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“On Earth, As It Is In Heaven”: The Holy Family And Beguines In The Southern Low Countries (Ca. 1230-Ca. 1500), Harrison Klingman
“On Earth, As It Is In Heaven”: The Holy Family And Beguines In The Southern Low Countries (Ca. 1230-Ca. 1500), Harrison Klingman
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Excerpt from paper: "Differing from their monastic contemporaries, beguines were uncloistered religious women who took temporary vows of chastity while splitting their lives between the religious and secular spheres. In the late twelfth century, beguine communities began on a small and informal scale until papal approval in 1233 sanctioned their lifestyle; thereafter, large communities known as beguinages started to materialize.1 During this religious movement, beguines were faced with various questions over how to structure their family lives. Navigating through these uncertain waters, beguines ultimately found a solution in the Holy Family’s example by modeling their lives after the Virgin and …
From Defeat To Victory In Northern Italy: Comparing Staufen Strategy And Operations At Legnano And Cortenuova, 1176-1237., Daniel Franke
From Defeat To Victory In Northern Italy: Comparing Staufen Strategy And Operations At Legnano And Cortenuova, 1176-1237., Daniel Franke
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"Enimies To Mankind": Convict Servitude, Authority, And Humanitarianism In The British Atlantic World, Nicole K. Dressler
"Enimies To Mankind": Convict Servitude, Authority, And Humanitarianism In The British Atlantic World, Nicole K. Dressler
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This study examines the role that British convict transportation and penal servitude in America played in the early history of humanitarianism. During the eighteenth century Britons' and Americans' ideas about moral obligations and suffering changed drastically toward traditionally detested people, including transported convicts, enslaved Africans, sailors, and the poor. Historians have made it clear that people in the eighteenth century created unprecedented ways to understand the human condition, and studying coerced labor of all kinds tells scholars more about how unfreedom shaped the language, ethics, and practices of the early stages of humanitarianism. In the eighteenth century British courts banished …
The Terror Of Their Enemies: Reflections On A Trope In Eighteenth-Century Historiography, Ronald Schechter
The Terror Of Their Enemies: Reflections On A Trope In Eighteenth-Century Historiography, Ronald Schechter
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A Jewish Agent In Eighteenth-Century Paris: Israël Bernard De Valabrègue, Ronald Schechter
A Jewish Agent In Eighteenth-Century Paris: Israël Bernard De Valabrègue, Ronald Schechter
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Crossing Boundaries: The Significance Of French Jewish History, Ronald Schechter
Crossing Boundaries: The Significance Of French Jewish History, Ronald Schechter
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The Jewish Question In Eighteenth-Century France, Ronald Schechter
The Jewish Question In Eighteenth-Century France, Ronald Schechter
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Gothic Thermidor: The Bals Des Victimes, The Fantastic, And The Production Of Historical Knowledge In Post-Terror France, Ronald Schechter
Gothic Thermidor: The Bals Des Victimes, The Fantastic, And The Production Of Historical Knowledge In Post-Terror France, Ronald Schechter
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Translating The Marseillaise: Biblical Republicanism And The Emancipation Of Jews In Revolutionary France, Ronald Schechter
Translating The Marseillaise: Biblical Republicanism And The Emancipation Of Jews In Revolutionary France, Ronald Schechter
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Excerpt from the article: "On 21 October 1792 the Jews of Metz joined their Gentile compatriots in celebrating a republican victory. Emancipated by the Constituent Assembly only one year previously, the newcomers to French citizenship took the occasion of a civic festival to celebrate their recently won freedom..."