Documenting Domination: From the Doctrine of Christian Discovery to Dominion Theology by Adam DJ Brett, Betty Hill (Lyons)

“…The Doctrine of Christian Discovery is a series of fifteenth-century papal bulls that served as the theological and legal justification for the colonization of the world and the enslavement of the Original Free Nations, starting first on the African continent before spreading across the globe. …”
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The Urgency for Peace in Teachings of John Paul II by Jerzy Lewandowski

“…John Paul II considered peace to be an integral part in creation of an independent and healthy society. Papal encyclicals and messages, intended to present the response of the teaching Church to problems that arise from time to time, often dwell on the principles that advocate peace. …”
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The Royal Chapel at Pyrga: Art, Agency, and Appropriation in Fourteenth-Century Cyprus by Stephen J. Lucey

“…Evidence points to King Peter I de Lusignan (r. 1358-1369) and Queen Eleanora as likely patrons of the chapel and the role of St. Peter Thomas—monk, papal procurator, and bishop—as instigator of royal penitential display as a means of countering the spread of plague. …”
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Employing big data analytics to monitor transportation impacts in El Paso during Pope’s visit to the US-Mexico border City of Juárez by Sushant Sharma, Luis David Galicia, James Susen, Lorenzo Emanuel Cornejo

“…This study analyzed the impact of the Papal Visit on El Paso’s transportation system. The results found mostly uncongested traffic conditions and increased travel time reliability when compared with regular weekdays and weekends. …”
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THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE BATTLE OF NORTHAMPTON ON JULY 10, 1460 AND THE SIEGE OF LONDON TOWER by A. G. Prazdnikov

“…The reason for this was the support of the Yorkists by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Bourchier, and the papal legate Francesco Coppini. There are only nine names of the knights who participated in the battle and the siege in the chronicles, although the representatives of the gentry were middle and lower officers. …”
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English Reformer John Frith on Catholic Theology of Purgatory by T. G. Chugunova, L. V. Sofronova, A. V. Khazina

“…It is concluded that the denial of purgatory naturally led Frith to a refutation of the Catholic practice of papal acts of grace and their theological justification, for which he was arrested and sentenced to be burned. …”
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Cardinal Reginald Pole: Questions of Self-Justification and of Faith by John Murphy

“…Cardinal Reginald Pole served as a papal legate for almost twenty years. He was a leading figure in the Catholic Reform movement, and a prominent political figure both in England and in Europe in his own right. …”
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Experiencing disease and medical treatment in renaissance Italy: Cardinal Pietro Bembo and his circle by Henderson John, Živković Valentina

“…The basis of this study is the correspondence of Pietro Bembo, the well-known humanist, papal secretary and latterly Cardinal, with his cousin Gian Matteo Bembo and his long-standing secretary and friend, Cola Bruno. …”
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El Proyecto de Nación de La Santa Sede by José A. Alonso Herrero

“…sui generisâ? seria o estado papal. Nosso objetivo neste trabalho é assentar algunas bases históricas e teóricas que nos permitam averiguar até que ponto a Santá Sé é um estado democrático ou autoritário, bem como as repercussões desta estrutura político-religiosa na América Latina. …”
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La colectoría de España en época de Carlos V: cuentas del nuncio y colector General Giovanni Poggio (1529-1546) by Juan M. Carretero Zamora

“…This "Colectoría"; reached its definitive configuration in the times of the Papal nuncio in Spain, Giovanni Poggio, an important person who held high offices in Rome's finances.…”
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Papež Alexandr VII. (1655–1667) a biskupství v Hradci Králové by Jakub Zouhar

“…As an Apostolic Nuncio in Cologne and a special papal emis- sary in Münster he participated in the negotiations of the Peace of Westphalia (1648) and other related treaties and had already established contacts in the Bohemian Lands. …”
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Embroidering the Life of Thomas Becket during the Middle Ages: Cult and Devotion in Liturgical Vestments by Nathalie Le Luel

“…This was the perfect opportunity for a papal curia that, since Alexander III, had tasked itself with promoting Thomas Becket’s legacy, integrating the saint within Christian martyrial history and within a history of a militant Church.…”
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0239 La chiesa dei Ss. Faustino e Giovita dei Bresciani a Roma by Giuseppe Bonaccorso

“…Faustino and Giovita in Rome was built by the Brescian confraternity in 1575, after they obtained the necessary papal permit for an intervention within the ruins of an unfinished palace of justice (palazzo dei Tribunali) by Donato Bramante. …”
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Relacje zwrotne pomiędzy Stolicą Apostolską a Drogą Synodalną w Niemczech by Grzegorz Chojnacki

“…As the introductory, basic, and executive documents are adopted by the Synodal Path, the Holy See makes it clear that any decisions concerning the Catholic Church in Germany require papal approval.…”
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Gendering Genesis, Engendering Difference. A Catholic Theological Quest by Tina Beattie

“…Emphasizing that her Roman Catholic perspective is intended to sit alongside rather than displace Jewish interpretations, Beattie argues that papal teachings about gender and sexual difference are based on flawed interpretations of Genesis. …”
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Enormitas/enormitas. Esquisse pour une histoire de la catégorie de « crime énorme » du Moyen Âge à l’époque moderne by Julien Théry

“…It is suggested here that this concept was created during the 12th century in the practice of papal government and ecclesiastical reform. First, around 1130-1150, an « enormity » refered to a simple canonical irregularity without indicating any level of seriousness. …”
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A constituição de jurisdições eclesiásticas no discurso canônico sobre dízimos: a Summa Aurea de Hostiensis e suas intertextualidades by Carolina Gual Silva

“…Em um lento processo no qual o próprio conceito de jurisdição estava em formação, os dízimos tiveram papel fundamental na definição e delimitação das jurisdições eclesiásticas, principalmente em relação à jurisdição episcopal e papal. A partir de uma leitura de intertextualidade comparativa da Summa Aurea (1253) de Hostiensis com o Liber Extra (1234) e o Decretum de Graciano (c. 1140), o objetivo desse artigo é demonstrar a relação entre o discurso sobre os dízimos e a definição tanto do conceito quanto da atuação prática da jurisdição eclesiástica entre os séculos XII e XIII. …”
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Nuove ipotesi sui proprietari delle Giuditta e Oloferne di Hartford e della Pinacoteca Vaticana di Orazio Gentileschi: i Gavotti by Rita Randolfi

“…And there-fore the painting now in the Vatican Pinacoteca has always remained in the papal city, while the other from Genoa ended up in Hartford through the antiques market.…”
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A little-known source about the initial stage of Mongol penetration into Crimean Gothia by Kuzenkov Pavel V., Mogarichev Yurii М.

“…Among them, was almost unnoticed the testimony of the papal ambassadors Giovanni da Pian del Carpini and Benedict of Poland, who traveled to Mongolia in 1245–1247, about the Saxons, whose country was located south of the Cuman steppe. …”
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Traces et sens de l'Histoire chez les voyageuses françaises et britanniques dans l'Italie préunitaire (1815-1861) by Nicolas Bourguinat

“…As they traveled, discovering the cities and the people, they also discuss in their writings matters connected with politics and history; for example, the legacy of the French occupation of Italy before 1814, or the signs of backwardness and the authoritarianism of political life in the Papal States and other principalities. These women travellers also stress the possibilities for the country’s regeneration, especially for the generation of women travellers who visited Italy after the 1848 revolutions.…”
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