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This book offers an analysis of transitional justice - retribution and reparation after a change of political regime - from Athens in the fifth century BC to the present
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Much has been written on and discussed about the Balkan nation of Vlachs. Despite that, they have remained a historical mystery of the Mediterranean region and even wider. The reason for this is the fact that Vlachs (also called Cincars) do not have a defined ethnic and political area. They also do not have their particular cultural, educational and spiritual institutions. Historical research of Vlachs gave often conflicting results and these researches are the subject of this book. The author has treated the subject chronologically because Vlachs appeared very early in the multiethnic region of Balkan. Accordingly the book is divided into following chapters: “Vlachs in the works of Byzantine writers”, “Vlachs in the Turkish historiography”, “Vlachs in the medieval Latin chronicles, Imperial and Papal letters”. The author has also made a general cultural and geographical division - Vlachs in Balkan historiographies and Vlachs in Western historiographies including, as a separate chapter, Vlachs in Russian historiography.
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It is always fascinating to know the image westerners had of the "other" Europe during the centuries. The present book contains information that is unknown to the Bulgarian audience, although the Bulgarians often want to know more about it. As a whole, today’s Bulgarians are more or less familiar with France’s cultural presence from the 19th century on and with the community of Bulgarians, speaking French (the so-called Bulgarian Francophonia). However, the cultural presence of France is much more ancient than France’s colonial expansion. Its history, as far as the Balkans are concerned, is rather long and begins with the times when the Bulgarians were considered "Greeks", which meant "Orthodox Christians". By the way, most Balkan Christians belong to the Orthodox Church. For this reason in the memories of the 16th – 18th century French ambassadors to Constantinople the Balkan Christians are mentioned mainly within the context of the Christian-Muslim relationship. That relationship developed in time and space and gave birth to various images of the "other". The present book deals precisely with these images as reflected in French works that have not been translated into Bulgarian.
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The book consists of introduction and four chapters, each being an independent albeit interconnected study related to the issues of emerging English/British modern identity. Conclusion and full bibliography follow. The common motives of each study revolve around the practices of constructing modern cultural and social identity, by means of affirmation or impersonation. The first three chapters deal with the shifting British cultural patterns – the meaning of masquerades and gender-related issues - often viewed against contemporary Europen context. In the last essay, which is embedded in current historiography on penal deportation the statistically presented data and conclusions belong also to the domain of economic history.The choice of literature is comprehensive. The rich and perceptive choice of illustrations, which visualise the text allow the reader to imagine many of the dramatis personae.
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Dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the birth of Vassil Levski, this collection gathers in one place the research efforts of literary writers and historians. The aim is tracing the way of the narrative about the historical personality to the sacred status of the national icon of the Apostle. The achieving of this scientific task intertwines the poetry of the "canonization strategist" (Hristo Botev), the words of today's lyricists, the memory of the associates, the "written by the hand of the Apostle", the results of an Olympiad in Taraklia (Moldova), the English press, the today’s children book and even the name of a mystical regiment The research efforts face the mystery of Apostle’s path into and out of monasticism, the words of veterans and philosophers, the ode and the rhapsody, the camera and the paint brush, the sound and the letter... To draw a never-ending journey, that will forever - and everywhere, accompany the Bulgarian spirit.
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The second volume of this specialized continued collection of research papers “Glazed Pottery of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea Region, 10th – 18th Centuries” contains studies of mass archaeological materials — glazed pottery — from a vast region encompassing countries from the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Far East and Eurasian steppes, dated by the High and Late Middle Ages. The goal of this continued edition is to attract the attention of the medievalists to glazed pottery and, particularly, to introduce earlier unknown archaeological complexes with glazed pottery and results of various physical-chemical studies of ceramic clays and glazes for scientific discussion. The volume includes contributions from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Uzbekistan and is meant for specialists in history, archaeology, ceramic studies, ethnography, museum studies, history students and all those interested in medieval material culture.
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An analysis of Old Polish astrological almanacs that combines various scholarly traditions, such as elements of microhistory, anthropology of print and literacy, or the sociological theory of time. The author focuses on an anthropological understanding of the cultural practice and its implications for the functioning of memory, rationality and self-reflection, as well as the perception of time.
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Publication deals with critical history of Spanish Gypsy lexicography. In first place, it pays attention to the theoretical lexicography and it applies its rules, mainly from the area of lexicographical criticism, to the corpus of Spanish Gypsy dictionaries. The main part of the book presents a critical study of repertoires of lexical units of this mixed dialect, starting from the 16th and 18th centuries manuscripts, 19th century amateur lexicographers’ dictionaries and ending up with 20th century ones. Final chapters look closely to Spanish Gypsy vocabularies and lists of lexical units present in publications about flamenco and Spanish Gypsies in general.
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The thesis deals primarily with the term wit and its modern and historical usage in literary and aesthetic theories. Further, it concerned with the literary and aesthetic implications of the terms wit and esprit as they were theorized in critical writings of several authors of the early modern England and France. The thesis has two primary goals. The first goal is to re-assess the English concept of wit, nowadays regarded as an out-dated device of past poetic systems, and to present it as vital and useful part of the contemporary discourse. The second goal is to provide comparative reading of early modern English and French theoretical texts dealing with wit and esprit, respectively. Presenting ideas on the English term wit as employed in the theoretical writings in the light of its French equivalent esprit, I wish to demonstrate a gradual development of the terms from rhetoric to aesthetic.
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Volume I of the monograph of Oświęcim contains a presentation of the history of the surrounding land and an analysis of cultural aspects of the city's functioning. At first the authors analyze changes in the boundaries and routes, and route names from the earliest times to the present, and then show the political history of the region, which repeatedly changed its national, administrative and diocesan affiliation. The second part of the volume discusses the development of architecture and art. in Oświęcim, including the most important monuments and silhouettes of the most eminent artists, as well as the development of education. Also, prominent figures from Oświęcim were presented. The volume closes with a calendar of the city's history.
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Volume II of the monograph of Oświęcim contains the history of the city. It has been divided into two parts devoted to the systemic changes, spatial and economic development and religious life. The authors discuss the meaning of the name of the city, its districts and streets, and the history of the city’s coat of arms. They present the results of archaeological research and the history of the city from the earliest times until the early years of the People’s Republic of Poland. A separate chapter is devoted to the history of the Oświęcim Jews. The second part discusses, among other things, locations of church buildings, religious orders operating in Oświęcim, as well as outstanding figures of religious life, which contributed to the development of the city.
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The authors present the political values functioning in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - primarily, but not only, in the community of politically active noble citizens. They try to recreate them on the basis of a thorough analysis of various sources - treaties and political journalism, public speeches at the Seym and regional councils, but also unofficial statements, private exchange of views between participants in political life. The subject of the analysis is, inter alia, the ideal of the state as a community of citizens present in the political discourse, as well as the contemporary vision of a man-citizen, a member of the political community, and his obligations towards it. The authors also present and interpret the then understanding of the concepts of homeland or patriotism, and devote a lot of attention to the fundamental values of the political life of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, such as law and freedom. They show the analyzed issues not only in a broader European context, but also in different epochs, which allows to follow the evolution in the understanding and evaluation of political concepts and ideals. The 12-volume series of monographs Kultura First Rzeczpospolitej in dialogue with Europe. The Hermeneutics of Values ”presents the cultural heritage of the 15th and 18th centuries as an integral but original part of European culture. The research goal is to identify the ways and forms of the mutual transmission of aesthetic, political and religious values and to present in a broad, multilateral comparative context the axiological structure of Polish culture of the past epochs. Cultural texts are examined from an internal perspective as records of acts aimed at understanding values, and from an external perspective as statements that join European literary-aesthetic, political and religious discussions. In an intense dialogue, the culture of the Republic of Poland shows not only a receptivity to new ideas, but also creativity and dynamics of action in Europe.
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Imotska krajina je područje u sjeveroistočnom dijelu Splitsko-dalmatinske županije, površine 708,34 km². Čini je devet općina i grad Imotski. Na zapadu graniči sa sinjskom i omiškom, a na istoku s vrgoračkom krajinom. Na jugozapadu planinski masiv Biokova odvaja ovaj kraj od primorja, a na sjeveru i sjeveroistoku on dodiruje granicu s Bosnom i Hercegovinom. Većim svojim dijelom je to krško područje s brdima, udolinama i krševitim zaravnima. Najvažniji i najprepoznatljiviji dio krajine je plodno Imotsko polje bogato vodom i rijekom Vrljikom koja nikad ne presušuje. Većim dijelom krajina je na nižim nadmorskim visinama s ugodnom mediteranskom klimom, što je čini pogodnom za život. Naseljena je još od mlađeg kamenog doba, o čemu svjedoče brojna arheološka nalazišta (Grabovac, Vinjani, Slivno, okolica Imotskog). Ilirsko pleme Dalmati spominje se kao prvi poznati narod koji je nastanjivao ovo područje. O tom ratobornom plemenu arheološki nalazi su iz Prološca, Grabovca, Imotskog, Postranja (ostaci oružja i oruđa, nakita i ukrasa), naročito u kamenim gromilama nad grobištima, ponegdje i cijelim grobljima, kao u Postranju. Nakon Ilira, koji su preko dva stoljeća ratovali s Rimljanima i pretrpili vojni poraz, ovim područjem vlada Rimsko Carstvo. [...]
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The books presents the results of research on negative images of women in different historical periods. The authors deliberate whether the attitudes associated with “evil” women change throughout history and if the same actions taken by men and women are judged in the same way. The research is based on the variety of sources: from ancient philosophy to contemporary press.
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The work shows customs and everyday life in historical, literary, anthropological and sociological perspective. It explores classical research subjects, describing court and military life, as well as the phonic sphere, literary imagination and medical influence of confection on everyday life.
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The Romanian Librarians Association (ABR) is the national professional body that brings together representatives of all types of libraries and which, through professional divisions and sections, supports the theoretical and practical development of librarianship and information sciences by studying the main scientific issues and by organizing meetings. periodic scientific meetings, exchanges of experience and good practices, while contributing to increasing the degree of standardization of specific activities at national level.The section „Old Book. Conservation. Restoration” is one of the 11 professional sections of ABR which, since its establishment, has managed to bring together specialists in the field of books and cultural heritage, from various institutions with a role in the process of protection and enhancement of cultural heritage, initiating and carrying out, during all this period, training and professional development programs, conferences, symposia, debates, workshops.Regardless of the names under which it has operated during the 30 years of activity “Conservation. Preservation. Restoration”; ”Old book. Conservation. Restoration. Digitization”; The section “Old book. Conservation. Restoration”, through the topics and issues debated in the workshops, scientific sessions, had significant contributions to raise awareness of the role of mobile cultural heritage in preserving national and local cultural identity and social cohesion.Annually, in two sessions, both in the spring and in the itinerant ABR Conferences, with massive participation and active involvement of book lovers, specialists in the field of conservation of cultural heritage, cultural and scientific personalities, central and local authorities , representatives of cultural and educational institutions, were presented numerous and important communications that touched on current issues, focusing on legislation to impose the best possible protection of the country's movable and immovable cultural heritage, as well as on the vulnerable aspects of libraries, respectively on finding alternative methods to remedy them. Of particular importance were the book launches that took place during the events of the section, and I would like to mention the volume Biblioteca Batthyaneum la sfârşitul secolului al XIX-lea. Cartea – catalog a lui Varjú Elemér, adnotată şi comentată (Biblioteca Batthyaneum at the end of the 19th century. Book - catalog of Varjú Elemér, annotated and commented), Bucureşti, Editura Bibliotecii Naţionale a României, 2014. Writing, annotation and afterword, Dr. Doina Hendre Biro; Cercetări privind aeromicroflora din mediile de bibliotecă: studii de caz privind analiza microbiologică a microaeroflorei din bibliotecă (Research on aeromicroflora in library environments: case studies on microbiological analysis of microaeroflora in the library), by Dr. eng. Vasile A. Deac, prof. Ionela Burz, eng. Alexandru Deac - Gheorghe Şincai County Library, Oradea; other bibliometric works, case studies, working procedures regarding the classification of documents, evaluation of patrimony documents, itinerary of objects.My professional career, as a specialist in librarianship and, especially, in the field of conservation of collections and movable heritage legislation, led me to lead this section from 2009 to 2019, so I was an active witness of the professional joy shared by the participants to the activities of this section, so special and valuable for the extension and permanence of national and international collaborations in order to protect and enhance the national documentary heritage.I feel extremely honored to be able to open the volume that brings together, under the coordination of my colleague and friend Ph.D Silviu-Constantin Nedelcu, the works presented at the spring session of the section „Old Book. Conservation. Restoration”, within the Association of Romanian Librarians (ABR), held in Bucharest, on May 21, 2020, with the theme "The old Romanian book (XVII-XVIII centuries)”.The volume Cartea românească veche (Sec. XVII-XVIII) (Cartea românească veche (Sec. XVII-XVIII)), the first of the section „Old Book. Conservation. Restoration”, is the result of the collaboration of specialists from various info-documentary institutions. Long awaited by our guild, it is, along with other notable publications published by ABR, on the main axis of information and documentation sciences, being a landmark for issues related to the history of books and printing, preservation and restoration of documents in libraries from Romania, models of good practices, old and rare book funds, documentary archives, existing publications in the monastic patrimony, the patrimony of the ecclesiastical libraries and the importance of annotations and notes on the old book in deciphering the local history. Also, current topics are treated on the issue of old book procurement, in accordance with the legislation on public procurement and European directives in the field, the status of documents and special collections, etc.The ontology and the complex issues addressed in the volume emphasize the role of the library in the process of research, conservation and enhancement of the national cultural heritage and the need to harmonize the main and secondary legislation applicable in libraries, in all its components.The theme of the volume leaves open the way to both theoretical and practical approaches, current and in resonance with technological developments and changes in the social and cultural paradigm in relation to the patrimonial potential held. Reading this volume, we will discover, in rigorously scientifically documented articles, information and valuable elements on conceptual, theoretical and practical aspects of the field, adapted to the receptive requirements of the specialized reader.Ph.D c Petruța-Mihaela VOICUPresident of the University and Specialized Libraries DivisionVice President of ABRHead of References Service"Carol I" Central University Library
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The book is devoted to modernization of Poland from a historical perspective, with particular emphasis on the post-1989 transformation process. It is an attempt at a theoretical, interdisciplinary approach developed within the author’s own theory of social system (the concept of a meeting). It also contains reflections on the possibility of opening the way to a new identity of the Poles and the search for Poland’s exit from the state known as the periphery of the world.
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The reflection of the renaissance economic ideas in Slavonia can be traced on certain level in Josip Stjepan Reljković’s Kućnik. The content of that book, which was published in Osijek in 1796, as well as of the Frane Petrić’s La città felice, which was published in 1551, are highly influenced by the economic idea of a human as the social being. In the beginning of Reljković’s Kućnik and in Petrić’s La città felice one can easily found statement that economic wealth is foundation for the development of the village as well as of the city. By analyzing these two books, one can argue that there are various topics on “agrarian-economic relations”. Both authors, Reljković and Petrić, by their writings, wanted to educate new generations in order to accomplish basic idea of social community of which foundation would be assurance of primary human components – soul and body. Therefore, the renaissance economic ideas can easily be seen in providing necessities for human diet. Furthermore, Petrić’s work is some sort of a handbook for agriculture and livestock farming which are “a work hard and full of anxieties, and for them you need strong men who can bear it”, while Reljković teaches and cautions Slavonian peasant what “every kućnik” need to know. Finally, the origin of “instructive literature for farmers”, among which is Kućnik, is in the instructive calendars of Johann Colerus (Johann Zorn 1560-1639), and these type of was spread not only in the German speaking areas but also in the whole Europe, it is obvious that these ideas were present in Slavonia in 18th century and that they were spread by the circulation of Reljković’s book.
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The upper town of the Knin castle is chronologically third complex on the St. Savior hill overlying of the modern city of Knin, as well as the core of the present day stronghold placed on the whole western part of the St. Savior hill. The oldest part of this stronghold were constructed no later than 950 and therefore the upper town of the Knin castle is one of the oldest medieval strongholds in Croatia. The upper town of Knin is developed mountain longitudinal noble castle which was thoroughly modified during the baroque period just to become artillery stronghold. It is place on the very northern edge of the Knin castle on the very long and strait ridge with the steep flanks, which is additionally separated from the rest of the hill by the broadside dike. The complex of the castellan’s residence is divided in two courts by the inner door. The southern court is smaller and lower, while the northern court is bigger and placed in the central part of the stronghold. In both of these courts there are several buildings of which the biggest are military barrack and the castellan’s house placed in the bigger court. Among the other existing buildings there are the remains of the old warehouse, than two large cisterns, powder warehouse, dungeons and the complex of the restrooms. The upper town of the Knin castle was defended by four rectangle and one circular semi-turret, but today only eastern and the upper town of the Knin castle semi-turret still exist. After the Venetian capture of Knin, during the period between 1688 and 1711, the former medieval and Ottoman upper town was transformed in baroque stronghold and incorporated in the complex of the Knin castle. During these construction work in the beginning of 18th century on the site of the southern turret the new fi ve-square cannon platform was built, while on the site of the north-eastern turret the new large prison house (Kalunerica) was constructed. Finally, the south-western turret was demolished in the period. In spite of the fact that the later baroque reconstruction had somewhat changed the original medieval upper town of the Knin castle, it remains one of the best preserved medieval defensive complex in Croatia.
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U neposrednoj blizini grada Zadra u Dalmaciji smjestilo se naselje Arbanasi, koje je dobilo naziv po katoličkim Albancima koji su se onamo doselili iz okolice Skadarskoga jezera u prvoj polovini 18. stoljeća. Sve do današnjih dana sačuvali su doseljeni Arbanasi svoje gegijsko narječje, kao i mnoge značajke narodne kulture.
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