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When German Soldiers Became Belgian Veterans: A Cross-Border Mixed Economy of Veteran Welfare After the First World War 当德国士兵成为比利时老兵：第一次世界大战后退伍军人福利的跨境混合经济

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European History Quarterly Pub Date : 2026-09-28 DOI: 10.1177/02656914261481338

Machteld Venken

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Financial Compensation from the Federal Republic of Germany for Wehrmacht Soldiers from Luxembourg, Alsace-Moselle and Eupen-Malmedy 德意志联邦共和国对来自卢森堡、阿尔萨斯-摩泽尔和欧洲-马尔梅迪的国防军士兵的经济赔偿

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European History Quarterly Pub Date : 2026-09-24 DOI: 10.1177/02656914261479130

Christoph Brüll

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War Disability and Welfare State in the Eastern Polish Borderlands (1918–1939) 波兰东部边境地区的战争残疾与福利国家（1918-1939）

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European History Quarterly Pub Date : 2026-08-21 DOI: 10.1177/02656914261468173

Oksana Vynnyk

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Urban Diplomacy and Criminalization of Piracy in Southwestern Atlantic Europe in the Late Middle Ages 中世纪晚期大西洋西南部欧洲的城市外交与海盗定罪

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European History Quarterly Pub Date : 2026-08-19 DOI: 10.1177/02656914261477985

Jesús Ángel Solórzano Telechea

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Emigrant Remittances and Their Impact on Interwar Yugoslavia and Yugoslav Slovenia: Amounts, Transmission Channels, and Investment Patterns 移民汇款及其对两次世界大战期间南斯拉夫和南斯拉夫斯洛文尼亚的影响：数额、传输渠道和投资模式

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European History Quarterly Pub Date : 2026-08-18 DOI: 10.1177/02656914261468644

Miha Zobec

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The Panic of 1907 and the Financial Meltdown in Colonial Egypt: The Rise and Fall of Cassa di Sconto e di Risparmio 1907年的恐慌和殖民埃及的金融崩溃：Cassa di Sconto和di Risparmio的兴衰

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European History Quarterly Pub Date : 2026-08-06 DOI: 10.1177/02656914261473814

Giampaolo Conte

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A Silent Servant of Natural Knowledge: The Herbarium of ‘The Flying Monk’ 自然知识的沉默仆人：《飞僧》的植物标本室

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European History Quarterly Pub Date : 2026-07-31 DOI: 10.1177/02656914261459781

Katalin Pataki

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Connected Central European Worlds: Material Entanglements, 1500–1700: Introduction 连接中欧世界：材料纠缠，1500-1700：介绍

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European History Quarterly Pub Date : 2026-07-14 DOI: 10.1177/02656914261458982

Tomasz Grusiecki, Suzanna Ivanič

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St Hyacinth and the Madonnas: Itinerant Images and Material Leitmotifs in Early Modern Hagiography 圣风信子和圣母：早期现代圣徒传记中的流动形象和材料主题

IF 0.3 3区历史学

European History Quarterly Pub Date : 2026-07-14 DOI: 10.1177/02656914261459784

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

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Central Europe Then and Now: Reflections on a Career 中欧的过去和现在：对职业生涯的反思

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European History Quarterly Pub Date : 2026-07-14 DOI: 10.1177/02656914261459788

Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann

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