A Companion to the Reformation in Central Europe
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For the Common Good
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Livonia, Rus’ and the Baltic Crusades in the Thirteenth Century
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L’héritage politique de la zadruga dans l’espace sud-slave et les Balkans
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CfP: Legal mobility and artistic, intellectual and cultural practices in Europe and in the Middle Ages
Circulations juridiques et pratiques artistiques, intellectuelles et culturelles en Europe au Moyen Âge (XIIIe-XVe siècle) Legal mobility and artistic, intellectual and cultural practices in Europe and in the Middle Ages (13th-15th century) Deadline: avant le 30 octobre 2015. L’objectif principal de ce nouveau colloque, en continuité thématique avec les deux éditions précédentes, est d’analyser les phénomènes de circulation et de...
Romania. Storia e cultura
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