The Part of the Whole: Analysis of the Relationship between the European Cultural Model, the „Sentiment of Being”, and the Structures of Language by Bilba Corneliu

“…On this basis one can infer that „universality,” according to Noica, would have to be defined in terms of the answer to the Cratylic question whether barbarians have access to the thinking of being. The same, highly questionable type of philosophical reflection is revealed by Noica’s The Romanian Sentiment of Being. …”
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Introduction: Batavian Phlegm? The Dutch and their Emotions in Pre-Modern Times by Herman Roodenburg, Catrien Santing

“…Although most of the earlier authors mention the negative influence of the damp living conditions on the Dutch, just as frequently passionate behaviour, expressing vivacity, anger and heightened sentiments, was deemed typical of the freedom-loving barbarians from the north. The current national hero Desiderius Erasmus for example was known for his jealous, rash and overly emotional temper.…”
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Reading revolution by Peaker, C, Peaker, Carol L.

“…</p> <p>Part One describes the arrival of Russian émigrés in England and their mixed reception: as victims of a brutal regime, mysterious sages, exotic outcasts, Slavic barbarians, or at worst, as dangerous 'incendiarists' to be feared and reviled. …”

Samtliga Bokrecensioner by * * *

“…A., Barbarism and religion: Barbarians, savages and empires (M. Persson) Rée, Paul: Gesammelte Werke 1875–1885 (T. …”
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Gente en los márgenes de la historia by Marcelino Irianni

“…That elitist look, with the grassroots and the barbarians around them as a backdrop, continued until about a hundred years ago. …”
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EVOLUTION OF THE PHENOMENON OF CITIZENSHIP IN THE CONTEXT OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE WESTERN EUROPE by L. Y. Maximova

“…The basis for inclusion / exclusion was the binary oppositions “civilized – barbarians”, “free – dependent “, “possessing land ownership – not possessing such”, “adults – minors”, as a result only a small part of the population had the rights of citizens. …”
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Voltaire and the 1760s

“…Ozy, apothicaire auvergnat du dix-huitième siècle<br/> David Adams, Illustration and interpretation: the frontispiece to Marmontel’s <em>Bélisaire</em><br/> Michael Cardy, Some references to English writers in Marmontel’s <em>Poétique française</em> (1763)<br/> Katherine Astbury, The success of Marmontel’s moral tales on the French stage 1760-1770<br/> David McCallam, Physiocrats and barbarians: moral economies in Chamfort’s comedies<br/> John Dunkley, Sedaine’s <em>Maillard</em>: the gauntlet, the calque and the seneschal’s revenge<br/> Cecil Courtney, Constant d’Hermenches: correspondent of Voltaire and Belle de Zuylen<br/> Christopher Todd, Glimpses of France and the French (1760-1769) in three English provincial newspapers<br/> David Coward, ‘Je deviens auteur’: Restif in the 1760s<br/> Graham Gargett, Caveirac, Protestants and the presence of Voltairean discourse in late-eighteenth-century France<br/> Katharine Swarbrick, Voltaire, Rousseau and the uses of frivolity<br/> II. …”

The Opium War, overlapping empires, and China's water borders by Luk, C

“…These water borders were initially characterized by the existence of the Qing Empire's sea frontier, where the Qing rulers, with the "inner-outer paradigm" in mind, strove to maintain control over those labeled as "outer barbarians," "Han evildoers," "villainous fishers," and the "Dan." …”

La polis y el polites: orígenes y características de la categoría de ciudadanía | The Polis and the Polites: origins and characteristics of the citizenship category by Enrico Ferri

“…Citizenship was reserved to males born to Athenian parents, and excluded resident aliens (meteci), the other Greeks and the Barbarians. Starting with the Aristotelian category of “citizens in the absolute sense”, the author shows that even within the community of free Athenians, young people, the elderly and, above all, women, were barred from fully participating in the political life of the city for various reasons. …”
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Il tardoantico in Italia: lellia cracco ruggnini e la sua scuola by Rita LIZZI TESTA

“…R. runs through many other fields of research: the relations between Greece and Rome; the development of the identity of different ethnic groups -Hebrews, Eastern people, the Barbarians, the Ethiopians-; the religious conflicts between Pagans, Jews, Christians and Heretics, displayed during the process of christianisation; the role which the senatorial aristocracy still played, notwithstanding the institutional changes and the different culture and mentality of the last period of the ancient world. …”
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Serbs in the poetry of Theodore Prodromos and anonymous Manganeios by Stanković Vlada

“…On the contrary, their aim was to clearly point out the identity of the defeated barbarians by using concrete language and precise naming and to thus announce the emperor's victory over them. …”
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Baltisaksa piirilinn. Eduard von Stackelbergi ja Monika Hunniuse Narvad / A Baltic-German Border Town: Eduard von Stackelberg’s and Monika Hunnius’s Narvas by Marika Peekmann, Reet Bender

“…As regards the border between the East and the West, Stackelberg even draws a parallel with ancient Rome and calls it a limes, thus comparing the Germans with Romans and the Russians with barbarians. By the time of Stackelberg, the city is declining as its commerce has shifted to Tallinn and St. …”
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Considerations on the Human Body in European Art from Ancient Times to Present Day by Liviu Nedelcu

“…We brought into play the significance of the human body in Old Greeks quoting Thucydides who argued that the difference between Greeks and barbarians was marked in a civilising way since nudity had become the rule in the Olympic Games; I wrote on Christian art during the first centuries AD, then about the art of the Middle Ages which brought profound changes to the representation of the human body; nudity would almost disappear from the artistic themes and the concerns of the artists during the respective period and left to the depiction of Adam and Eve couple, as symbol of the original sin or the Judgement Day scene when resurrected humanity awaits its verdict in the divine trial of the divorce of good from evil. …”
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Razočarani notar: iz kasnog dubrovačkog prijepisa djela Historia Ragusii Giovannija Conversinija by Relja Seferović

“…He regretted not having given proper consideration to the Ragusan offer before taking it, allowing himself to be driven “among the barbarians”. Conversini’s complaints may be viewed as justifi able since they do refl ect a marked difference between the humanistic circle of the Italian north, to which he himself belonged and prided with his acquaintance with Petrarch, and Dubrovnik of the day. …”
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Some Details from Eurasian Ethnic History – Altaic Peoples, Chinese Sources and Turania by Emil Heršak

“…It was in this period that the Chinese finally formulated a worldview of themselves as the “Middle Kingdom“, surrounded by “barbarians of the four corners“ – i.e. Yi in the East, Man in the south, Rong in the West and Di in the North. …”
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The Serbian state in the work of Byzantine historian Doucas by Nikolić Maja

“…The author goes on to narrate that Kantakouzenos established friendly relations with the king Stefan Du{an, and reached an agreement with him concerning the fortresses towns and provinces of the unlucky Empire of the Romaioi, so that, instead of giving them over to the Roman lords, he surrendered them to barbarians, the Triballi and the Serbs (Triballoys te kai Serbous). …”
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Ice Cold by Kacper Niburski

“…The function of the physician as implicated in a Kantian reading of the Hippocratic Oath was thus eschewed.9,10In the aftermath, doctors became blind biological barbarians with moral vulnerabilities exposed, moral philosophies skewed, and whose concern was the health of a subjectively chosen population – the Volk – rather than a person and their particular sickness. …”
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Μαρτυρίες ιστορικών πηγών και αρχαιολογικών ευρημάτων για μια μορφή "βιολογικού" πολέμου με τη χρήση των μελισσών στο Βυζάντιο... by Σοφία ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΔΟΥ

“…Literary sources from Patristic to historiographical texts and Saints&rsquo; Lives refer to the effect of smoke on bees, in a parabolic manner, and recognize the bees&rsquo; sting as a<span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2013-10-04T10:45" cite="mailto:Babis"> </ins></span>devious device against real enemies (e.g.barbarians) and invisible opponents (demons). Byzantine writers applauded the use of such insidious methods of warfare, on the other hand, the admiration of a victory, based on vigour and bravery was highly appreciated. …”
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