“The compass of possibilities”: Re-Mapping the Suburbs of Los Angeles in the Writings of D.J. Waldie by Neil Campbell

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Beyond Determinism: Geography of Jewishness in Nathan Englander’s “Sister Hills” and Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Filip Boratyn

“…The Zionist project negotiated between the God-given, predetermined character of the Jewish return to “the Holy Land” and more secular justifications for settlement in the Palestine. …”
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Belvoir through textual sources by Hervé Barbé

“…Conceived as an introduction to the historical and archaeological study of the castle of Belvoir by a Franco-Israeli mission (2013-2020), this article succinctly presents the chronology of the site through textual sources before asking the question of the functions of a Frankish fortification in the Holy Land. If a military vocation of such a structure remains pertinent, so is the vocation of a center of power…”
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Du culte des reliques à celui du Précieux Sang by André Vauchez

“…The miracles attributed to the Holy Blood or the Precious Blood of Jesus first arose in the context of pilgrimages and crusades to the Holy Land, before becoming evidence of the actual presence of the Son of God in the sacrament of the Eucharist.…”
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Eine arabisch-äthiopische Wort- und Satzliste aus Jerusalem vom 15. Jahrhundert by Franz-Christoph Muth

“…In the late Middle Ages, this genre will flourish for the pilgrims visiting the Holy Land. The article presents these documents in their original version and then ordering as such: elements and natural phenomena; plants, fruits and vegetables, food; animals; clothing; weapons, tools, architecture and colours; useful sentences. …”
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Le Temple, le Portugal et l’Orient latin by Philippe Josserand

“…Even among specialists, it is still admitted that the Portuguese province of the order, by benefiting from a gradual autonomy, would have known a definitive estrangement from the Holy Land at the end of the thirteenth century. To challenge this preconceived idea, it is used in this paper an unpublished document kept in the Archivo de la Corona de Aragón which, in 1282, implicates Lourenço Martins, lieutenant of the provincial master of Portugal, in a Mediterranean transport from Barcelona to Acre. …”
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À l’origine du culte du Précieux Sang de Fécamp, le Saint Voult de Lucques by Jean-Guy Gouttebroze

“…This sculpture, the Holy Face, travels from the Holy Land to Lucca. According to a second tradition, Nicodemus receives the 'particules' or drops of Holy Blood, which, following a miraculous journey, shall be carried inside the trunk of a fig tree to the coast where in due course the monastery of Holy Trinity at Fécamp will arise. …”
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Marie d’Antioche, la mobilisation de sa parentèle dans la procédure judiciaire pour la revendication du trône de Jérusalem au xiiie siècle by Cécile Khalifa

“…Mary of Antioch had several supporters in the Holy Land, due to her kinship with several lineages such as the Briennes, and her proximity to Conradin, son of Conrad IV, son of Frederick II. …”
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Avant la vida : aux origines de la légende de Jaufre Rudel, grand amour ou petite mort ? Les témoignages de Rofian et de Pétrarque by Roy Rosenstein

“…The vida has him arrive in the Holy Land as good as dead: per mort. For him to expire in the arms of his distant love, whom he would have seen up close at last, was an inspired step, but only one step. …”
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RUSSIAN EMBASSY CHURCHES AND PRIEST DURING THE REIGN OF NICHOLAS I by E. P. Koudryavtseva

“…The theme of clerics’ membership in Russian embassies has never been studied before (except for few works concerning Russian clergy in the Holy Land). The large scale of materials that shows an important role of embassy clerics make it possible to significantly broaden the study of the activity of the Russian representational offices.…”
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The Great Arab Revolt, Palestine and a Phoenicianist Civilizing Mission: Transregional Debates in the Mexican Mahjar Press by Camila Pastor de Maria Campos

“…Initially cast as a geography of recreation characterized by natural beauty and Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land, it became the axis of a heated debate around ‘the Palestine question’ and its moral geography. …”
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Renovatio imperii Romani: The aspect of Christian wored outlook by Marius Ščavinskas

“…They are connected with changes in the Church's life after the announcing of Dictatus papae, also with changes in the world outlook and events in the Holy Land, which led to the beginning of the Crusades. …”
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ON THE SPECIFICS OF TEACHING, SCHOOLS AND INTELLECTUAL CENTERS OF PALESTINE OF LATE ANTIQUITY by Zhanna M. Sukhova, Irina Yu. Vashcheva

“…This image is quite different from the information that could be found in biographies and teachings of the ascetics of the Holy Land. The people of Palestine could choose different methods and teaching styles. …”
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