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Papers by Ronald Fritze
Ethnobiology Letters, 2018
The American Historical Review, 2005
Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies
Werner Herzog's film adapts a historical episode for the screen in some expected and some rat... more Werner Herzog's film adapts a historical episode for the screen in some expected and some rather unlikely ways.
Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association, 2004
The English Historical Review, 2018
International Journal of Maritime History, 2016
In Genoa ‘La Superba’: The Rise and Fall of a Merchant Pirate Superpower, Nicholas Walton provide... more In Genoa ‘La Superba’: The Rise and Fall of a Merchant Pirate Superpower, Nicholas Walton provides a comprehensive portrait of Genoa’s history and social dynamics over time, from its Medieval achievement to the present day. His goal is to let foreign readers discover the rich and controversial past of the city, probably less famous abroad than Rome, Venice and Florence. This is not an academic book, even if the descriptions of the main events that characterized the history of the ex-Republic of Genoa are precise and well documented. Walton is a journalist who lived for a while in Genoa for family reasons: his curiosity and investigative spirit led him to try to explain the historical origins of the main features of the modern city and its inhabitants. Using a descriptive approach, the book is a largely complete and well-written biography of Genoa, and enjoyable mixture of past and present. Historical facts are the central theme of the book, but they are combined with vivid portraits of some Genoese leading personalities, such as Andrea Doria (called ‘the Steve Jobs of the Mediterranean’; p. 79), Giuseppe Mazzini and Giuseppe Garibaldi. The book covers more than 1000 years of human history, but within this Walton underlines certain crucial periods in order to demonstrate to the reader without detailed knowledge of the city’s history how this small portion of seemingly inhospitable territory could be a leading protagonist in the European economy for such a long time. The first period he stresses is the rise of Genoese sea power after the First Crusade, consequent upon the need to develop trade to find the resources that the land around Genoa could not provide (Chapter 2). The second is related to economic changes in the sixteenth century after the opening of the Atlantic trade routes, and the alliance with Spain (Chapter 10) to create a powerful financial empire. The third period is the ‘age of the ocean liners’, and the leading role of Genoese shipyards in building the Italian liner fleet and the port as an embarkation point for America-bound emigrants (Chapter 17). The link between past and present is made by a careful analysis of how Genoa is at present, a fascinating city, but one full of contradictions. Walton’s descriptions of the old town, of the arduous hills surrounding the city, and of the more or less famous corners of the Ligurian Riviera are enriched with personal reflections and some interviews with local people. He describes Genoa and the Riviera at present time with passion, and lays stress on its culinary traditions, on local soccer teams’ history, and on the most interesting museums, historical buildings and landscape to visit, providing a kind of original tourist guide. His analysis of present-day problems and on the future of Genoa at the end of the book demonstrates his journalistic skill in thoroughly understanding the features of this town and its complex and fascinating history. This book does not really advance our knowledge of the history of Genoa, but nevertheless it is a valuable addition to the literature on the city, thanks to its original approach and at times insightful analysis. It should appeal not only to those interested in the illustrious history of Genoa, but also to the large numbers.
The Sixteenth Century Journal, 1994
Sixteenth Century Journal, 1989
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2001
The series in which these two volumes appear is concerned with the liturgical traditions of Judai... more The series in which these two volumes appear is concerned with the liturgical traditions of Judaism and Christianity, as sister (or mother and daughter) religions. Within the two religions, Passover and Easter constitute the most important festivals of the year, and are inextricably linked. The scope which this provides accounts for two volumes-the first concerned with origins and history, and the second with symbolic structuring. In the first volume, the two series editors both provide introductions. Paul Bradshaw stresses the importance of distinguishing between the unitive, rememorative and representational aspects of the development of Holy Week. Lawrence Hoffman provides an introduction which is concerned with Passover and the place of the Haggadah. The early literature has plenty on meals, but little about public prayer. It has been assumed that the Seder was a symposium meal for which the Haggadah as a liturgical script was developed. In fact, Hoffman notes, the Haggadah was oral in origin, and originally came after the meal as a post-prandial discussion. In the course of time it came to be a canonised text placed before the meal. The cultural setting of Passover (and for that matter, the Lord's Supper) is set by Blake Leyerle, with an essay on the meal customs of the Greco-Roman world, since meals had encoded social messages about different degrees of hierarchy, inclusion and exclusion, boundaries and transactions across boundaries. The evidence reveals (as might be expected) a variety of customs between east and west, public and private, and social class. Joseph Tabory investigates the history of the Passover Seder from the Mishnah to the medieval period. It reveals a change from a sacrificial meal, in which the food was the main event of the evening, into a meal with discussion of the symbolism of the meal, to the food being purely symbolic and eaten in symbolic quantities. Paul Bradshaw turns to the origin of Easter, suggesting that the Quartodeciman custom, far from being an aberration, is earlier than the Sunday celebration of the feast. Given his own warnings elsewhere against positing a single origin, the safer ground might be to posit dual origins in different geographical locations from very early days. This essay is an instructive overview, noting the development of a Pascha to Paschein, ' Hitler, Adolf, and Catholic Church ' ; ' Holocaust and the papacy ' ; ' Nazi Germany and the Vatican ' ; ' Nazi racialism and the Vatican ' ; and ' World War II and the papacy '. Not surprisingly, Italy is particularly well served, but the material is scattered, and there is no heading on Italy (or France or Portugal for that matter) either in the main work or in the index. Without guidance, I wonder if readers will find such articles as those on the ' Miguelite War and papacy ', ' Ralliement ', or ' Vichy France and the Vatican ', or look for information about the Law of Guarantees under ' Papal guarantees, the Law of, '. Apart from entries on every pope, antipope and council regarded by Roman Catholics as oecumenical, the criteria for the selection of articles is unclear. There is nearly two pages on the ' Sword and Hat, Blessed ', but nothing on the papal tiara, for instance, and among religious orders only the Congregation of the Mission, the Franciscans, and the Society of Jesus have articles, the last with another entry on its abolition in . Something has gone wrong under Anastasius ; it was Clement (not Clement ) who canonised Rose of Lima ; the Noble and Palatine Guards (described in the present tense under ' Vatican City ') were disbanded in ; and it seems more likely that Martin 's life was spared
Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies, 2002
CHESHIRE AND THE TUDOR STATE, 1480-1560 TIM THORNTON STUDIES IN HISTORY ... ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCI... more CHESHIRE AND THE TUDOR STATE, 1480-1560 TIM THORNTON STUDIES IN HISTORY ... ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY STUDIES IN HISTORY New Series CHESHIRE AND THE TUDOR STATE 14801560 ... Studies in History New Series Editorial Board Professor Martin ...
Historically Speaking, 2003
The American Historical Review, 1997
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The Economic History Review, 1996
Ethnobiology Letters, 2018
The American Historical Review, 2005
Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies
Werner Herzog's film adapts a historical episode for the screen in some expected and some rat... more Werner Herzog's film adapts a historical episode for the screen in some expected and some rather unlikely ways.
Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association, 2004
The English Historical Review, 2018
International Journal of Maritime History, 2016
In Genoa ‘La Superba’: The Rise and Fall of a Merchant Pirate Superpower, Nicholas Walton provide... more In Genoa ‘La Superba’: The Rise and Fall of a Merchant Pirate Superpower, Nicholas Walton provides a comprehensive portrait of Genoa’s history and social dynamics over time, from its Medieval achievement to the present day. His goal is to let foreign readers discover the rich and controversial past of the city, probably less famous abroad than Rome, Venice and Florence. This is not an academic book, even if the descriptions of the main events that characterized the history of the ex-Republic of Genoa are precise and well documented. Walton is a journalist who lived for a while in Genoa for family reasons: his curiosity and investigative spirit led him to try to explain the historical origins of the main features of the modern city and its inhabitants. Using a descriptive approach, the book is a largely complete and well-written biography of Genoa, and enjoyable mixture of past and present. Historical facts are the central theme of the book, but they are combined with vivid portraits of some Genoese leading personalities, such as Andrea Doria (called ‘the Steve Jobs of the Mediterranean’; p. 79), Giuseppe Mazzini and Giuseppe Garibaldi. The book covers more than 1000 years of human history, but within this Walton underlines certain crucial periods in order to demonstrate to the reader without detailed knowledge of the city’s history how this small portion of seemingly inhospitable territory could be a leading protagonist in the European economy for such a long time. The first period he stresses is the rise of Genoese sea power after the First Crusade, consequent upon the need to develop trade to find the resources that the land around Genoa could not provide (Chapter 2). The second is related to economic changes in the sixteenth century after the opening of the Atlantic trade routes, and the alliance with Spain (Chapter 10) to create a powerful financial empire. The third period is the ‘age of the ocean liners’, and the leading role of Genoese shipyards in building the Italian liner fleet and the port as an embarkation point for America-bound emigrants (Chapter 17). The link between past and present is made by a careful analysis of how Genoa is at present, a fascinating city, but one full of contradictions. Walton’s descriptions of the old town, of the arduous hills surrounding the city, and of the more or less famous corners of the Ligurian Riviera are enriched with personal reflections and some interviews with local people. He describes Genoa and the Riviera at present time with passion, and lays stress on its culinary traditions, on local soccer teams’ history, and on the most interesting museums, historical buildings and landscape to visit, providing a kind of original tourist guide. His analysis of present-day problems and on the future of Genoa at the end of the book demonstrates his journalistic skill in thoroughly understanding the features of this town and its complex and fascinating history. This book does not really advance our knowledge of the history of Genoa, but nevertheless it is a valuable addition to the literature on the city, thanks to its original approach and at times insightful analysis. It should appeal not only to those interested in the illustrious history of Genoa, but also to the large numbers.
The Sixteenth Century Journal, 1994
Sixteenth Century Journal, 1989
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2001
The series in which these two volumes appear is concerned with the liturgical traditions of Judai... more The series in which these two volumes appear is concerned with the liturgical traditions of Judaism and Christianity, as sister (or mother and daughter) religions. Within the two religions, Passover and Easter constitute the most important festivals of the year, and are inextricably linked. The scope which this provides accounts for two volumes-the first concerned with origins and history, and the second with symbolic structuring. In the first volume, the two series editors both provide introductions. Paul Bradshaw stresses the importance of distinguishing between the unitive, rememorative and representational aspects of the development of Holy Week. Lawrence Hoffman provides an introduction which is concerned with Passover and the place of the Haggadah. The early literature has plenty on meals, but little about public prayer. It has been assumed that the Seder was a symposium meal for which the Haggadah as a liturgical script was developed. In fact, Hoffman notes, the Haggadah was oral in origin, and originally came after the meal as a post-prandial discussion. In the course of time it came to be a canonised text placed before the meal. The cultural setting of Passover (and for that matter, the Lord's Supper) is set by Blake Leyerle, with an essay on the meal customs of the Greco-Roman world, since meals had encoded social messages about different degrees of hierarchy, inclusion and exclusion, boundaries and transactions across boundaries. The evidence reveals (as might be expected) a variety of customs between east and west, public and private, and social class. Joseph Tabory investigates the history of the Passover Seder from the Mishnah to the medieval period. It reveals a change from a sacrificial meal, in which the food was the main event of the evening, into a meal with discussion of the symbolism of the meal, to the food being purely symbolic and eaten in symbolic quantities. Paul Bradshaw turns to the origin of Easter, suggesting that the Quartodeciman custom, far from being an aberration, is earlier than the Sunday celebration of the feast. Given his own warnings elsewhere against positing a single origin, the safer ground might be to posit dual origins in different geographical locations from very early days. This essay is an instructive overview, noting the development of a Pascha to Paschein, ' Hitler, Adolf, and Catholic Church ' ; ' Holocaust and the papacy ' ; ' Nazi Germany and the Vatican ' ; ' Nazi racialism and the Vatican ' ; and ' World War II and the papacy '. Not surprisingly, Italy is particularly well served, but the material is scattered, and there is no heading on Italy (or France or Portugal for that matter) either in the main work or in the index. Without guidance, I wonder if readers will find such articles as those on the ' Miguelite War and papacy ', ' Ralliement ', or ' Vichy France and the Vatican ', or look for information about the Law of Guarantees under ' Papal guarantees, the Law of, '. Apart from entries on every pope, antipope and council regarded by Roman Catholics as oecumenical, the criteria for the selection of articles is unclear. There is nearly two pages on the ' Sword and Hat, Blessed ', but nothing on the papal tiara, for instance, and among religious orders only the Congregation of the Mission, the Franciscans, and the Society of Jesus have articles, the last with another entry on its abolition in . Something has gone wrong under Anastasius ; it was Clement (not Clement ) who canonised Rose of Lima ; the Noble and Palatine Guards (described in the present tense under ' Vatican City ') were disbanded in ; and it seems more likely that Martin 's life was spared
Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies, 2002
CHESHIRE AND THE TUDOR STATE, 1480-1560 TIM THORNTON STUDIES IN HISTORY ... ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCI... more CHESHIRE AND THE TUDOR STATE, 1480-1560 TIM THORNTON STUDIES IN HISTORY ... ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY STUDIES IN HISTORY New Series CHESHIRE AND THE TUDOR STATE 14801560 ... Studies in History New Series Editorial Board Professor Martin ...
Historically Speaking, 2003
The American Historical Review, 1997
Page 1. ■ Hi MJitfi^J il'n ■-B■. ■ ■ } m M mam I WINNER OF THE I9 9 6 WHITBREA BIOGR... more Page 1. ■ Hi MJitfi^J il'n ■-B■. ■ ■ } m M mam I WINNER OF THE I9 9 6 WHITBREA BIOGRAPH A WA RD !■ V DlARMAID H! IULLOCH Page 2. Page 3. Critical acclaim for Diarmaid MacCulloch's THOMAS CRANMER '... a passionate, committed biography... ...
The Economic History Review, 1996