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2025, Journal of Southern African Studies

2025, Atitudini. Revistă de cultură, nr. 50(219), iunie 2025

2025, bocc.uff.br

Filho de judeus de classe média e neto de imigrantes, Woody Allen nasceu (1931) e cresceu no bairro nova-iorquino do Brook-lyn. No início de sua carreira, além de es-crever roteiros para programas de televisão e peças para a Broadway, foi... more

2025

Introduction The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of aspects of urban social change by orientating the analysis around a grassroots-level focus . Specifically, bottomup experiences of and responses to some of the contradictions of Dublin's new-town experiment arc explored . highlighting both critical perspectives on the limits of this experiment in peripheral urban expansion and efforts to find alternative , independent solutions through bottom-up development practices. The paper first provides some contextual material in an overview of a larger research programme from which the discussion draws. It then examines some community perspectives on the problems of new-town planning as it was implemented in Tallaght on the western periphery of Dublin, drawing on qualitative analysis of interview data in order to gain some insight from the level of everyday life. The final section focuses on efforts to explore and implement alternatives through autonomous local d...

2025, Volume & Issue: Volume 3, Issue 2

The traditional attire worn by Baluch women in the Sistan region has evolved in response to the geographical conditions, encompassing cultural, social, economic, and natural factors, spanning extended historical periods. Adaptations have emerged with technological advancements over time. This distinctive clothing not only serves as a key element of identity but also stands as a representative expression of the authentic Baluch ethnicity. Rooted in the historical antiquity of the Sistan region, the dressing culture of Baluch women exhibits unique characteristics and features, shaped by diverse developments across cultural, social, historical, and climatic dimensions from ancient times to the present day. Hence, considering historical precedents and current conditions, this paper aims to scrutinize the attire of Baluch women in Sistan, specifically emphasizing the ancient background and cultural identity. The objective is to discern strategic priorities and glean insights from Baluch women in Zabol regarding the criteria guiding the selection of dress types and overall decision-making processes pertaining to the cultural aspects of women's attire, through a comparative analysis of the past and present. The central research question is formulated as follows: What constitute the most important selection criteria for Baluch women's dresses in Sistan, with a focus on ancient background and cultural identity? The research methodology employed is descriptive-analytical, relying on documentary, library studies, and field surveys. Additionally, the analysis utilized the Analytic Network Process (ANP) model, breaking down the data into 3 clusters (groups) and 9 subgroups (nodes). The findings reveal that, in the analysis of Baluch women's dresses, the node "Compatible with traditional culture" (0.708) within the "Preference of Baluch Women in Zabol City" cluster, the node "Stemming from neighboring lands" (0.668) within the "Traditional Attire" cluster, and the node "Adhering to Sistan traditional culture" (0.525) within the "Modern Attire" cluster, have been assigned higher priority compared to alternative options. These results hold significance for decision-makers, planners, and officials involved in cultural matters, providing valuable insights for prioritizing strategies concerning women's dresses. Implementing these insights can contribute to the preservation and safeguarding of Iran's indigenous and traditional culture.

2025, Gabriel Moisa, Florina Ciure, Sorin Șipoș, Ioan Goman (coord.), Studia interdisciplinaria. In memoriam magistri Barbu Ștefănescu, Oradea, Editura Muzeului Țării Crișurilor – Cluj-Napoca, Centrul de Studii Transilvane, p. 150-165.

Ștefănescu și demografia istorică din România / Barbu Ștefănescu and historical demography in Romania 103 Ronald Hochhauser, Considerațiile prof. univ. dr. Barbu Ștefănescu privind teza de doctorat intitulată Contribuţii documentare privind industria de fabrică la Oradea în perioada 1848-1948 / Considerations of professor Barbu Ștefănescu on the Ph.D. thesis, entitled Documentary contributions regarding factory industry in Oradea in the period 1848-1948 109 Laura Ardelean, Timp și temporalitate în viziunea profesorului și antropologului Barbu Ștefănescu / Time and temporality in the view of professor and anthropologist Barbu Ștefănescu 117 Edith Bodo, "Ruperea tăcerii" -o nouă citire a unui document de arhivă din perspectivă interdisciplinară. Amintiri despre "nașterea" unei cărți / "Breaking the silence" -a new reading of an archival document from an interdisciplinary perspective. Memories of the "birth" of a book Sabina Horvath, Recenzie asupra lucrărilor științifice publicate de cercetătorul Barbu Ștefănescu în anuarul Biharea / Review of the scientific works published by researcher Barbu Ștefănescu in the Biharea yearbook Vasile Todinca, Andreea Maria Pop, Lumea rurală reflectată în cartea Între pâini a etnologului Barbu Ștefănescu / The rural world reflected in the ethnologist Barbu Ștefanescu's Between bread book Adinel C. Dincă, Lumea rurală ardeleană în Evul Mediu: opțiuni metodologice și deschideri interpretative / The rural world of Transylvania in the Middle Ages: Methodological options and interpretative approaches Ion Alexandru Mizgan, Întemeierea statelor latine din Orient în vremea cruciadelor / The founding of the Latin states in the Orient during the crusades Melania Țărău, Reintroducerea "Registrului de la Oradea" în circuitul științific / Reintroduction of the "Oradea Registry" in the scientific circuit

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Introducere ' I. Excurs istoriografie II. Ascendenţa lui Radu Mihnea III. împrejurări interne şi externe ale preluării puterii 41 IV. Regimul politic. Legitimarea puterii V. Faţă în faţă cu străinul. Imaginea "celuilalt" VI. Tradiţie şi... more

2025, Atitudini. Revistă de Cultură, Nr. 49 (218), Mai 2025

Pentru nimeni nu constituie o noutate că Arhivele Naționale ale Ungariei cuprind o sumedenie de documente istorice și cartografice privitoare la țara noastră, și mai cu seamă, asupra Transilvaniei și zonelor de contact cu celelalte provincii românești. Descoperirea întâmplătoare a unei schițe de proiect rutier, care viza modernizarea drumurilor transcarpatice de pe Valea Prahovei și cea a Teleajenului, ne-a oferit un bun prilej să facem noi observații pe marginea subiectului (...)

2025, Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis, 16

2025, University of Isfahan

Introduction Since ancient times when modern governments did not exist, the concern for social security and the requirements of society have led to the formation of endowments and endowments, and they have also been approved and... more

2025, Vuna Journal of History and International Relations

The role of social cohesion in the making of the kind of metropolitan heterogeneity that is essential for inter-ethnic affinity in the 21 st-century Nigeria is one aspect of the postcivil war narrative that is yet to receive adequate scholarly attention. This is because; the internecine war between 1967 and 1970 did unimaginable damage to intergroup relations in the country, hence the need to rekindle this intergroup affinity in the post-civil war years. The country's independence in 1960 strengthened an existing bond between the Nigerian groups, whichwas strongly bolstered by the migration of Nigerian peoples from one city to another, for work, trade, and other purposes. Unfortunately, the January 15 coup d'état altered the nature of things. The pogrom that followed that controversial military exercise endangered intergroup relations by attacking heterogeneity which has been the beauty of urban settlement in Nigeria since the precolonial epoch. The research adopts the historical and interpretative research methodology. My writing sources include oral interviews, related discography and YouTube video documentaries. Also, published books, chapters in books and articles in journals, newspapers collected from public libraries,and unpublished theseswere also handy.The study underscores the ripple effect the civil war had on intergroup relations by revealing that adequate attention has not been given to fostering social cohesionand peaceful coexistence. The study concludes by encouraging the government to redirect attention to engendering social cohesion in Nigeria, especially in Lagos.

2025, Alzahra University

Petitions can be considered one of the most important historical documents closely linked to the political and social life of society, representing the concerns and problems of a society that generally had to write petitions after its demands were not resolved through official channels. The present article was written with the aim of understanding the concerns and urban problems of Kermanshah during the constitutional era and is based on petition documents. This research utilized the content analysis method to read and examine the petitions from this period and to answer the question of what problems the people as a lower class in this period demanded from the higher authorities to solve through petitions and solved? The results of studying the demands of the urban society of Kermanshah at three historical points in this period show that the above-mentioned demands fluctuated in the form of four main categories: social, political, economic, and cultural, in conjunction with the developments. While in the first and second constitutional periods and the First World War, the political sphere of demands was at the top, in the third period with a fundamental shift and a significant decrease in political demands, the social category with a variety of issues and a high volume of petitions is at the top of the table of these demands, and the cultural category with an upward movement has been in the second row of the table. From an economic point of view, we also see a uniform trend of such demands in all three periods, which were made above all in relation to the tax system.

2025, Elementary Education Online

proliferation of neighborhood gangs. This area of inquiry, gaining prominence due to the escalating number of studies on neighborhood gangs — which have seen a marked increase in many sectors of Algerian society — has experienced a significant surge, engendering fear, panic, and social instability. Scholars have linked these phenomena to a confluence of psychological, social, economic, and media-related factors. The latter, in particular, have garnered considerable attention, underscoring the need to evaluate both their positive and negative ramifications, especially their impact on Algerian urban youth. This demographic is deemed most susceptible to the hazards of social maladies, as substantiated by a plethora of studies and research. The present study endeavors to illuminate the pivotal role of media, across its diverse platforms, in mitigating the expansion of neighborhood gangs and its consequent effects on Algerian youth. It undertakes an analysis from two distinct vantage points: - The media's influence in facilitating the spread of neighborhood gangs within Algerian society - The media's potential in countering the emergence and growth of neighborhood gangs in Algerian society.

2025, Iranian Journal of Educational Research

Objective: In the 20th century, the changes that occurred in the field of art along with the advancement of technology and technology provided the ground for the presence of contemporary art. Today's art world requires a different expression. Contemporary art was formed in contemporary society with regard to new concepts and without relying on common traditions. The field of culture, art and industry is constantly influencing each other and the change and evolution of each one has a direct effect on the other. In this research, the relationship between art, culture and how contemporary art works is examined from the perspective of the theory of formation and reflection to answer the question of what is the effect of contemporary art on cultural formation and the effect and action of these two categories on each other?
Methods: The research method is based on descriptive-analytical nature and the method of collecting information is library.
Results: The results show that contemporary art can have the aspect of creating culture and awareness in the society and at the same time express the problems of the society and existing social concerns.
Conclusions: Therefore, it can be posited that, based on the attributes of this form of art and the presence of a reciprocal interaction with society, it serves as a reflection of societal norms and holds sway over both the viewers and the development of cultural norms. Indeed, this art form originates from the core of society and exerts an impact on its inhabitants.

2025, Revista musical chilena

2025, Iranian Journal of Educational Research

Objective: The contemporary world is characterized by the emergence of new media, marking an era in which media has become an indispensable component of human existence. In today's society, the pervasive presence of novel communication technologies has bestowed significance upon various facets of life. Notably, new forms of artistic media hold a crucial position in the realm of art education and the advancement of culture. Modern artistic media, encompassing video art, layout, photography, conceptual art, digital art, performance art, and more, play a particularly pivotal role in the realms of education, presentation, and the introduction of artistic works and culture within society. This research endeavors to examine the role of new artistic media in cultural education and the promotion of urban society, aiming to address the following question: How do new artistic media contribute to cultural education and the advancement of urban society? The objective of this article is to enhance our understanding of modern artistic media and evaluate their efficacy within the realm of education and culture in society.
Methods: Employing a descriptive-analytical research method, this study relies on library and documentary sources for data collection.
Results: The findings indicate that, facilitated by technological advancements and the ability to reproduce artworks, new media possess the potential to exert a significant impact on education and culture within society. This research can serve as a valuable tool in increasing the visibility and public awareness of new artistic media, thereby fostering improvement within urban societies.
Conclusions: By recognizing the capabilities of new artistic media, we can progress towards the production and development of culture, education, and the overall prosperity of society.

2024, Pro-Posições

Quando nos foi proposto resenhar o livro acima, lembramo-nos de Norberto Bobbiol, que reflete a velhice a partir de sua condição de velho, e de forma comovente fala da irreversibilidade do envelhecimento biológico, subentendido com a também irreversível finitude da vida, que no velho já apresenta sinais silenciosos, porém visíveis, como a lentidão dos movimentos físicos. É deveras gratificante, além de inquietante ler um velho como Norberto Bobbio não só pelo respeito intelectual adquirido, mas sobretudo pela excelente autobiografia que o velho filósofo-jurista nos deixa como legado de si mesmo. Lê-Ia é conhecer um pouco do universo humano e pessoal de Norberto Bobbio e surpreender-se com a sua constante consciência de finitude: ''Ainda estou aqui" (1977, p. 33).

2024, Kaduna Journal of Humanities

This paper discusses the pre-colonial political system that was practiced in Umuchu long before the advent of British-imposed hegemony. It focuses on a system that was destroyed with machinelike difference by British colonialism and the inherent lessons a state like Nigeria can learn from it; as it continues to search for a suitable political system favourable to all its ethnic components. The paper brings to fore Umuchu's unique pre-colonial political system that was not only inspired by internal necessity, but achieved remarkable success before being viciously undermined by colonialism. This theme struck a popular sentiment that reverberates across the length and breadth of Nigeria. It assesses an indigenous political system that has rarely received the attention and interest of scholars. In studying this defunct but highly significant political system, the paper uses both primary and secondary sources and employs historical methods of analysis. This paper finds that Nigeria's perennial search and dismay for failing to develop a favourable political system is an inevitable consequence of its refusal to jettison the practice of copying successful political systems that are not compatible with its socio-political environment. More so, diversity does not almost always pose a problem when it is properly managed and there is justice and equality, and every part of the country is seen to be treated fairly and justly. It recommends that an approach to the issue of finding suitable socio-political system must be undertaken which reflects the unique characteristics of Nigerians as the only panacea to peace, security, and progress.

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Funded by HSC R&D Division, Public Health Agency Why did we start? Most people who complete suicide are in contact with their family doctors or other services in the months prior to death. A better understanding of the nature of these contacts and the various pathways experienced by suicidal people should reveal the gaps and barriers to effective service provision. We also need better information about the difficulties experienced by family carers, both prior to the death and afterwards. Of particular interest to policy makers in Northern Ireland was a concern that people from rural areas may be at increasing risk of suicide. We were commissioned by the Health and Social Care R&D Division of the Northern Ireland Public Health Agency to address the gaps in our understanding of suicide in NI. What did we do? We undertook a mixed methods study in which we examined the records of 403 people who took their own lives over a two-year period between March 2007 and February 2009. We linked t...

2024, Investigacion Y Ciencia

2024

O carte despre geografia istorică a orașului Giurgiu în perioada de tranziție de la cetatea otomană la orașul aflat sub administrația valahă modernă;
și despre cum planimetria istorică s-a răsfrânt asupra orașului de azi, s-au s-a pierdut.

2024, Journal of Sistan and Baluchistan Studies

The Sistan sedimentary plain has been the habitat of various human communities in the past due to its favorable environmental conditions. Therefore there are many ancient hills and historical monuments in this area. Although this area is one of the important and rich ancient areas in East Iran, there are still many issues and uncertainties about the history of this area, and each of the existing works can answer many of these questions. Therefore, protecting such works against natural and human destructive factors is inevitable. The archaeological survey of the Zahedan-Zabol gas transmission route was carried out to identify the ancient sites on this route and protect them against any damage and destruction. Along the route designed to install the gas pipe, there are many ancient sites and important historical centers such as Shileh, Ramroud, Roud-Biaban, and Shahr-i Sokhta. This survey was conducted with an intensive and step-by-step method to identify and investigate all the sites of this important cultural area and thereby protect them from possible future dangers. In sum, 38 ancient sites and mounds were identified, and surface movable and immovable works, belonging to prehistoric, historical, and Islamic eras, were collected and documented. These cultural materials included 322 pieces of pottery and 157 index objects, all of which were categorized and studied. In this article, the authors try to provide a brief report of this study along with a description of the findings and results.

2024, eprints.ucm.es

El patrimonio del estado señorial de Cañete se constituyó a lo largo del siglo XV por tierras de Cuenca. La mayoría de las aldeas del señorío estaban enclavadas en la Sierra de la ciudad, por cuyo aprovechamiento entraron en continuo... more

2024, Spațiul sacru în orașul medieval: perspective arheologice și istorice, ed. Maria Crîngaci Ţiplic (Cluj-Napoca: Mega, 2021), pp. 35-57.

Because of the plagues that tormented Rome during the Jubilee Year of
1475, Moldavia’s main harbour, Cetatea Albă, was transformed – alike Bologna – into an “alternative pilgrimage site” by Pope Sixtus IV, eager to promote the recent victories of Stephen III of Moldavia, Christendom’s Greek rite athlete (certainly since April 1476), against Sultan Mehmed II.. In the name of the anti -Ottoman crusade, the Papal bulla Redemptor Noster (January 1476) stipulated that the pilgrims had to visit the two cathedral churches of Cetatea Albă (duas ecclesias cathedrales), an uncanonical “rarity”, encountered semi -officially at the inner borders of the Latin rite world, in Bergamo or in Dublin (nevertheless in both cases the designation cathedral did not cover two distinct Episcopal seats / bishoprics). The identity of one of the two cathedrals mentioned by Sixtus IV is obvious: the seat of the Latin rite bishop of Mocastro, whose titular prelate, probably named Stephen, then served as Stephen III’s envoy to Ita ly in the spring of 1476. The identity of the other cathedral is probalmatic. The bishopric of Asprokastron (another designation for Cetatea Albă) was used – in quite dubious manner – by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to legitimize the Metropolitanate of Moldavia (1401) and consequently the Greek rite rule of the voivodes of Moldavia. Nonetheless, the individuality – both Latin and Greek – of Cetatea Albă had caused major problems for the rulers of Moldavia, chiefly during the domestic conflicts of the 1430s–1450s, which left a profound impact on Stephen III’s rule. By recalling the Greek rite as – well – individuality of Cetatea Albă, Pope Sixtus IV, who placed the cathedrals at the Dniestr Mounds second only in entire Christendom to those in the Holy Land and in Compostela, risked to antagonize Stephen III, Venice’s favourite, growingly nervous because of the lack of substantial Roman financial and monarchic support. An alternative identification of the second cathedral can therefore be voiced. The cathedral could have belonged to the Armenians, already a major target for the Papacy, both in the Mediterranean and in the Black Sea area. Contemporary sources list the Armenians of Moldavia as both loyal to Stephen III and in control of a sizeable part of Cetatea Albă and its hinterland. Moreover, in the summer of 1476, the Armenians fought alongside the Wallachian troops of Stephen III against the armies of Mehmed II, who once again also attacked Cetatea Albă, the main Pontic target of the Porte a fter the Ottoman conquest of Crimean Caffa in mid-1475. At that time (1475–1476), because of his matrimonial ties (his wife was – since 1472 – Mary of Crimean Theodoro) and because of the Central-European and Balkan interests of his suzerain, King Matthias Corvinus, Stephen of Moldavia’s main aims seem to have been focused precisely on the Black Sea area, where the Armenians could have been and were most useful, especially after the victory of Mehmed II over the Turkmen khan Usun Hassan (1473). Considering these, as well as other elements (related for – instance – to the apparently highly loyal, pro-Stephen III, conduct of the Armenians during the eventually fatal Ottoman siege of Cetatea Albă in 1484), the relation between Stephen III and the Armenians (a relation that almost collapsed in 1479, because of the divergent attitude of the parties towards the recently concluded Ottoman-Venetian peace) justifies the hypothesis that the second cathedral of Cetatea Albă, mentioned by Pope Sixtus IV in 1476, actually belonged to the Armenians and not to the Greek rite Christians.

2024, Cities and Territories of the Western Roman Empire. 4th Century BC to the 3rd Century AD

With a preface to the English edition by Philippe Leveau. This book showcases the unique shape of urban development that took hold during the Roman Empire, beginning in the Mediterranean basin before spreading out across Europe, and... more

2024

Spirit cu aspiraţii enciclopedice, cu statomică energie creatoare, cu mare forţă de sinteză şi un profil exteriorizând carismă, profesorul Victor Spinei a dedicat cu pasiune şi consecvenţă aproape patru decenii istoriei şi arheologiei. Născut la 26 octombrie 1943 în Lozova, jud. Lăpuşna, în partea centrală a Basarabiei, este descendent dintr-o familie ale cărei obârşii se pierd în negura evului mediu. Atât pe linie patemă, cât şi pe cea matemă, strămoşi de-ai săi s-au implicat activ în actul crucial al Unirii Basarabiei: Chiril Spinei, unul din organizatorii mişcării naţionale moldoveneşti în 1917, şi preotul Alexandru Baltaga, ca membri ai Sfatului Ţării, au votat Unirea cu Regatul României la 27 martie 1918, iar Sergiu Niţă, unchiul bunicii sale dinspre mamă, a devenit cel dintâi ministru al Basarabiei alipite. Ingerinţele războiului i-au obligat pe părinţi să se refugieze, în primăvara anului 1944, în Banat şi să nu se mai întoarcă în ţinuturile de obârşie, unde alţi reprezentanţi ai familiei au suferit represalii dintre cele mai dure din partea regimului bolşevic de ocupaţie, soldate inclusiv cu exterminarea fizică sau cu deportarea în Siberia. Decesul prematur al tatălui, Alexe Spinei, a expus familia la reale dificultăţi, pe care mama viitorului istoric, Nadejda Spinei, cadru didactic în învăţământul liceal, le-a înfruntat cu dârzenie, mai întâi la Măureni (fost Moriţfeld) (jud. Caraş-Severin), apoi, din 1949, la Iaşi. Studiile preuniversitare le-a efectuat la Şcoala elementară "M. Kogălniceanu" şi la Liceul "C. Negmzzi" din Iaşi, susţinându-şi bacalaureatul în 1961. în acelaşi an, se înscrie la Facultatea de Istorie-Filozofie, din cadrul Universităţii "Al. I. Cuza" din Iaşi, fiind admis printre primii. A urmat cursurile acestei facultăţi, remarcându-se încă din primul an prin asiduitatea, abnegaţia şi pasiunea pentru studiul istoriei româneşti şi universale. Dintre profesorii de care s-a ataşat cel mai mult menţionăm pe Mircea Petrescu

2024, The history of the family

One of the most controversial laws promulgated by the National Party as part of South Africa's mid-twentieth century apartheid policies was the 1949 Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act. This Act stipulated that 'a marriage between a European and non-European may not be solemnized, and any such marriage solemnized in contravention of the provisions of this section shall be void and of null effect'. We use more than 23,000 newly-transcribed Anglican marriage records of Cape Town for the period 1911 to 1964 to show that the Act had mostly followed, and not led, changing interracial marriage practices. In the years before the Act's promulgation, interracial marriages were rare and on the decline, despite the fact that apartheid-era policies had not yet been institutionalized. Our results suggests that marriage behaviour in Cape Town, and probably in South Africa more generally, was shaped by racial stratification early in the twentieth century. The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act of 1949, although devastating to those affected, was a correlate to rather than the cause of changing marriage behaviour.

2024, The African Anthropologist

This article analyzes the increasing spread of male-to-female harassment on the streets of Cairo. The aim is to first describe, define and contextualize street harassment as a social phenomenon and secondly to suggest some main social factors that provoked the development of the problem in the first place. This analysis takes a particular look at the correlation between street harassment and decades of structural and institutional changes which have had an impact on patriarchy as a defining system for the relationship between men and women. Historically in Egypt, patriarchy was not only fundamental for spatial and gendered organization within the private family sphere, but also for demarcating movement and participation in the public domain. In recent decades, high unemployment rates among men have undermined the conditions for upholding the patriarchal structure. This article argues that street harassment is symptomatic of high unemployment rates and of a consequentially weakening patriarchal system. It identifies the everyday spectacle of male-to-female street harassment as indicative of the frustration and difficulties in adhering to cultural ideals in a time of immense structural transformations. These transformations have impaired Egyptian males' ability to fulfil their traditional role as economic providers, something which has resulted in their lack of achievement and demasculinization.

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The systematic archaeological research at the "Princely Court of Târgovişte", from 2020-2022, an approach anchored in the continuity of previous research, revealed, in terms of archaeological complexes, notable results. The most important archaeological complex highlighted is represented by the lower part of a dwelling, a stone cellar of appreciable dimensions. This building, situated in the immediate vicinity of the church of St. Parascheva (also known as St. Vineri), formed, during its existence, a residential, and, possibly, an official complex. Archaeologically, the church was dated towards the middle of the 15th century, and several architectural elements and decorations, such as the triconch plan, the external friezes, or the glazed ceramic ornaments, come to secure this dating. The period of existence of the discovered dwelling was placed in the 15th-16th century, therefore establishing a degree of contemporaneity with the church, the two buildings forming, most likely, a unitary complex. The original owner of this residential complex remains yet unknown, but whose influence, regardless of his position held in the council, manifested in the service of the central authority. The objects recovered from inside the cellar, from those used in construction, such as stone, brick, polychrome tile, stone-carved frames, tiles, and up to a monetary inventory, highly suggestive for establishing the chronology of the entire complex, led us to opine that, starting from the middle of the 15th century and until the end of the 16th century, it is very likely that a boyar residence functioned in this space, a sustainable status, especially during the life of the influential boyar, Manea Perşanu. The presence of a fortification, with a palisade, a defence ditch and, probably, a ground defence wall, which would close, to the west, the entire mansion-church complex, remains one of the challenges of current and future research. Referring to the contributions of the archaeology of the extra-Carpathian medieval city, we could consider these discoveries as an important step, both for the Târgovişte's history, and for the systematic research of an urban nobleman residence, characterized by a mansion, a church, and an enclosure.

2024, Note istorico -arheologice despre Orașul de Floci, sec. XV-XVIII

I. Cadrul geografic; evoluție istorică II. Izvoare cartografice III. Organizare internă şi categorii sociale III.1. Administrația orăşenească III.2. Reprezentanții domniei III.3. Categorii sociale III.3.1. Comerț, circulație monetară şi alte categorii sociale IV. Hotare, moşia şi hinterlandul oraşului V. Locuințe, ateliere, spații comerciale şi administrative VI. Ocupații VII. Biserici şi necropole descoperite în oraş; schituri şi mănăstiri VII.1. Biserici descoperite în Oraşul de Floci VII.2. Biserici, schituri şi mănăstiri din hinterlandul Oraşului de Floci Concluzii Anexa documente Bibliografie Cuprins

2024, Kronos

Much of the historiography on leaisure or sport in South Africa, with a few notable exceptions, has been primarily concerned to show that it was simply part of industrial class formation and struggle, with a particular focus on Kimberley and the Rand. otherwise there have been detailed studioes of particular sports, but seldom rooted very firmly in the urban places or perios that produced them, and which helped explain changes over time. This article proides a cdross-racial study of a range of leisure activities in South Africa's oldest town over seven decades.

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HORST FASSEL, Ober cine Sonderfonn kulrureller Kommunil.ation. Anmerkun!';CO zu Methoden fragen der Komparatistik 1 MARGUERITE WILLAUME (Lublin), L'activire des Polonais en Roumanie pendant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale 19 * DUMITRU D. RUSU, Organizaţii socialiste şi muncitoreşti din Iaşi pîn ă la 1916. 33 * V AS!LE NEAMŢU, STELA GHEPTEA, Ref!eqii pe marginea unei inscrip1ii de la VICTOR ESJE~ASi Om~giul iui St~farr ~el Mare d~ la Colo~eea f [48~. Note pc marginea unui ceremonial medieval .

2024, Tradition and Power in the Roman Empire: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Workshop of The International Network Impact of Empire (Nijmegen, 18-20 May 2022) (Leiden/Boston: Brill)

This chapter delves into the correspondence between the tenth labour of Hercules and the named stretches of road in southern Gaul and the Iberian Peninsula, which was part of a process of monumentalizing these landscapes. It pays particular attention to the fact that this monumentalization and the Herculean myth both particularly focused on (expressing) control over the landscape. Because in name and image Augustus was an emphatic part of the Roman monumentalization, the princeps gained a Herculean aura almost by default. By means of examining this association, this chapter shows the importance of landscape-bound traditions in the ideological impact of road-building projects, a much underemphasized aspect of the study of Roman infrastructure. This focus offers us glimpses into how such traditions gave the emerging Augustan Principate ample opportunity to assert changing power relations at both a local and a supralocal level. It is shown that this process involved a degree of negotiation, with local actors also having a share in shaping the discourse.

2024, NORDSCI International Conference Proceedings Education and Language edition

The central theme of our research concerns the terms used to define the identity of great boyar families, both ethnic and religious, in the 18 century. We consider the great local boyar families both those who were rooted in Moldavia (as far back as classic Middle Ages) as well as those who became local during the 17-18 centuries and had Greek origins. According to sources, terms like pământean, moldovean, român, rumân, grec, fanariot, țarigrădean, levantin, insular (native, moldavian, romanian, greek, fanariot, levantin, constantinopolitan, insular), but also creștin, drept credincios, ortodox (christian, true believer, orthodox) have been frequently used. These terms generated confusion within historical research and fuelled two interpretation trends somehow contrasting. The one sustained by the researchers of the Middle Ages insisted on the importance of religious identity, including the Moldavians in the orthodox Christianity and favoring the integration of the Phanariots settle...

2024, Historia Urbana

This article focuses on an essential and little-known aspect of the urban history of Craiova. Specifically, it is one of the important landmarks of its historical topography, whose evolution has known three stages: one represented by the Gănescu church, the other by the Palace of Justice, and the third by the University of Craiova (the last two stages being related to the same building which has changed its destination). Our text is dedicated to the analysis of the first stage that helps us understand the importance of the place, its connection with local urban history, the history of its local elites of the eighteenth century, but also with the history of other important institutions essential for the nineteenth century (the Bishopric of Râmnic). We were interested in the different historical brands that characterized the evolution of this place, important not only for the history of Ulița Episcopiei/Alexandru Ioan Cuza street. We have considered the various significant historical elements, including the local community, whose urban development has inevitably left its mark on place changes. Although its centrality has remained unchanged, its historical form has changed following a temporality that forced the abandonment of the church of an old boyar family, an episcopal residence, in favour of a modern institution, according to an urban plan that gave a modern face to Craiova of the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century. As in other cases in Romanian urban history, after the physical disappearance of the building, the old toponyms of the eighteenth century, "Biserica Gănescu", "Mânăstirea Episcopiei" hardly or not at all survived in the collective memory, the first being recovered and publicly remembered today by a commemorative plaque on the wall of the current university.

2024

Costin Clit, O mărturie despre dughenele și crâșmele hușene la 1829

2024, Paykareh

Problem Definition: Carpet motifs, like other motifs, are full of mystery, structural complexity, and symbolic meanings. Some of these motifs have changed over time, and some of them have survived in climate, culture, or societies with a specific culture throughout history and are still connected to their origins. According to what has been said, the reason for the permanence and continuity of these motifs during historical periods in various contexts is a question that will be answered by a case study of nomadic carpets in Bahram Gur of Neyriz and Qashqai regions in Fars province. Objective: This research aims to recognize the reasons for the continuity of nomadic carpet patterns in different historical periods. Research Method: The approach of this research is qualitative, and its findings are presented in a historical analytical way using library and field sources as well as visual evidence. Results: Social and lifestyle alterations are one influential factor in artistic changes. Despite the independence of nomadic communities from urban communities for many centuries, the need of urban societies for nomadic carpets has caused occasional interference in the motifs of some nomadic carpets throughout history. The other reason for motif alterations has been various exchanges and communication or cultural encounters; however, the stability of the material facilities and no change in the lifestyle of the nomadic community over many centuries has caused some of the carpet motifs of the nomadic community to be more stable throughout the historical periods.

2024, Revista De La Inquisicion

2024, Călători străini despre țările române. Supliment III.

2 Se pare că cel dintâi care a inventat acest termen a fost William Wood, care l-a folosit pe pagina de titlu a descrierii sale despre Noua Anglie publicate în 1634. Pentru acest concept vezi

2024, Călători străini despre țările române. Supliment III.

Un caiet legat în piele, de 159 de file, numerotate, aflat din 2009 în Biblioteca Universităţii Princeton, cuprinde însemnările de călătorie ale unui aventurier elveţian pe parcursul a 20 de ani de la începutul veacului al XVIII-lea 1. Pe prima foaie a caietului, scrisă doar pe recto, apare titlul Extrait des journeaux de quelques uns de mes voyages şi câteva informaţii tehnice despre felul în care au fost calculate distanţele de către autor, precum şi despre harta folosită pentru a-şi povesti peregrinările. Însemnările propriu-zise încep de la pagina 3 şi sunt împărţite în cinci secţiuni, delimitate prin titluri şi, uneori, prin câte o pagină lăsată goală: (1) Extrait du journal du voyage que j'a y fais en Italie, dans le commencement de ce siècle (2r-54r), (2) Extrait du jurnal du voyage que j'a y fait a Nantes sur le vaisseau le Saint Albert (55r-73v), (3) Extrait du journal du voyage que j'a y fait dans le Levant, avec le meme vaisseau le St. Albert et le meme capitaine Ballon (74r-100v), (4) Extrait du depars que j'a y fait de Marseille a cause de la peste qui y survite au mois de juillet 1720 (101r-113v), (5) Extrait du journal du voyage que j'a y fait á Smirne, á Constantinople, á Boukeresse en Valaquie, et á Vienne en Autriche (114r-157v). Caietul este scris până pe ultima filă pe verso, textul înghesuindu-se adesea pe margine şi terminându-se abrupt, însemnările fiind probabil continuate pe un alt caiet. Judecând după numărul destul de mare de ştersături şi de corecturi, textul pare să fi cunoscut cel puţin o revizuire, prilej cu care au fost adăugate şi titlurile secţiunilor, asupra cărora autorul are unele ezitări. Din păcate, numele autorului nu apare nicăieri în text, care este de altfel destul de sărac în informaţii autobiografice. Odată cu izbucnirea războiului pentru succesiunea tronului Spaniei, autorul se înrolează într-o companie de dragoni elveţieni cu care pătrunde în Italia la începutul anului 1701 2. Dezertează însă destul de repede şi, având grijă să-i evite pe francezi sau pe spanioli din armata cărora fugise, călătoreşte prin Italia. Uneori, pentru a evita pericolul, recurge la deghizare, aşa cum se întâmplă pe drumul de înapoiere spre Elveţia, prin Milano. Următoarea călătorie relatată în jurnal are loc la mai bine de 15 ani după dezertare şi este una maritimă. Îmbarcat la Marsilia pe bordul navei Saint-Albert, aventurierul elveţian călătoreşte până la Nantes, descriind cu multe detalii tehnice marinăreşti itinerariul. La scurt timp după întoarcerea la Marsilia, urmează o nouă călătorie, de aproape doi ani, 1719-1720, la bordul aceleaşi nave, de data aceasta înspre Levant, prin Egipt, Imperiul Otoman şi Grecia. Întors la Marsilia în vremea epidemiei de ciumă, aventurierul elveţian trece Alpii revenind în ţara natală, unde nu zăboveşte însă prea mult. Pe un drum ocolit, prin Bruxelles, Rennes şi Provence, revine la Marsilia, de unde în mai 1722 începe ultima călătorie relatată în jurnal. La bordul tartanei Saint-Jean-Baptiste 3

2024

Aim of the study is to analyse the importance of marriage in the Germanic world, generally speaking, and in the Germanic barbarian states, exceptionally speaking. In order to highlight the features of the institution of marriage, I have used the texts of the barbaric laws of the Burgundians, Franks, Longobards and Visigoths as my primary source. Apart from archaeological discoveries, these legislative codes are the most important historical source for the period between the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and the formation of the Germanic kingdoms, and represent a historical legacy of the Old Germanic world. In this paper we aim to point out the relationships between social/marital actors, legal guardian, husband, wife, regulated by the Germanic legislative codes, instruments of the central power. At the same time, we will touch on issues such as betrothal, bride price, marriage, forbidden marriages, divorce, repudiation, remarriage, adultery, etc., and the legal framework that sets and imposes certain limits. At the same time, we will try to outline, by analysing the laws, the ideal marriage, but also the potential loopholes or situations that deviate from legal and moral norms.

2024, PLURAL. History, Culture, Society

Book review, NEIL CHRITIE, HAJNALKA HEROLD (eds), Fortified Settlements in Early Medieval Europe. Defended Communities of the 8th – 10th centuries, Oxbow Books: Oxford & Philadelphia, 2016, done by Sergiu MUSTEAȚĂ

2024

Cape Town In 1875 was the capital of Britain's Cape Colony. Located on the Cape Peninsula, by the • shores of Table Bay, 1 this small town of 33 000 people was contained within a natural amphitheatre of approximately six and a half square miles formed and dominated by Table Mountain and Signal Hill. In the sixteenth century the Table Bay area, relatively flat and well watered, had been a place of barter between the Peninsula's Kholsan inhabitants and crews of ships passing between Europe and 2 the East Indies. In establishing a settlement at the Bay in 1652 the directors of the Dutch East India Company were primarily 3 concerned, it would seem, to maintain the status quo ante. The settlers' and Khoisan's failure to achieve this aim has been well documented and led to the inexorable growth of a Dutch colony at the Cape, complete with imported slaves as well as subjugated 4 Khoisan. In this process the settlement in Table Valley, Cape Town, continued to serve first and foremost as a trading centre between land and sea; between hinterland and port, port and passing ships. The extent of such trade underpinned the economic and demographic fortunes of the town. Demographic expansion in turn increased opportunities for retail trade and manufacture for local consumption. But the town's economy also drew nourishment from Cape Town's further roles as administrative capital and military headquarters, and the concomitant expenditure. Such nourishment, and indeed the extent of exchange, remained meagre before the nineteenth century, meagre while the Cape Colony was 5 under the control of the monopolistic D.E.I.C. Under the British the Cape was for the first time, brought within the ambit of a powerful industrialising economy. The British had both the inclination and the ability to change the nature and capacity of colonial production, with the consequent implications for the accumulation of capital and urbanisation in her new colony. Khoisan labour, under the Dutch reduced to serf status, was liberated, mobilised and made responsive to market forces by 1828. Slavery was abolished in 1834 and the ex-slave apprentices 6 freed four years later. Yet for economic growth, for the growth of Cape Town and other places of exchange to take place, there needed to be more than a transformation in conditions of production at the Cape. The Cape had still to find the product or products that the world market required. One such product seemed, by the 1840's, to be wool. The rapid rise of British demand for wool took place between 1840 and 1870. With it came a rise in the price of that commodity. Cape merchants and farmers responded by concentrating their attention 7 on the possibilitis of maximising this new source of profit. One problem, from Cape Town's point of view, was that Port Elizabeth and East London, founded by the British, had developed as rivals in competing for expanding agricultural output. Geographical determinism should have ensured that Cape Town was eclipsed as the Midlands and Eastern Cape became the heartlands of wool production, the logical hinterlands of the other two ports. Indeed logic seemed to be winning the day as Port Elizabeth's exports, chiefly wool, took premier position over 8 those of any other Cape port in 1854. Despite this challenge Cape Town retained its commercial pre-eminence in the late nineteenth century. This was partly made possible by the town's function as seat of government. This put Cape Town's mercantile elite [organised since 1822 in a commercial exchange], at something of an advantage when competing for the favours of the colonial state. Representative government, granted in 1S63, accentuated the advantage by giving the Western Cape, and thus Cape Town, a majority in the legislature. Competition between East London and Port Elizabeth merchants only led to their greater mutual inability to counter dominant Western interests, a factor still very much alive after responsible government in 1872 had effectively diffused a simple East versus West divide. So it was Cape Town that secured government money, in part gleaned from Port Elizabeth's enlarged custom, to build a proper harbour between I860 and 1870 and continued to attract large sums on further Improvements until the severe depression of the 9 1900's. With Cape Town remaining the first potential Cape port of call for ships on their way from Europe, such expenditure and such facilities gave the economy of the town a sound foundation in the late nineteenth century as this potential was realised. But continued government money, and the continued economic well

2024, African Journal on Conflict Resolution

Ethnicity is a prominent feature in Nigeria's socioeconomic environment and is fervently exhibited within the context of the 'indigene-settler dichotomy'. As this encourages exclusivism, it has been a major factor responsible for violent conflicts across the country. While many urban spaces in the country have witnessed such conflicts, a few have not. This study examines the indigene-settler interrelations in Enugu to determine why and how the city sustained ethnic coexistence, cooperation and harmony since the end of the civil war (1967-1970). It demonstrates how, while ethnic attachment appeared to be strong, and while conflicts and occasional tensions did occur in the city, inter-ethnic relationships were cordial and symbiotic. It further identifies and interrogates cogent factors responsible for this trend. The paper argues that the constructive

2024

Neste trabalho buscamos analisar as diferencas nas expectativas das mulheres idosas quanto ao suporte familiar e quais as alternativas de sociabilidade sao criadas por elas em contextos urbanos diferenciados. Sobressai nesta discussao a alteracao na funcao tradicional da familia de cuidar da pessoa idosa, seja por causa do numero menor de membros na familia, seja por causa da insercao da mulher, tradicional cuidadora dos dependentes da familia, no mercado de trabalho. Outra questao relevante e a feminizacao do envelhecimento. Esta e uma questao sensivel, uma vez que as mulheres idosas tiveram, em sua maioria, uma trajetoria de vida marcada pela pouca escolarizacao, baixa insercao no mercado de trabalho formal, baixa qualificacao profissional e um ambiente socio-cultural marcado pela forte ideologia de genero. Arcos e Belo Horizonte tem perfis urbanos distintos. Pautando-nos nos estudos de Simmel atribuimos a Arcos caracteristicas de pequenas cidades, onde a relacao entre as pessoas ...

2024, Restituiri, 3/2023

În rândurile următoare redăm două texte semnate de doi autori piteșteni de seamă: Gh. Ionescu Gion (1857, Pitești-1904, București) și Tudor Teodorescu Braniște (1899, Pitești-1969, București).