Extended Meeting of the Editorial Board of the “Golden Horde Review” (Kazan, March 18, 2017) by L.S. Giniyatullina

“…The following invited guests took part in the meeting together with the members of the Editorial Board: Michel Balard, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Institute of Research on Byzantium, Islam, and the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages, University Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris, France) Daniel Clarke Waugh, Emeritus Professor, History Department, University of Washington, Editor-in-Chief of the journal “The Silk Road” (an annual publication of the Silkroad Foundation) (Seattle, USA); Mirko Sardelić, Department of History, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Zagreb, Croatia); Aleksandar Uzelac, Research Associate, Institute of History (Belgrade, Serbia). …”
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Terra-cotta figurines from the Roman theatre of Malaga (Spain): An archaeometric study by Compaña, J. M., Cabeza, A., Aranda, M. A. G., León-Reina, L., Corrales, M., Corrales, M. P.

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El humanismo de Eiximenis: saber, ciudad y cortesía = Eiximenis’ Humanism: Knowledge, city and courtesy El humanismo de Eiximenis: saber, ciudad y cortesía by Conrad VILANOU TORRANO

“…While from a doctrinal viewpoint, he follows the canons of the Medieval period, from the social viewpoint —by advocating a greater role for the bourgeoisie—, he proposes a precapitalist economy. …”
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“Labrum” romano procedente de las termas del campamento de la “Legio VII gemina” en León by Ángel MORILLO, Javier SALIDO DOMÍNGUEZ

“…<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">: Durante las excavaciones desarrolladas en 1996 en el sector de Puerta Obispo, situado junto a la puerta oriental del recinto romano y medieval de la ciudad de León, se hallaron tres grandes fragmentos de </span><em><span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Italic; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AGaramondPro-Italic; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">marmora </span></em><span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">de color violáceo que formaban parte de un </span><em><span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Italic; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AGaramondPro-Italic; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">labrum </span></em><span style="font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">o lavabo de época romana. …”
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Identifying major phases in the use of land, energy and changing landscapes by agrarian societies (7,000 cal BP-Present) in Cantabrian Spain, based on cultural changes and anthropo... by Alexandre Martinez, Anhelina Zapolska, Frank Arthur, Philip Verhagen, Sjoerd Kluiving, José Muñoz-Rojas, José Muñoz-Rojas, César Borja Barrera, César Borja Barrera, Pablo Fraile Jurado

“…These trends were then compared to climate (temperature and precipitation) and natural vegetation evolution modeling through time.ResultsResults show seven phases of major human impact on the environment: (1) the Copper phase ca. 4,400–4,100 cal BP, (2) the Middle Bronze phase ca. 3,500–3,150 cal BP, (3) the Iron phase ca. 2,800–2,500 cal BP, (4) the Roman phase ca. 2,200–1,750 cal BP, (5) the Medieval phase ca. 1,250–1,000 cal BP, (6) the Colonial phase ca. 650–400 cal BP, and (7) the Industrial phase ca. 150 cal BP-Present.DiscussionFour phases are tightly related to substantial changes in land use and subsistence strategies: (1) Production, with the appearance of productive economies during the Neolithic, (2) Specialization, with the appearance of specialized activities and trade during the Middle Bronze phase, (3) Urbanization, with the first urban centers during the Roman phase, and (4) Globalization, with worldwide colonialism and capitalism economies during the Colonial phase.…”
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TOWARDS A 3D BASED PLATFORM FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE SITE SURVEY AND VIRTUAL EXPLORATION by J. Seinturier, C. Riedinger, A. Mahiddine, D. Peloso, J.-M. Boï, D. Merad, P. Drap

“…We illustrate this work on various photogrammetric survey, in medieval archaeology with the Shawbak castle in Jordan and in underwater archaeology on different marine sites.…”
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Datos para una redefinición de la necrópolis de Mianes, Santa Bàrbara-Tortosa (Montsià-Baix Ebre, Tarragona) by Margarida GENERA I MONELLS, Magdalena BARRIL VICENTE, Jordi PEIRET I ESTRADA

“…También, nos ha resultado posible definir con mayor precisión los límites y cronología de las diferentes fases de ocupación del paraje, comprendidas entre el Bronce Final y la época medieval, períodos a los que atribuimos algunos vestigios, localizados superficialmente, y en un punto próximo a la torre de la Carrova, una villa romana, excavada recientemente. …”
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O conceito de liberdade em Aristóteles, Hegel e Sartre: Implicações sobre ética, política e ontologia by Márcio Luiz Silva

“…O conceito polissêmico do termo liberdade exerce função ímpar enquanto instrumento de construção da identidade ética, política e ontológica do homem antigo, medieval, moderno e pós-moderno. Aristóteles, Hegel e Sartre foram grandes pensadores que analisaram a variável liberdade para além de sua acepção etimológica, tanto no plano teórico quanto pragmático, estendendo seu conceito para os domínios da ética, política e ontologia, campos que fortemente influenciam a definição de homem na sua historicidade. …”
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Art and typology of Women’s sights of northern and northeastern Montenegro by Burhan Čelebić

“…Men's sights are reminiscent of medieval tomb in their dimensions, with the difference that the headboards are represented with creases. …”
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PERSONA Y MÁSCARA by Marta Cecilia Betancur García

“…Cuatro momentos de la historia se pueden destacar por la manera en que recrean su sentido: en la filosofía griega “persona”  está ligado  al papel del ser humano en la sociedad y a la función que desempeña; en ella el sentido de individualidad no se destaca. En La filosofía Medieval se inicia la asunción de la connotación de individualidad, especialmente mediante el desarrollo de los conceptos de individuación y personalidad; estos dos términos atienden a la característica del individuo de “pertenecer a” una especie, diferenciándose de todos los demás. …”
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Climate and human impacts inferred from a 1500-year multi-proxy record of an alpine peatland in the South-Eastern Alps by Ilaria Fracasso, Anna Dinella, Francesco Giammarchi, Nadia Marinchel, Piotr Kołaczek, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Katarzyna Marcisz, Edyta Łokas, Magdalena Miecznik, Luca Bragazza, Matteo Girardi, Maurizio Ventura, Luigimaria Borruso, Giustino Tonon, Cristiano Vernesi

“…The dating highlighted a distinct change of age at a depth of 55.5–50.5 cm (ca. 800–930 calibrated years), which suggests a depositional gap (hiatus), at least in this section, occurred during the Medieval Warm Period, due to the increase in air temperature. …”
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Transparant maar niet open: overkapping van de binnenplaats van het Provinciehuis te Groningen by Michiel S. Verweij

“…Since the early seventeenth century the complex has uninterruptedly been in use as an administrative building for the province of Groningen and has a rich history. The late medieval Sint Maartens-school is the oldest building. …”
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Sources de Constantin VII Porphyrogénète concernant le passé le plus ancien des Serbes et des Croates by Tibor ŽIVKOVIĆ

“…This style or literary genre – </span><em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'MgOldTimes UC Pol Normal'; font-size: 11pt">De conversione</span></em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'MgOldTimes UC Pol Normal'; font-size: 11pt"> – did not exist in Byzantium but was well known during early medieval times in the West. The analysis of the aforementioned chapters of the </span><em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'MgOldTimes UC Pol Normal'; font-size: 11pt">DAI </span></em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'MgOldTimes UC Pol Normal'; font-size: 11pt">established a high degree of correlation with parts of the text known in historiography under the title – </span><em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'MgOldTimes UC Pol Normal'; font-size: 11pt">De conversione</span></em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: 'MgOldTimes UC Pol Normal'; font-size: 11pt"> <em>Bagoariorum et Carantanorum</em>. …”
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Sea surface temperature variability in the central-western Mediterranean Sea during the last 2700 years: a multi-proxy and multi-record approach by M. Cisneros, I. Cacho, J. Frigola, M. Canals, P. Masqué, B. Martrat, M. Casado, J. O. Grimalt, L. D. Pena, G. Margaritelli, F. Lirer

“…Even though some particularly warm SST intervals took place during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA), the Little Ice Age (LIA) was markedly unstable, with some very cold SST events mostly during its second half. …”
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Insight into the dynamics of a long-runout mass movement using single-grain feldspar luminescence in the Pokhara Valley, Nepal by A.-M. de Boer, W. Schwanghart, J. Mey, B. R. Adhikari, T. Reimann, T. Reimann

“…Here, we first assess the applicability of single-grain feldspar dating of medieval mass movement deposits catastrophically emplaced in the Pokhara Valley. …”
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Vegetation and geochemical responses to Holocene rapid climate change in the Sierra Nevada (southeastern Iberia): the Laguna Hondera record by J. M. Mesa-Fernández, J. M. Mesa-Fernández, G. Jiménez-Moreno, M. Rodrigo-Gámiz, A. García-Alix, A. García-Alix, F. J. Jiménez-Espejo, F. J. Jiménez-Espejo, F. Martínez-Ruiz, R. S. Anderson, J. Camuera, M. J. Ramos-Román

“…Relative humid conditions occurred during the Iberian Roman Humid Period (2600–1450&thinsp;cal&thinsp;yr&thinsp;BP) and predominantly arid conditions occurred during the Dark Ages and the Medieval Climate Anomaly (1450–650&thinsp;cal&thinsp;yr&thinsp;BP). …”
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LOS UMBRALES DEL CONSTITUCIONALISMO EN CUBA, 1808-1812 by Olga Portuondo

“…The Mayors were turned into legal representatives of “popular sovereignty” when the local oligarchies validated citizens rights inherited from the medieval so that the Illustration had contributed to forge in their minds the criterion of equality with the peninsular Spanish. …”
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LIONS AND SHE-WOLVES: KINGSHIP, QUEENSHIP AND THE LEGITIMACY OF POWER IN SHAKESPEARE’S HISTORICAL PLAYS by Dana PERCEC, Andreea ŞERBAN

“…Drawing on Elizabeth Norton’s (2009) and Helen Castor’s (2011) use of this animal phrase to address the relevance of female sovereignty in medieval and early modern England, our paper discusses how the choice of animals and the number of occurrences in Shakespeare’s Henriad reflects the early modern perceptions about (monstrous) female rule. …”
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(Re-)invented Chan Lineage, Unique Vietnamese Meditation School, or Both? Thích Thanh Từ’s “Revived” Trúc Lâm Tradition of Thiền Tông by Trang T. D. Nguyen

“…<i>Jingtu</i> 淨土) Buddhism to self-learn and practice meditation, decided to reinvent the medieval Trúc Lâm tradition and became the founder of the contemporary Trúc Lâm. …”
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The social and cultural background of initial forms of the English comedy and the development thereof before the age of Shakespeare by Jovanović Slobodan D.

“…It means that the society of Shakespeare's times was a shifting, changing scene, in which the survivals of the medieval order of things existed side by side with new elements that were struggling into life. …”
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