noya, Sandrine Houzé, Carlo Severini, Bruno Pradines, Antoine Berry, Jean-François Trape, Fabian E Sáenz, Franck Prugnolle, Michael C Fontaine, Virginie Rougeron

“…We also found evidence that P. vivax arrived in Latin America in multiple waves, initially during early European contact and later through post-colonial human migration waves in the late 19th-century. This study provides a fresh perspective on P. vivax's intricate evolutionary journey and brings insights into the possible contribution of West African P. vivax populations to the colonization history of Latin America.…”
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The historical roots of post-apartheid intra-working-class racism by Tlhabane Mokhine ‘Dan’ Motaung

“…While the early mercantile and agricultural economic stages influenced South Africa’s racial capitalism, it was the era of the mineral revolution in the late 19th century – as well as the attendant imperative for cheap, Black labour – which formed the bedrock of the Union of South Africa in 1910 and later necessitated the rise of the apartheid state. …”
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Ueji, le précurseur du jardin japonais moderne et les hommes qui l’ont influencé by Yagasaki Zentarō

“…The purpose of this article is to shed light on the particularities of the modern Japanese garden (from the late 19th century to the early 20th century). It will mainly deal with the leisure places of the new leading class, the buildings and gardens which were aimed at receiving guests and the organisation of tea ceremonies. …”
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Long-Term Trends in Marriage Timing and the Impact of Migration, the Netherlands (1650-1899) by Charlotte Störmer, Corry Gellatly, Anita Boele, Tine de Moor

“…As later marriage implies a reduction of the window of fertility, especially for women, our results suggest that migration and increasing regional mobility might have been an important driver of the demographic shift toward higher marriage ages and lower fertility in Europe between the 17th and 19th centuries. …”
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