Russian Tsar as Cakravartin

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay Tsyrempilov
Keyword(s):  
Primary Sources ◽  
Religious Worldview ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
The Many

Based on Russian archival documents and hitherto poorly known primary sources, Nikolay Tsyrempilov’s paper is a study of the Buryat Buddhist perception and interpretation of the Russian emperors’ enthronement ceremonies. Buryat Buddhist hierarchs were among the many Central Asian elites invited to the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II in 1896. The paper argues that the Buddhists did not simply share their Orthodox counterparts’ understanding of the ceremony, but also gave new meaning to it within the frames of their own religious worldview and Buddhist conceptions of kingship. In this understanding, Moscow and St. Petersburg became Pure Lands made holy thanks to the presence of an enlightened deity, the Tsar.

The Qazaqs and the Central Asian Principalities in the 18th and the First Half of the 19th Centuries

2016 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-45
Author(s):  
Zhuldyz Tulibayeva
Keyword(s):  
Primary Sources ◽  
Critical Study ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Central State ◽  
Military Conflict ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Comprehensive Information ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Archives

The purpose of the article is the introduction and critical study of new materials about Qazaq political and commercial relations with the Central Asian khanates. This article is primarily based on the Bukharan narrative sources as well as archival documents in the Turkic and Russian languages from the Central State Archives of Kazakhstan (Almaty), which contain material not yet analyzed from our perspective. These primary sources contain the most important and comprehensive information on the various aspects of the history of the Qazaqs and their relations with the Central Asian principalities in the 18th and the first half of the 19th centuries. Relations between Qazaq khans and other Central Asian khanates took various forms. The periods of military conflict between Qazaq Jüzes and Central Asian khanates and mutual attacks alternated with periods of peaceful neighbourly relations. Some Qazaq khans and sultans found in the Central Asian khanates a refuge from their pursuers; others maintained vassal relations with the Central Asian states.

scholarly journals Revival and preservation of historical memory in the creative heritage of Professor M. P. Kovalskyi

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Serhii I. Svitlenko
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Historical Memory ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Scientific School ◽  
Subject Field ◽  
Late Middle Ages ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Source Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Epoch

The purpose of the article is to reveal the concept of the revival and preservation of historical memory in the creative heritage of Professor M. P. Kovalskyi. Research methods: historical-genetic, historical-system and historical-biographical; complex and personalistic approaches. Sources: a series of archival documents of personal origin, published sources of epistolary and memoir character, the latest historiography. The main results. In the analytical article the regularities of the choice of young scientists in the field of scientific research are highlighted. The peculiarities of the study of the scientist-historian of the source-related problems of the period of transition from the late Middle Ages to the early Modern (ХVІ – the first half of the ХVІІ century) are studied in an atmosphere of the Soviet reality of the 70ʼs and 80ʼs of the 20th century; is accentuated on the great heuristic activity of the scientist; shows his specific contribution to the study of this historical epoch. It is argued that one can speak about the complexity of M. Kovalskyiʼs approach to the development of a source base as a documentary basis for the revival of historical memory. It was proved that the part of the process of renaissance and preservation of historical memory by Professor M. P. Kovalskyi was his work in the development of Ukrainian archeography. The afore mentioned process was traced in the creative heritage of the professor not only in the national, but also in the regional and historical lore contexts. It is highlighted that in the process of revival and preservation of historical memory M. P. Kovalskyi significantly expanded the subject field of research, boldly engaging in the innovative scientific themes of his students. The attention was also paid to the methodical aspect of the revival and preservation of historical memory by Professor M. P. Kovalskyi, which was very broad, including the study of historical chronology, museology, historiography, source studies, historical heuristics, and historical bibliography. Conclusions. Professor M. P. Kovalskyi was made a great contribution to the revival and preservation of the historical memory of Ukrainians about the Cossack period of Ukrainian history, actively involving young scientists, postgraduates and students in this process, which resulted in the formation and formation of a scientific school on source study the history of Ukraine in the ХVІ–ХVІІІ centuries. Practical meaning. The material of this article may be interesting in the process of preparing students and postgraduates, preparing theses. Scientific novelty. The research has actualized a variety of primary sources, insufficiently researched the perspective of the creative activity of Professor M. P. Kovalskyi.

scholarly journals Aspectos relevantes del intento de reforma constitucional en Italia en la cuestión de procedimiento legislativo y fuentes primarias = Aspetti rilevanti della tentata riforma constituzionale in Italia in tema di procedimiento legislativo en fonti primarie = Relevant aspects of the constitutional reform attemp in Italy in the matter of legislative procedure and primary sources

2017 ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Tommaso Pensabene Lionti
Keyword(s):  
Constitutional Law ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Constitutional Reform ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Legislative Process ◽  
Parliamentary System ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
Legislative Procedure ◽  
Constitutional System ◽  
The Many

<p>El 4 de diciembre de 2016 los italianos fueron llamados a participar, a través de la votación, en el <em>referéndum</em> concerniente una ley constitucional que (en caso de resultado positivo), habría modificado de manera radical el ordenamiento constitucional italiano. Entre las múltiples modificaciones que la reforma quería introducir, se enfocan lo significativos cambios que la misma habría producido en materia de procedimiento legislativo. En efecto, al final de la reforma, el sistema parlamentario italiano habría cambiado, transitando desde el llamado “bicameralismo paritario” hasta un sistema monocameral “asimétrico o diferenciado”. En consecuencia, habría cambiado el procedimiento legislativo, estructurándose en múltiples procedimientos, o variantes procedimentales, de los cuales se describe la disciplina, haciendo hincapié sobre algunos relevantes aspectos problemáticos. Se subraya, también, que la reforma, a través de la modificación del procedimiento legislativo, junto con la nueva disciplina constitucional de los decretos-leyes y de la nueva repartición de las competencias normativas entre el Estado y las Regiones, habría producido cambios importantes sobre las mismas características de las leyes y de los actos con fuerza de ley. En conclusión, se plantean las posibles razones, políticas y jurídicas, que han llevado al resultado negativo del <em>referendum</em> constitucional.</p><p>On December 4, 2016, Italians were called upon a <em>referendum</em> to approve a constitutional law that would (if successful) radically change the Italian constitutional system. Among the many changes that the reform intended to pursue, we are focusing on the significant changes it would bring in the legislative procedure. As a result of the reform, in fact, the Italian parliamentary system would be changed, passing from "bicameralism equal" to a "asymmetric or differentiated" monocameral system. Consequently, the legislative process would have changed, articulating into multiple procedures or procedural variants, of which the discipline is described, focusing on some relevant problematic profiles. It should also be noted that the reform, with the modification of the legislative procedure, together with the new constitutional discipline of the decree-law and the new division of normative competences between the State and the Regions, would have produced important changes in the features of laws and acts with force of law. Finally, we are questioning about the possible reasons, policies and legal issues, that have led to the negative outcome of the constitutional <em>referendum</em><em>.</em></p>

Seals as Conceptual and Ritual Tools in Chinese Buddhism, CA. 600–1000 CE

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Copp
Keyword(s):  
Religious Practice ◽  
Chinese Buddhism ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Medieval China ◽  
The Many ◽  
Ritual Practices

In medieval China, this article demonstrates, nearly all forms of seals and sealing—both physical and metaphorical—were translated to use in religious practice: tropes of identity and material transmission; multiple styles of wearing and impressing seals; and the many forms of physical matrix and impression. This article focuses on the place of seals within Buddhism in China, especially within a broad family of localized ritual practices centring on incantations, amulets, and other ritual techniques and objects. Reflecting Buddhism's history there more generally, its uses of seals were amalgams of local Chinese and imported Indic and Central Asian practices.

scholarly journals Madness in the Archives: Anonymity, Ethics, and Mental Health History Research

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Wright ◽  
Renée Saucier
Keyword(s):  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Medical Patients ◽  
Formal Institutions ◽  
Health History ◽  
Professional Discretion ◽  
The Status ◽  
Mental Health History ◽  
The Many

Historians have long been vexed by the challenges of using patient records as primary sources. Lurking behind the many methodological and interpretative challenges are ethical questions involving the status and identity of the dead patient. What rights do the deceased maintain over their medical records? What ethical obligations do researchers have in analyzing these historical records and, in particular, to preserving the anonymity of patients? Do professional duties diminish the further back one goes in time? Do patients suffering from mental distress differ from other “medical” patients in the ethical regard owed to them? Now that we know about the care of the mentally ill outside of formal institutions during the era of the asylum, is there something intrinsically different about the status of individuals once they entered formal institutions? Or do the designations of “lunacy” or “idiocy” on extramural death certificates or in census enumerators’ schedules oblige a similar professional discretion? Is the concern over confidentiality giving way to a new emphasis on returning names (and agency) to vulnerable groups in the past? This paper explores these questions, ones that lie at the heart of what we do as historians of disability, medicine, and society.

scholarly journals DaT18 Database: A Prosopographical Approach to the Study of the Social Structures of Religious Dissent in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Transylvania

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-69
Author(s):  
Radu Nedici
Keyword(s):  
Relational Database ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Greek Orthodox ◽  
Religious Dissent ◽  
Digital Format ◽  
The Social ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
Greek Orthodox Church ◽  
The Many

"Drawing on the many records created by the Habsburg state during the confessional troubles in Transylvania from the 1740s to the 1760s, the DaT18 project merges digital instruments and prosopography to arrive at sketching the social pattern of the Orthodox leadership. This article briefly discusses the technical choices involved in building the relational database that my approach centres on, before talking in more detail about the challenges faced when transposing the information in the primary sources into digital format. First, the question of making use of structured vs. unstructured data, as most of the documents I work with already present some form of tabular layout, while the more narrative ones require different strategies to mitigate losses when converting them. Secondly, the difficult process of record linkage, with many of the persons only mentioned by their first name and no surname to help label each individual entered in more than one source. Lastly, the daunting task of estimating economic resources, since there was no reliable standard in an age that saw four different fiscal systems in use and many regional flavours within the same scheme. Keywords: prosopography, relational database, clerical careers, data structuring, Greek Orthodox Church."

scholarly journals Traducción e investigación bibliográfica

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Hennequin Mercier ◽  
Dorit Heike Gruhn
Keyword(s):  
Primary Sources ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Many

La tarea del traductor comprende ciertos aspectos que, si bien no corresponden al ámbito de la traducción propiamente dicha, se relacionan de manera sustantiva con ella. Entre estas tareas figura la investigación bibliográfica, destinada a localizar las fuentes primarias y a corregir los (a veces numerosos) errores que inevitablemente contiene cualquier texto. El traductor confiere así a su trabajo una importante plusvalía, que marca una diferencia decisiva entre su traducción y la de otros traductores que conciben esta operación como la simple búsqueda de equivalencias lingüísticas. Para ilustrar esta afirmación, analizaremos la traducción de una obra de arqueología y otra de sociología, a fin de demostrar que todo traductor puede convertirse en un investigador que se da a la apasionantetarea de descubrir las mil y una realidades inesperadas que se ocultan detrás de las palabras. The task of a translator comprises certain aspects that are related to it in a substantial way, though not properly corresponding to the field of translation. Among these aspects bibliographical research is found to set up the primary sources and to correct the (many times numerous) errors, which unavoidably exist in any text. Thus, a significant value gain is conferred to the translator’s work, providing a decisive contrast with other translators who conceive translation as the mere search of linguistic equivalents. In order to illustrate this assertion, let us analyze two translations, a work on archeology and another one on sociology, to demonstrate that every translator can become a researcher devoted to the passionate task of discovering the numerous unexpected realities hidden behind words.

scholarly journals Sospeso tra due mondi: il velo di San Giusto tra Bisanzio e Trieste

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 39-65
Author(s):  
Livia Bevilacqua
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Medieval Art ◽  
The West ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Early Date ◽  
Careful Observation ◽  
Visual Evidence ◽  
The Many ◽  
General Studies

This article aims to a preliminary reassessment of the silk veil preserved in the Treasury of Trieste cathedral. The cloth is unparalleled in Byzantine as well in western medieval art, in that it is painted with tempera on both sides. It depicts a youthful martyr in a court costume, and bears an inscription that identifies the saint as St. Just. Since its alleged recovery from a reliquary in the early nineteenth century, the cloth has been often addressed by the scholars, who ascribed it either to a Byzantine or to a local master and dated it between the eleventh and the fourteenth century. Despite being referred to in several more general studies, it has been rarely considered individually. In this paper I address the many questions that the Trieste veil raises, including problems of chronology, provenance, function, and iconography. After careful observation and based on both primary sources and visual evidence, I argue that it was produced in Byzantium, possibly at an early date, to serve as a liturgical implement; later, it was brought to the West, where the saint was given a new identity and the cloth was reused as a banner after being painted on the reverse.

“Indian Friends and Allies” in the Spanish Imperial Borderlands of North America

2019 ◽  
pp. 130-161
Author(s):  
Danna A. Levin Rojo
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
North America ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Central Mexico ◽  
Material Benefits ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
The Many ◽  
Ethnic Origins

This chapter provides an overview of research produced since the 1950s on Indian allies who actively shaped the successive borderlands north of Mexico-Tenochtitlan after 1521, as well as an in-depth discussion of sixteenth-century instances based on primary sources. The emphasis is placed on Otomí allies in the sixteenth-century conquest of central Mexico and the area that came to be known as the Gran Chichimeca; Nahuas and Purépechas who went to the Tierra Nueva of Cíbola under the command of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1540–1542), and the many groups of different ethnic origins who took part in the Mixtón war (1541–1542) and the conquest of Nueva Vizcaya in the early 1560s. The Indians’ mixed motivations to get involved in conquest and colonizing campaigns alongside Spanish individuals, besides the privileges and material benefits they obtained and the threats of Spanish authorities and encomenderos—or the desire to escape Spanish oppression—were also determined by local and regional articulations of native politics that predated the arrival of Europeans. Therefore, their participation as conquerors must be understood as integral to a complex realignment process rather than as a mere reaction to colonial imposition.

Interreligiös Theologie betreiben?

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 208-222
Author(s):  
Henning Wrogemann
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Theory ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Christian Identity ◽  
Religious Worldview ◽  
The Many ◽  
Work Done

Abstract The religious pluralization of Western societies raises the question: Should theology also be pursued interreligiously in this setting? This paper critically inquires into how »interreligious theology« is to be understood, distinguishing between position, methodology, and institutionalized space. The paper takes a spatial theory approach as it considers the theological quality of spaces of distance, devotion, and tactfulness. Methodologically, it reflects on whether the term »interreligious« is intended to refer to work done with texts, shared rituals, or the sharing of spaces - and what the implications of this may be. In view of the »outcomes« of interreligious theological work, the piece distinguishes between the religious worldview and the many truths. It unequivocally affirms the feasibility of an interreligious pursuit of theology on the basis of a confessionally grounded Christian identity.

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