Revenue Ruling 77-290 - Recent Interpretations of Agency Law Inequitably Taxes Members of Religious Orders

Dubois Henri. Population et fiscalité en Bourgogne à la fin du Moyen Âge. In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 128ᵉ année, N. 4, 1984. pp. 540-555

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– The Altar from the 4th to the 15th Century, (colloque, Zagreb/Motovun, 2005, Hortus Artium Medievalium, XI), Zagreb, 2005.Actes d’un colloque international consacré aux caractères typologiques, aux diverses implications culturelles, au développement de la parure et des programmes iconographiques de l’autel ; cela dans une très longue perspective chronologique, dégageant les traits majeurs de l’évolution (et jusqu’aux modifications post-médiévales des dispositifs d’origine) [J.-P. C].     – ..

Highlights of the CHA Survey on the Status of Women, 1989

In the spring of 1989, a survey was conducted of individuals and departments of history (in universities primarily) in order to update information from a previous survey and to examine both the actual career paths of women and men in the profession and their attitudes toward the status of women. One hundred and twenty-three me

Exploring minor clerics in early medieval Tuscany

The article examines minor clerics (clerici) in Carolingian texts. Comparing episcopal capitularies from Italy and Francia suggests that clerici played a more prominent role in Italian church life. An analysis of charters from the monastery of Monte Amiata reveals a high proportion of clerici. They appear as a rurally-based group, with varying levels of education, but of some local social standing, and were often mature men with children. The prevalence of such clerici may be related to the northern Italian structure of pievi, and the opportunities these provided for mixed patterns of father-son and uncle-nephew inheritance of church office. The blurring of the lay/clerical divide by such clerici may have particularly worried eleventh-century church reformers coming to Italy from other regions of Western Europe

SUBJECTIVE AGE BIASES AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS

Until now, the concept of subjective age has only been used to segment the mature market. Research on consumer behavior has shown the effects of a youthful bias, the tendency to see oneself as younger. Using a conceptual framework based on self-concept, social comparison, and symbolic consumption, this research proposes to characterize the antecedents and the effects of an analogous but opposed tendency: an older bias among adolescent girls. An empirical study carried out in France showed the influence of this tendency on makeup color preferences. These can convey the symbols of an identity age. The results also highlight the role of some antecedents of the older bias: aspiration to aging, self-esteem and concern for physical appearance.Tendance d'âge subjectif – âge chronologique – âge cognitif – adolescents – symbolisme compensatoire – sonsommation de cosmétiques-

Greek-Arabic-Latin: The transmission of mathematical texts in the Middle Ages

During the Middle Ages many Greek mathematical and astronomical texts were translated from Greek into Arabic (ca. ninth century) and from Arabic into Latin (ca. twelfth century). There were many factors complicating the study of them, such as translation from or into other languages, redactions, multiple translations, and independently transmitted scholia. A literal translation risks less in loss of meaning, but can be clumsy. This article includes lists of translations and a large bibliography, divided into sections

The ‘Pierre Duhem Thesis.’ A Reappraisal of Duhem’s Discovery of the Physics of the Middle Ages

Pierre Duhem is the discoverer of the physics of the Middle Ages. The discovery that there existed a physics of the Middle Ages was a surprise primarily for Duhem himself. This discovery completely changed the way he saw the evolution of physics, bringing him to formulate a complex argument for the growth and continuity of scientific knowledge, which I call the ‘Pierre Duhem Thesis’ (not to be confused either with what Roger Ariew called the ‘true Duhem thesis’ as opposed to the Quine-Duhem thesis, which he persuasively argued is not Duhem’s, or with the famous ‘Quine-Duhem Thesis’ itself). The ‘Pierre Duhem Thesis’ consists of five sub-theses (some transcendental in nature, some other causal, factual, or descriptive), which are not independent, as they do not work separately (but only as a system) and do not relate to reality separately (but only simultaneously). The famous and disputed ‘continuity thesis’ is part, as a sub-thesis, from this larger argument. I argue that the ‘Pierre Duhem Thesis’ wraps up all of Duhem’s discoveries in the history of science and as a whole represents his main contribution to the historiography of science. The ‘Pierre Duhem Thesis’ is the central argument of Pierre Duhem's work as historian of science

The role of the eucharist in the making of an ecclesiology according to haimo of auxerre’s commentary on I cor

Carolingian biblical exegesis presents itself as a synthesis of exegetical and theological patristic tradition in order to make it affordable to the Christians of that time. The result of that process are interpretations of biblical texts that can be considered new, though based on the texts of the Fathers. Among them it is possible to find images of the Church containing ideas about power or how to govern and to order society. This paper studies Haimo of Auxerre’s commentary on I Cor 12, 12 et seq in order to establish the author’s concept of ’body of Christ’, in the context of the Eucharistic controversy of the ninth century. It also studies the ideological consequences of his exegesis.Fil: Hernandez Rodriguez, Alfonso Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Historia y Ciencias Humanas; Argentina. Universidad de la Defensa Nacional; Argentin

Femmes / Action / Religion

In the history of women, Christianity plays an ambiguous role. God may no doubt speak to whom He pleases, in a manner which breaks apart the relationships of subordination. At the same time, the concept of divine sanction for existing authority relations, and the full panapoly of ecclesistical institutions, have historically provided a powerful justification for the maintenance of the status quo. Christinaity at a wide variety of places and times has supported subordinate roles for women