This book contains selected papers from the meeting -Conditioned Identities. Wished-for and Unwished-for Identities-, held in the Institute of Research in Identities and Society (University of Lleida) in 2013 and attended by participants representing different disciplines, discussing the imposition and acceptance of identities. The different chapters of the book, written by scholars and researchers from all over the world, analyse the conflict between attributed and chosen identities in History, Language, Literature, Sociology and Anthropology across various historical periods and...
This book contains selected papers from the meeting -Conditioned Identities. Wished-for and Unwished-for Identities-, held in the Institute of Researc...
The increasing prominence of urban life during the Middle Ages is undoubtedly one of the more transcendental and multi-faceted aspects of this era, having an effect on rules and laws, hygiene, and economic organisation. This book brings together contributions from a wide range of scholars who adopt a new approach to medieval urban life, using health, the economy, and regulations and laws as frames of reference for gaining a greater understanding of this historical period. Through these vectors, interesting insights are provided into medieval housing, cures for diseases, the work of artisans...
The increasing prominence of urban life during the Middle Ages is undoubtedly one of the more transcendental and multi-faceted aspects of this era, ha...
Historians and Archivists, after a meeting held in Moscow in 2006, analyse in this book the contempt, damage and destruction that documentation usually suffers from revolutions. It is devoted special attention to the French Revolution, the 19th century upheavals, the Russian Revolution and the evolution and end of Soviet period.
Historians and Archivists, after a meeting held in Moscow in 2006, analyse in this book the contempt, damage and destruction that documentation usuall...