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Castellu di la Chitati
One of the least understood of all the works of
fortification to have stood watch over the Maltese islands
in antiquity is the castellu di la chitati - the medieval
castle of the old town of Mdina. The arcanum that
surrounds this ancient stronghold stems primarily from
the fact that it was dismantled way back in the 15th
century and what little had remained of the building
thereafter, eventually disappeared altogether in the
metamorphosis that accompanied the Hospitaller refortification
of the medieval town into a gunpowder
fortress throughout the course of the 16th, 17th and 18th
centuries. This, coupled with the limited nature of
contemporary documentary information has ensured that
the true form and features of the medieval stronghold
have been lost to the point that now only archaeology
can hope to really figure out. Whilst acknowledging the severe limitations imposed
by any approach that falls short of a full archaeological
investigation, this paper seeks to re-examine the existing
documentary, cartographic and physical evidence
unearthed to-date in order to suggest a rudimentary
model of Mdina's medieval stronghold. Undoubtedly,
the greatest contribution to-date to the study of Mdina
and its medieval fortifications has been the masterly
work of Prof. Stanley Fiorini and Dr. Mario Buhagiar.
This paper only undertakes to re-evaluate the evidence
and some of the conclusions presented so far in the light
of my own research into medieval military architecture
and castle typologies.peer-reviewe
Antemurale Christianitatis? Anti-Turkish Propaganda And The True Goal Of Johannes Olbracht’s Crusade
Jan Olbraht, Moldova, bătălia din Codrii Cosminului, Ştefan cel Mare, Imperiul Otoman.
Rezumat: În studiu, în contextul surselor de propagandă anti-turcească, sunt abordate unele aspecte ale expediţiei
bucovinene, din anul 1497, a regelui polonez Jan Olbracht. Scopul principal al acestuia constă în analiza aşanumitului
bastion al creştinismului – Antemurale christianitatis. Autoarea cercetează problema prin prisma propagandei
politicii private a dinastiei domnitoare ale Jagiellonilor. În urma studierii surselor autoarea demonstrează
rolul expediţiei regelui polonez Jan Olbracht în sistemul relaţiilor polono-ungare de la sfârşitul secolului al XV-lea
(congresul din Lewoczy). O atenţie specială este acordată rivalitatăţii militaro-politice dintre regatele Poloniei şi cel
al Ungariei pentru influenţa asupra Moldovei
Antemurale innovationis: Clausal complementation in the Slovene Mura River (Prekmurje) dialect and its Balkan parallels
The paper discusses the opposition between two complementizers/subordinators, da vs. ka, in Prekmurje Slovene. The forms were used up through the first half of the 20th century to distinguish between irrealis (da) and realis (ka) propositions. In the discussion the available evidence is examined in order to establish more precisely the conditions for the distribution of the two forms. In addition, the diachrony and diatopy of the forms are considered in both South Slavic and broader Slavic contexts
Historische Mythosforschung
1. Forschungsstand
2. Definition des politischen Mythos
3. Vermittlungs- und Ausdrucksformen
4. Die Grundfunktionen von politischen Mythen
5. Grundlegende Aussagen von politischen Mythen
6. Aufgaben historischer Mythosforschung
7. Bibliografi
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