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City States in the Later Medieval Mediterranean World 中世纪晚期地中海世界的城邦

IF 1.8 1区历史学

Past & Present Pub Date : 2021-10-13 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtab004

Patrick Lantschner

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A Business Archive of the French Illegal Slave Trade in the Nineteenth Century 19世纪法国非法贩卖奴隶的商业档案

IF 1.8 1区历史学

Past & Present Pub Date : 2021-08-04 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtaa026

Joseph la Hausse de Lalouvière

引用次数: 5

The Art of Mercato: Buying City-States in Renaissance Tuscany 墨卡托的艺术:托斯卡纳文艺复兴时期的城邦购买

IF 1.8 1区历史学

Past & Present Pub Date : 2021-08-04 DOI: 10.1093/pastj/gtaa021

M. Martoccio

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引用次数: 2

The Political Day in London, c .1697–1834 伦敦的政治日(1697 - 1834年

IF 1.8 1区历史学

Past & Present Pub Date : 2021-06-07 DOI: 10.1093/PASTJ/GTAA016

Hannah Greig, A. Vickery

引用次数: 2

How did the Feudal Economy Work? the Economic Logic of Medieval Societies 封建经济是如何运作的？中世纪社会的经济逻辑

IF 1.8 1区历史学

Past & Present Pub Date : 2021-04-26 DOI: 10.1093/PASTJ/GTAA018

Chris Wickham

引用次数: 8

The Politics of Musical Standardization in Nineteenth-Century France and Britain 19世纪法国和英国音乐标准化的政治

IF 1.8 1区历史学

Past & Present Pub Date : 2021-04-26 DOI: 10.1093/PASTJ/GTAA007

E. Gillin, Fanny Gribenski

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引用次数: 1

African Cultures and Creolization on an Eighteenth-Century St Kitts Sugar Plantation 18世纪圣基茨甘蔗种植园的非洲文化和克里奥尔化

IF 1.8 1区历史学

Past & Present Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI: 10.1093/PASTJ/GTAA023

Stephen D Behrendt, Philip D. Morgan, Nicholas Radburn

引用次数: 1

The Bishop as Lawmaker in Late Medieval Europe 中世纪晚期欧洲的立法者主教

IF 1.8 1区历史学

Past & Present Pub Date : 2021-03-23 DOI: 10.1093/PASTJ/GTAA045

Rowan Dorin

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引用次数: 1

Death in the Archives: Witnessing War in Ireland, 1919–1921* 档案中的死亡:见证1919-1921年爱尔兰的战争*

IF 1.8 1区历史学

Past & Present Pub Date : 2021-03-03 DOI: 10.1093/PASTJ/GTAB003

A. Dolan

引用次数: 1

Disenchanting Heaven: Interfaith Debate, Sacral Kingship, and Conversion to Islam in the Mongol Empire, 1260–1335* 《迷魂天堂：蒙古帝国的宗教间争论、圣职和皈依伊斯兰教》，1260–1335*

IF 1.8 1区历史学

Past & Present Pub Date : 2021-02-08 DOI: 10.1093/PASTJ/GTAA002

J. Brack

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