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Hellenic dimension: Materials of the Riga 3rd International Conference on Hellenic Studies
2012
The book is financially supported by the Hellenic Republic Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the University of Latvia. Grāmata izdota ar Grieķijas Republikas Kultūras un tūrisma ministrijas un Latvijas Universitātes atbalstu.
Il ruolo della memoria normanna nella cultura architettonica siciliana della prima età moderna
2021
The Norman domination in Sicily in the eleventh and twelfth centuries can be considered a pivotal point in the history of the island, regarding its influence in subsequent cultural, ideological and political memory. After centuries of the Muslim domination, the Hauteville (italianized Altavilla) dynasty took the role of the founding fathers of a Christian, monarchist, independent kingdom at the origin of the socio-economical structure of feudal-gentry-based Sicily. The intent of this paper is to shine a light on how the historical memory of the Normans influenced the affirmation of classical culture in Early Modern Sicily. Between the end of the sixteenth century and the beginning of the se…
Grafengruft in neuer Würde - die Grablege derer von Ehrentreuter/ von Wedel unter der reformierten Kirche in Loga/ Leer
2018
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Counteracting counterfeiting? False money as a multidimensional justice issue in 16th and 17th century monetary analysis
2007
False money appeared as the general common issue in monetary debates that occured in European countries in the 16th and 17th centuries. It first refered to sovereignty, in a time of state-building, as well as to a serious economic problem. Beyond sovereignty and economy, justice and, then, the public faith, were endangered by those who devoted themselves to produce false coins. The thesis of this communication is that one cannot understand clearly the general topic of false money by reading texts of the time with today's general definition of false money. We propose, then, to identify the multiple dimensions of false money : counterfeiting (by individuals), degradations of coins (by individ…