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The Textual Representation of Kingship and Authority in the Chandimangal of Mukunda Chakroborty 穆昆达·查克罗博蒂《昌迪曼加尔》中王权与权威的文本表征

IF 0.5 2区历史学

MEDIEVAL HISTORY JOURNAL Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.1177/0971945820937595

Aniket Tathagata Chettry

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Sedom’s Subjects: Sodomy and Urban Politics in the Late Medieval Kingdom of Castile 塞多姆的研究对象:中世纪晚期卡斯蒂利亚王国的鸡奸与城市政治

IF 0.5 2区历史学

MEDIEVAL HISTORY JOURNAL Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.1177/0971945820961701

Jesús Ángel Solórzano-Telechea

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Book review: Suraj Bhan Bhardwaj, State and Peasant Society in Medieval North India: Essays on Changing Contours of Mewat 书评:Suraj Bhan Bhardwaj，《中世纪北印度的国家和农民社会:论新瓦特的变化轮廓》

IF 0.5 2区历史学

MEDIEVAL HISTORY JOURNAL Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.1177/09719458221101664

R. Dutta

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War and the Non-Elite: Towards a People’s History of the Mughal Empire 战争与非精英：走向莫卧儿帝国的人民历史

IF 0.5 2区历史学

MEDIEVAL HISTORY JOURNAL Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.1177/0971945820961695

Pratyay Nath

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Thirteenth MHJ Annual Lecture MHJ第十三届年度讲座

IF 0.5 2区历史学

MEDIEVAL HISTORY JOURNAL Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.1177/09719458221107187

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A Hidden Plague: Violence and Public Health in Colonial Guatemala City 一场隐藏的瘟疫：危地马拉殖民地城市的暴力与公共卫生

IF 0.5 2区历史学

MEDIEVAL HISTORY JOURNAL Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI: 10.1177/09719458221081655

Sylvia Sellers-García

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Book review: Adriano Prosperi, Crime and Forgiveness: Christianizing Execution in Medieval Europe 书评:阿德里亚诺·普洛斯彼里，《犯罪与宽恕:中世纪欧洲的死刑基督教化》

IF 0.5 2区历史学