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Veiling and Head-Covering in Late Antiquity: Between Ideology, Aesthetics and Practicality 古代晚期的面纱和头饰：介于意识形态、美学和实用性之间

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2024-01-11 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad017

Grace Stafford

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The Global Rise of the British Property Development Sector, 1945–1975 英国房地产开发行业的全球崛起，1945-1975 年

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2024-01-08 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad018

Alistair Kefford

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Peasant Productivity and Welfare in the Middle Ages and Beyond 中世纪及其后的农民生产力和福利

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2024-01-05 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad022

John Hatcher

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The death of ‘traditional’ charivari and the invention of pot-banging in Spain, c .1960–2020 西班牙 "传统 "杂耍的消亡与 "锅碗瓢盆 "的发明，约 1960-2020 年

IF 1.8 1区历史学

Past & Present Pub Date : 2024-01-03 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad016

Matthew Kerry

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Languages of History, Histories of Language 历史语言，语言历史

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-08-26 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad015

John Gallagher, Purba Hossain

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Is paradise a democracy? The heavenly city as political paradigm, c .1145–55 天堂是民主吗?作为政治范例的天堂之城(约1145 - 155年

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-08-25 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad014

Peter Jones

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The Disenchantment of Chiromancy: Reading Modern Hands from Palmistry to Genetics Chiromancy的魅力：从手相学到遗传学解读现代手

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-08-25 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad011

Alison Bashford

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The Indian Muslim Salariat and The Moral and Political Economies of Usury Laws in Colonial India, 1855–1914 1855-1914年，印度穆斯林的工资和殖民地印度高利贷法的道德和政治经济

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-08-25 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad013

Michael O’Sullivan

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A Work Out of Time: Religion and the Decline of Magic at Fifty 过时的作品:五十岁时的宗教与魔法的衰落

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-08-18 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad012

Jan Machielsen, Michelle Pfeffer

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Solitude and Soul in Restoration Britain 英国复辟时期的孤独与灵魂

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Past & Present Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtad007

Barbara Taylor

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