englischIs it possible to know whether a historic structure was built to be let or for use by the owners? Which sources offer information about the residents of a house? Was there such a thing as tenancy law in the past? When did the idea of a rented flat as we know it today come about?
Living in [...]
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englischThe idea of ›popularity‹ is rarely traced back beyond the 20th century and into the discourses of the time around or before 1800. Nevertheless, questions of popularity and the popularization of knowledge already form an integral part of Enlightenment debates in the 18th century: My study [...]
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englischThe idea of ›popularity‹ is rarely traced back beyond the 20th century and into the discourses of the time around or before 1800. Nevertheless, questions of popularity and the popularization of knowledge already form an integral part of Enlightenment debates in the 18th century: My study [...]
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Im zeitkritischen Diskurs der Zwischenkriegsjahre wird eine Bindungssemantik entwickelt, die allen voran mit der Negation von Bindung, also einem Zustand der Bindungslosigkeit, einen begrifflichen Rahmen zur Beschreibung der eigenen Gegenwart schafft. Neusachliche Schriftsteller:innen nehmen den [...]
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englischThis volume provides a contribution to Arabic literary history from an exceptional perspective. It examines the literary expression of veneration of the prophet Muhammad, primarily the hitherto little researched field of praise poetry to the prophet (al-madīḥ an-nabawī) and its diverse [...]
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englischThis art-historical monograph provides a systematic overview of the various forms of heroization in public statues from the early modern period in Italy and France. This opens up a perspective on this thematic area that has received little attention in academic research so far. Since there [...]
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englischThis volume provides a contribution to Arabic literary history from an exceptional perspective. It examines the literary expression of veneration of the prophet Muhammad, primarily the hitherto little researched field of praise poetry to the prophet (al-madīḥ an-nabawī) and its diverse [...]
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englischThis art-historical monograph provides a systematic overview of the various forms of heroization in public statues from the early modern period in Italy and France. This opens up a perspective on this thematic area that has received little attention in academic research so far. Since there [...]
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englischDuring the Middle Ages the cult of saints was an essential part of religious life. As a result, the study of saints’ lives and other narrative sources is a well-established research area for medievalists. But these studies often marginalize liturgical sources and rarely take the reality of [...]
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englischThe book deals with the narrative friezes depicting the two great Indian epics, Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata, on the 1637 built Kṛṣṇa temple, one of the most important monuments in the Kathmandu Valley. The friezes are outstanding in many ways: they are the only comprehensive Nepalese [...]
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