La lettre perdue by Philippe Dufour

“…For a quarter of a century, from 1838 to 1865, numerous articles appeared in the Revue des Deux Mondes presenting the works of German historians of religion. We will focus on the historians of Christianity, concerned with literary and historical criticism of the Bible. …”
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Omri van Israel: 'n Poging tot historiese rekonstruksie by J A Burger

“… Historians usually use the Old Testament as their source of information in writing contemporary works on the history of ancient Israel. …”
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Flaubert, lecteur d’histoire by Paule Petitier

“…The chapter in Bouvard et Pécuchet devoted to historians brings the proof, from a contrary position, of the central role of subjectivity, by showing that its absence only dooms to failure the two fellows’ initiation to History.…”
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The periodisation of Lithuanian history in the context of social history by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…In the 20th-century historiography of Lithuania, such insights are found in the works of famous historians Z. Ivinskis, J. Jurginis, and E. Gudavičius. …”
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‘Viral’ Hunts? A Cultural Darwinian Analysis of Witch Persecutions by Hofhuis Steije, Boudry Maarten

“…Historians have convincingly argued that witch-hunts were not inspired by some hidden agenda; persecutors genuinely believed in the threat of witchcraft to their communities. …”
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Du poulailler au marché by Mickaël Wilmart

“…The poultry farming little interested the historians of the medieval rural economy. The article reconsiders at first the question of the seigniorial levies of poultry, often quoted but little studied. …”
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De gallo peregrino, the wandering cock by Serge Bahuchet

“…For this inquiry, I analyze chronologically successive written evidences, i. e. archives discovered by historians, as well as books (about cooking, agriculture) and dictionaries, in order to underline the steps of the adoption of the turkey in our European civilization (Spain, Italy, France and England).…”
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Whiteness Studies I by Peter Kolchin

“…These two articles evaluate the way historians have approached the subject. The first article, originally published in the Journal of American History in 2002, examines the development of whiteness studies in the 1990s, and the second, which appears here for the first time, provides an update on more recent trends. …”
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Whiteness Studies II by Peter Kolchin

“…These two articles evaluate the way historians have approached the subject. The first article, originally published in the Journal of American History in 2002, examines the development of whiteness studies in the 1990s, and the second, which appears here for the first time, provides an update on more recent trends. …”
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The role of Nazi organizations in German repatriation from the Baltic states (1939-1941) by Ingrida Jakubavičienė

“…The repatriation from Lithuania was executed in the winter of 1941; more than 50 thousand Germans and Lithuanians left the country. German historians ascribed the preparation for repatriation to the German community. …”
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Rechtsgeschichte und Ordnungsdenken. Zum rechtshistorischen Werk von Paolo Grossi by Thomas Duve

“… Paolo Grossi (1933–2022) was one of the most influential legal historians of his generation. His works on the legal history of the Middle Ages and the modern period, not least his critique of the law of the modern age, have been widely received in Europe and Latin America. …”
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Recognising Cartulary Studies Thirty Years after Les cartularies by Joanna Tucker

“…It reflects on how this field has developed since the early 1990s, especially what has characterised the research and the kinds of themes and questions historians have explored. It situates the latest work on cartularies within the broader development of the field, such as long established interests in cartulary function, typologies, codicology and scribes, and the influences of editorial practices, as well as emerging ideas about reading cartularies. …”
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Contours of pacificism: Ramsden Balmforth's advocacy of peace in the Union of South Africa and beyond by F. Hale

“…It is argued that Balmforth was not at any time an absolute pacifist, and that the distinction between “pacifism” and “pacificism” which was advanced by inter alia the British historians A.J.P. Taylor and Martin Ceadel is particularly useful for interpreting Balmforth and placing him on the spectrum of positions with regard to the ethical defensibility of taking up arms. …”
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Coastal Yorubaland: Habitability, Inhabitance, and Inheritances by Toyin Falola

“… Although the conference from which this Special Issue derives was convened by two prominent historians, this article is multi-disciplinary; both within and outside the boundaries of history. …”
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La mise en tourisme du patrimoine paysager de la Vallée des peintres entre Berry et Limousin : un levier de développement rural ? by Edwige Garnier, Frédéric Serre

“…This profusion of artistic creativity focusing on the landscapes of the valley then fell into oblivion before the work of art historians exhumed this key period of local cultural history. …”
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Proceso de recolección y comercialización de hongos comestibles silvestres en el Valle de Toluca, México

“…In Mexico, human consumption of edible fungi has occurred since the time of the Pre Columbian cultures. Historians of the sixteenth century and beyond have described the use of fungi as well as the manner in which they were classified. …”
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Encodage et décodage des récits historiques. Un cas : la série Le Canada, une histoire populaire by Olivier Côté

“…This article, based on the investigation of the CBC documentary archives and of the fond Ramsay Cook , examines the circulation of historical narratives within Canadian society through the analysis of the context of production of the TV series Canada: A People’s History – what we call ‘narrative encoding’ –, the study of the dynamics between CBC’s journalists and historians, and the decoding of this ‘encoded’ historical narrative by TV viewers who sent their e-mails to the CBC. …”
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Représenter volailles et volaillères dans la peinture italienne du Cinquecento by Valérie Boudier

“…Artistic image has a language of its own the Art historians attempt to decipher by analyzing the objectives, conventions, styles, and techniques of each work. …”
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Conquête d’un milieu, adaptation à une multitude de réalités : l’exemple de la conquête romaine des espaces oasiens égyptiens by Evelyne Ferron

“…The archaeological diggings started late in this area, but because of the quantity of artefacts and documents available for the Roman period, it allows now historians specialised in Roman history to study the oases during Roman occupation. …”
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A Handlist of Illustrated Early Solomonic Manuscripts in German Public Collections by Sophia Dege-Müller, Jacopo, Vitagrazia

“… Illustrated manuscripts in the Ethiopic language, as material objects that carry textual and visual information, are among the most valuable sources of data for art historians specializing in this area. This article provides a handlist of illustrated early Solomonic manuscripts housed in German libraries and museums. …”
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