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AN UNKNOWN TRIBUTE BY FARINELLI TO KING PHILIP V OF SPAIN
2021
ABSTRACTCarlo Broschi, better known as Farinelli, arrived in Madrid on 7 August 1737. King Philip V and his wife Elisabeth Farnese were deeply impressed by his vocal qualities and invited him to remain in their service, on extremely rewarding terms. Although few sources concerning his first months in Spain are available, a newly discovered libretto, L'ombra di Luigi XIV il Grande, sheds light on his position at the Spanish court and his response to the privileged situation he enjoyed. The work is a short solo cantata commissioned by Farinelli and offered to Philip V for his name day in 1738. The title-page indicates Francesco Feo as the composer, but no sources for the musical setting have …
Approaching the Bench: Teaching Magistrates and Judges how to Work Effectively with Interpreters
2015
Reports about judicial misunderstandings of the interpreting process are common (Berk-Seligson 2008; Morris 2010; Hale 2011a). The misconception that interpreters ‘just translate’ from one language to another by swapping individual words from language A to language B in a mechanical, uncomplicated way, is still prevalent among some legal professionals. Research into court interpreting, however, has highlighted the complexities involved in attempting to achieve a pragmatically accurate rendition in conditions that are usually less than adequate (Hale 2004; Mikkelson 2008; Hale & Stern 2011). In order for court interpreting to be successful, all parties must be aware of its challenges and…
Jurisdicción municipal e instancias reales en la Valencia moderna: Una aproximación desde las Decisiones de Francisco Jerónimo de León
2017
El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la relación de fuerzas entre la jurisdicción municipal y el poder real en el reino de Valencia que propone el jurista Francisco Jerónimo de León a comienzos del siglo xvii. Se analizan las distintas vías de intervención regia en ámbitos de poder municipal que el magistrado justifica en su obra jurisprudencial y que afectan tanto a los mecanismos de configuración de los grupos dirigentes como al control de la hacienda municipal
Tripolis on the Maeander in Hellenistic and Roman Age (Cent. 3rd B.C. - 3rd A.D.): Epigraphy and Prosopography
2017
This appendix is conceived to be a useful tool for the study of the history of Tripolis on the Maeander (Lydia, Anatolia). It offers a catalogue of the already published inscriptions concerning Tripolis, which come from the same city (A.1) or from anywhere else (A.2), and a prosopographical dossier of the citizens of Apollonia/Tripolis and other important persons of Hellenistic (B) and Roman age (C) up to the 3rd cent. AD, such as Roman senators (C.1), Roman magistrates and officials (C.2), Roman knights (C.3), federal magistrates of the koinon tes Asias (C.4), civic magistrates and councillors of Tripolis (C.5), “monetales” (C.6), civic priests (C.7), agonothetai and athletes (C.8), and si…