The seventh-century CE Hebrew workSefer Zerubbabel(Book of Zerubbabel)-a tale of two messiahs-is the first full-fledged messianic narrative in Jewish literature. Martha Himmelfarb offers a ...comprehensive analysis of this rich understudied text, illuminating its distinctive literary features and the complex milieu from which it arose.
This article examines letters written by the soldier‐author Robert Barret in 1581 describing his travels in France and Italy, while a runaway apprentice during the 1570s, that led him to the English ...College in Rome. Barret's letters constitute a valuable, hitherto overlooked source of first‐hand information about British and Irish Catholics in continental Europe, complementing better‐known sources by Anthony Munday and Charles Sledd. Barret latterly recast his travels as an intelligence‐gathering opportunity in which he collected detailed information both on Catholic exiles (including Thomas Stukeley, Bishop Thomas Goldwell, and Cardinal William Allen) and on putative plans to invade England. The letters provide an exemplary record of the – not uncommon – experiences of someone compelled by circumstances to adopt the role of an occasional spy. This article not only analyses the value of the letters’ contents but discusses broader questions concerning the pliable, shifting nature of early modern intelligence and intelligence‐gatherers.
Comparing Early Modern Colonial Laws Hannula, Henri; Ribeiro da Silva Júnior, Airton; Zatelli, Gustavo ...
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Thearticle presents the research group CoCoLaw (Comparing Early Modern ColonialLaws) to the general academic public. In short, the article will present anoutline of the activities, research interests ...(especially thoserelated to the matter of this journal’s issue), and the objectives of CoCoLaw.The article is divided into three sections. The first section presents thegroup and its research, whereas the second explains the connection betweenstudies on “police” or “police regulation,” and the proposal to study “coloniallaw” in early modernity. The third section offers a view of the next steps ofdigitalization and the creation of a database.
As the cultural sector continues to grapple with the challenging and transformative events of 2020 spotlighting the exclusionary practices and social norms that structure museums, JHNA commissioned ...two roundtables to reflect on the challenges of curating Northern European art. This first one, “Expanded and Expanding Narratives in the Museum,” unites four curators in discussion about the evolving trajectory of art history and the possibilities for new narratives in the galleries. In addressing the increasing momentum for new art-historical ecologies in recent years, the participants discuss the inherently marginalizing effects of canonization; signal the tensions between the art market, perceived museum audiences, and historical collections that continue to shape museum presentations and collecting practices; and highlight some objects from the early modern period that suggest pathways forward for more expansive conversations in museum spaces. The discussion closes with a look at the global entanglement of early modern Europe. This point will be taken up by the next JHNA Conversation, to be published in the winter 2022 issue, which will reconvene the curatorial team for the groundbreaking exhibition Asia in Amsterdam: The Culture of Luxury in the Golden Age, organized by the Rijksmuseum and the Peabody Essex Museum in 2015–16. Discussants, including a member of their advisory committee from the cultural sector in Indonesia, will reflect on the humility and resourcefulness necessary to present shameful racist histories, the impact of sharing personal—rather than merely collective—stories in the galleries, and the need for museums to participate in the healing of historical wounds. It will also address new research methodologies that inherently expand inclusiveness and surface new types of historical data, leading to a more people-oriented presentation of art history. Both conversations, edited and condensed for clarity for publication in JHNA, have been organized and moderated by Yao-Fen You, Acting Deputy Director of Curatorial and Senior Curator and Head of Product Design and Decorative Arts, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York.
Catholicism is Central African Gómez, Ximena A.
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Afro-Catholic Festivals in the Americas: Performance, Representation, and the Making of Black Atlantic Traditions, edited by Cecile Fromont.
Desde a década de 1720 que a administração ultramarina portuguesa produziu ordens régias com vista a recolher e organizar informações padronizadas sobre a população do império. Estes processos ...ganharam uma dimensão particular no Brasil, durante a segunda metade do século XVIII, mas foram transversais a quase todos os territórios (em África, no Índico e no Oriente), dando origem a um extenso corpus documental constituído por várias centenas de mapas estatísticos. Inspirando-se nos princípios da aritmética política e do fisiocratismo as elites políticas portuguesas entenderam a população como um recurso de Estado que se deveria calcular, regular e canalizar segundo as conveniências da Coroa. Este artigo pretende descrever os modelos de ordens e de mapas estatísticos, bem como a sua evolução. Na linha de autores pioneiros como Dauril Alden e Maria Luiza Marcílio defenderemos o seu enorme potencial no cálculo de estimativas demográficas para o período colonial.
Kilder om konflikter mellom øvrighet og norske bønder på slutten av 1500-tallet er gjerne få og tilfeldige. I denne artikkelen brukes en mikrohistorisk metode for å undersøke hvordan lensherren Erik ...Munk benyttet skussmål som strategi for å opprettholde æren i møte med klagemål og stevning for retten. Ved å spørre om skussmål kan indikere konfliktnivået i et lokalsamfunn i en periode med ellers få kilder, og ved å se på skussmålenes begrensninger, diskuterer jeg hvordan mikrohistoriske metoder kan benyttes til å analysere spørsmål om makt, ære og konflikt i det tidligmoderne Skandinavia.
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