Algures entre o Inferno e o Céu by Carlos Clamote Carreto

“…Enquanto desafio à própria representação, poderá Merlim e o seu corpo-palimpsesto tornar-se emblema dos paradoxos e mutações inerentes à escrita medieval entre os séculos XII e XIII e metaforizar o devir da ficção arturiana que, algures entre o Inferno e o Céu, continua incessantemente em busca do seu lugar no universo?…”
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La représentation paradoxale du chemin de fer chez Dickens : fantastique et mythe au service d’une peinture de la modernité dans Dombey and Son (1848) et « No. 1 Branch Line. The S... by Françoise Dupeyron-Lafay

“…However, this recourse to the Gothic represents a paradox as the Gothic is supposed to belong to the dark, distant, uncivilized medieval past and it is here used to describe the new living conditions of the industrial era, and the growth of technology. …”
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In the Eyes of the Beholder: Towards Depicting the Dog in the Nineteenth Century by Beryl Gray

“…I draw on texts and images to support my belief that in late medieval and early modern England the stance towards the dog was markedly unbiblical, while the authoritatively expressed ‘contempt or aversion’ made familiar through the Geneva Bible significantly influenced society’s attitudes to dogs in Protestant Britain. …”
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Afinidades e desencontros entre a concepção de Max Weber e Georg Simmel sobre a Cidade e a Liberdade by Edilene Maria de Carvalho Leal

“… Esse artigo pretende comparar as concepções de Weber e Simmel, respectivamente, sobre o fenômeno do advento histórico da cidade medieval e da cidade moderna. Nesses dois pensadores da modernidade, aparece como tema central, a relação problemática entre a constituição da cidade e a liberdade. …”
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Non-metric variations in individuals who died during the perinatal period in past populations: recording protocol and comparative data by Caroline Partiot, Dominique Castex, Valérie Delattre, Bruno Maureille, Mark Guillon

“…The individuals analysed are from an ancient Sudanese necropolis and two medieval/modern cemeteries and churches in the Paris Basin. …”
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Sectarian and Secular: Lay Perspectives in <i>Stūpa</i> Burials at Mount Zhongnan During the Tang Dynasty (AD 618–906) by Wen Sun

“…The canonical limitations on <i>stūpa</i> burial for ordinary monks and prohibitions on non-Buddhist <i>stūpas</i> underwent significant changes in medieval China. A key question emerges when considering how the use of <i>stūpas</i> expanded beyond honoring the Buddha and saints to include lay individuals. …”
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Addis Amba Mädhané Aläm: the Uncommon Troglodytic Heritage of Ethiopia by Tsegaye Ebabey DEMISSIE

“… Ethiopia is one of the few African countries that have preserved the antiquities of early and medieval Christianity. The cave church of Addis Amba Mädhané Aläm (the church of Saviour of the World), is one of the little known troglodytic heritages found in Mäqét, North Wällo. …”
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L’écriture du monde (II). by Nicolas Perreaux

“…Bulletin du Centre d’Études Médiévales d’Auxerre…”
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Agrarian Reform in the Middle East (1945-1965) by Behçet Kemal YEŞİLBURSA

“…These countries of the Middle East were moving out of a static, medieval condition, and rapid political, economic and social changes were beginning to take place. …”
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A different story of modern economic science by Oreste Bazzichi, Fabio Reali

“… This paper wants to demonstrate a scenario where it is evident that the medieval society, starting from the monasticism of St. …”
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Articulating (ultimate) commitments: historical, factual and systematic considerations by D. F. M. Strauss

“…Subsequently a related brief analysis is given of the ultimate commitment motivating the development of Greek philosophy and Medieval philosophy and theology. Distinguishing between conceptual knowledge and concepttranscending knowledge (concept and idea) brought the views of Plotinus, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Dengerink and Tillich into the discussion. …”
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Teleologia i teologia. Nowożytne przemiany w rozumieniucelowości natury ludzkiej na przykładzie Kajetana i Lutra by Andrzej Persidok

“…This conviction, shared by both patristic and medieval theology, at the dawn of modernity undergoes profound transformation, and in time it becomes lost. …”
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Music Theory, Cultural Transfer, and Colonial Hybridity by Thomas Christensen

“…Using a range of examples from Medieval Arabic music theory, Jean-Philippe Rameau’s theory of harmony, and Schenkerian theory, it is shown that a global dissemination and absorption of music-theoretical ideas is rarely a straightforward process of import and export. …”
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A tese do "modelo doméstico" segundo A Dama Pé de Cabra de Herculano ou a forma humana da besta by Ana Paiva Morais

“…Sugere-se que a diferença entre a humanidade e a animalidade que está subjacente a algumas narrativas medievais como o romance cortês e o conto - tomando como exemplo a narrativa de Calogrenant no romance de Chrétien de Troyes Le Chevalier au Lyon – está intimamente ligada à busca da identidade humana na literatura medieval, e que Herculano em A Dama Pé de Cabra se baseia neste fundo cultural para desenvolver a sua própria tese sobre a relevância dos contos e lendas nacionais como narrativas historicamente relevantes e legitimadoras. …”
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Ecstasy’s Alembic: H.D.’s Poetics of Magic and Psychoanalysis in World War Two by Jane Augustine

“…À la fois pratique et théorie, la spiritualité de H.D. se manifeste sous diverses formes dans son œuvre, notamment à travers son désir d’éprouver l’extase grecque, le verbe biblique, l’éros mystique médiéval ou encore le discours psychanalytique. Rassemblés autour d’un rêve d’union entre spiritualité et sexualité, ces discours alimentent l’évolution des figures ou personae façonnées par la romancière et poète de sa période imagiste jusqu’à Trilogy, son long poème visionnaire écrit pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. …”
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The influence of Christianity on Graeco-Roman medicine up to the Renaissance by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…However, during the 5th century Nestorian Christians, fleeing from persecution by the Church, settled in Persia where they initiated a  blossoming of medical science during the Golden Age of Islam (8th to 13th centuries), coexisting with the Dark Ages of Medieval Europe. After this period Jewish and Christian doctors reintroduced Arabic versions of the works of the Greek masters from the teaching hospitals of Islam to the young European medical schools at Palermo and Montpellier. …”
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The Wandering Jew as Monster: John Blackburn’s <i>Devil Daddy</i> by Lisa Lampert-Weissig

“…The figure does not easily fit the common definition of a monster and yet, the Wandering Jew is extraordinary. In the medieval and early modern sources of the legend, the Wandering Jew, who once sinned against Christ and is therefore doomed to be an immortal eyewitness to the Passion, serves as a model for the faithful. …”
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Sur la biométrie des mandibules et des dents humaines d’Ishango (LSA, République démocratique du Congo) by Rosine Orban, Patrick Semal, François Twiesselmann

“…The reference material comprises measurements of australopithecines, of Homo erectus, of Neandertals, and of fossil and recent Homo sapiens sapiens (medieval inhabitants from Belgium and contemporaneous inhabitants from Congo). …”
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The Administrative Structure of Narva and Its Role in Promoting of “Unusual Trade” in Livonian-Russian Borderlands During the 15th and Early 16th Centuries by Valentina A. Yakunina

“…This article focuses on the study of administrative-legal framework of medieval Narva and its influence on development of the town’s economic potential within Livonian-Russian trade. …”
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venta del prebostazgo de Bilbao durante la Guerra de Sucesión: movilización de recursos para la hacienda de Felipe V en el contexto de la construcción de un nuevo régimen (1704-170... by Rafael Guerrero Elecalde

“…Este oficio, de origen medieval, fue desempeñado de forma hereditaria desde 1605 por la familia Idiáquez, hasta que Felipe V decidió su reincorporación al patrimonio real y su posterior venta para financiar la guerra. …”
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