Interpretation of Historical Facts in Modern Italian Literature by the Example of Umberto Eco’s Novel “Baudolino” by O. Yu. Mushtanova

“…Eco uses the typical for the historical novel method, which is the combination of facts from chronicles and fictional elements; the events are shown by the eyes of an invented character Baudolino. …”
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Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell Policy Strangles Research and Do-Gooder Intentions Ablaze by Shauna M. Haley

“…Nature starts the news week by chronicling epidemiological researchers’ wrath over how Britain’s General Medical Council (GMC) has implemented the nation’s 1998 Data Protection Act. …”
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La diplomacia del heredero en Castilla by Óscar Villarroel González

“…Using the available chronicles and archival sources, his diplomacy is shown both in its characteristics as well as in its relationship with the politics of Ferdinand III of León and Castile.…”
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Excerpts from The Freedom Fight: A Novel of Resistance and Freedom. by Pamela J. Olubunmi Smith

“… The Novel Set in 19th century traditional Yorùbáland in South Western Nigeria, Olókùn Ẹṣin is a historical tale about feudalism and enslavement, freedom and independence. It chronicles brilliantly the rebellion of an idealist, Àjàyí, son of Olókùn-Ẹṣin, a prominent member of the town’s Council of Chiefs and the chain reaction of the revolution he mounts against the injustices of enslavement and any kind of feudal practices. …”
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Le corps en transformation : représentation et conception du cadavre dans la pensée aztèque by Nathalie Ragot

“…Basing the analysis on ethnohistorical sources (codexes and chronicles), three successive points are broached: the iconographic conventions for the representation of corpses; the treatment of the body in different funeral rituals; extraordinary customs reserved for the remains of certain dead people (people who were sacrificed and woman who died giving birth).…”
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Entre o violoncelo e o cavaquinho: música e sujeito popular em Machado de Assis by Idelber Avelar

“…Devoting special attention to a set of newspaper chronicles and to the stories “Um homem célebre” and “O machete”, the article postulates that Machado’s work was the first literary reflection on music as a pri- vileged cipher of nationality.…”
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Um manuscrito alcobacense reencontrado by Filipe Alves Moreira

“…This work systematizes the known data on the manuscript tradition of the Summary of the chronicles of the Portuguese Kings by Cristóvão Rodrigues Acenheiro, including the identification of the manuscripts used by the only existing edition (Academia das Ciências, 1824). …”
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The ‘cursed’ queen by Gergely Kiss

“…The period is rich in narrative sources, and this study seeks to answer the question of how they portrayed Clemence, how 'Hungarian' she really was, and what attracted the interest of chroniclers in the 'age of the cursed kings'.…”
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Tropical Foliage Cultivar Development: New Ornamental Introductions Drive Plant Markets by Richard J. Henny, Jianjun Chen

“…Includes references and a table chronicling changes in major foliage plant genera in commercial production between 1975 and 1999. …”
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Surdity in the OR: An Unusual Case of Brainstem Anesthesia by Howard D. Palte, Don P. Hoa, Aldo Pavon Canseco

“…Brainstem anesthesia is a potentially life-threatening complication of regional ophthalmic anesthesia. This case report chronicles an unusual presentation of brainstem anesthesia following an eye block. …”
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Tropical Foliage Cultivar Development: New Ornamental Introductions Drive Plant Markets by Richard J. Henny, Jianjun Chen

“…Includes references and a table chronicling changes in major foliage plant genera in commercial production between 1975 and 1999. …”
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A monstrificação dos irlandeses na imaginação geográfica de Giraldus Cambrensis by Raimundo Sousa

“…By analyzing Topographia Hibernica, first topographical description of Ireland, written by the medieval chronicler Giraldus Cambrensis, this paper investigates how the British colonial discourse sought to legitimize the colonization of the territory turning the native inhabitants into monsters. …”
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Sobre medios, masa, cultura popular en las crónicas de Carlos Monsiváis by María Ángela Cifuentes

“…This article approaches the journalistic-literary work of his collections of chronicles from the sixties to the nineties, within which the concepts of mass, mass media and popular culture are central. …”
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The Duels of Monarchs: the Issue of Ritual Communication from Antiquity to the Present Day by Piotr Tafiłowski

“…They are known from many documented, literary (Iliad) and iconographic sources and also from chronicles. It appears, however, that historians have not so far devoted proper attention to them and failed to correctly interpret this problem and explain it adequately. …”
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Faide indiane e allarmismi lombardi. La mediatizzazione del conflitto ‘etnico’ e la sua eco sulla quotidiana convivenza migranti/autoctoni by Sara Bonfanti

“…Through ethnographic narratives and local chronicles, I contrast the stakes of immigrants and natives, citizens and officials, unraveling how the identity outcomes of that drama affected social interactions and integration of the Panjabi communities long established in the area.  …”
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A river cuts through it: the Métis on the two banks of the Ottawa River by Michel Bouchard, Sébastien Malette, Guillaume Marcotte

“…The Métis of the Ottawa River are a telling case, reflective of the disparities entrenched by the provincial border separating Ontario and Quebec. In chronicling the history of this particular Métis community, primarily through unpublished sources, we demonstrate that there is a shared Métis experience and identity in Canada, but that a contiguous community has been arbitrarily divided by a provincial boundary whereby the community is recognized on one side of the divide but not the other.…”
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Cette rivière qui divise au Canada : les Métis de part et d’autre de l’Outaouais by Michel Bouchard, Sébastien Malette, Guillaume Marcotte

“…The Métis of the Ottawa River are a telling case, reflective of the disparities entrenched by the provincial border separating Ontario and Québec. In chronicling the history of this particular Métis community, primarily through unpublished sources, we demonstrate that there is a shared Métis experience and identity in Canada, but that a contiguous community has been arbitrarily divided by a provincial boundary whereby the community is recognized on one side of the divide but not the other.…”
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O Luto em Portugal: da Corte à Gente Comum (séculos XV-XVI) by Ana Mafalda Pereira Lopes

“…We will analyze the concepts and practices of mourning and their evolution throughout the Early Modern period, by reviewing the contents mainly of royal chronicles, inserting the narratives of mourning in their political contexts. …”
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The Montreal General Hospital Pain Centre (1974-2000): The Contributions of Ronald Melzack by Mary Ellen Jeans, Joseph Stratford, Paul Taenzer, Sandra Lefort, Kathleen Rowat

“…This paper chronicles the development of the Montreal General Hospital Pain Centre from its inception in 1974 to the present. …”
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The baby bump. Pregnancy’s new social visibility by Angela Biscaldi

“…In the last twenty years, the cultural meaning of pregnancy has been entirely upended: once a period of waiting, of suspension, almost mysterious and concealed, wrapped in prohibitions and fears, and surrounded by silence, pregnancy now seems to be something to be chronicled, savored and even exhibited by displaying the belly – painted or decorated – as if it were a trophy. …”
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