scholarly journals The metropolitan and the Theban silk industry: a hypothetical reconstruction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Gang Wu
Keyword(s):  
Twelfth Century ◽  
Silk Industry ◽  
Working Hypothesis

Many theories have been proposed to explain the success of the Theban silk industry from the twelfth century onward. To contribute to this discussion in the context of recent research developments, this article explores the Theban metropolitan's hypothetical contribution to the industry through the case study of John Kaloktenes, who initiated a series of projects during his tenure (before 1166–c.1190). The analysis of three of these projects suggests that they might have been designed to support the industry. Thus, this article proposes the working hypothesis that Thebes's industrial success might have benefited substantially from the local metropolitan's active promotion.

scholarly journals Exploring the Human Capital Development Dimensions of Chinese Investments in Africa: Opportunities, Implications and Directions for Further Research

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Motolani Agbebi
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Working Hypothesis ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Economic Engagement ◽  
Capital Development ◽  
The Impact

This article uses a case-study approach to discuss the effects of Chinese economic engagement on three dimensions of human capital development: local employment, training and skill building, and knowledge and technology transfer. The study findings suggests that Chinese economic engagement can and does contribute to human capital development in Africa; however, this is dependent on certain sectoral factors and contextual conditions. This study advances a working hypothesis that the human capital development impact of Chinese economic engagement will vary across countries and sectors of the African economy. This working hypothesis seeks to guide further research towards developing a theoretical framework for the study of Chinese economic engagement in Africa and its effects on human capital development. The article also identifies research areas that should be further explored in order to gain a deeper understanding of the impact of Chinese economic engagement in Africa.

The Byzantine canonical scholia: a case study in reading Byzantine manuscript marginalia

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-41
Author(s):  
David Wagschal
Keyword(s):  
Twelfth Century ◽  
Historical Narratives

The scholia to the canonical manuscripts of theCollection in Fifty TitlesandCollection in Fourteen Titlesserve as an excellent case study in the potentials of marginalia to illuminate historical narratives and broaden our understanding of how the Byzantines encountered and read their traditional texts. This article explores these potentials by a) offering an overview and taxonomy of the canonical scholia; b) (re)discovering a Macedonian ‘proto-commentator’ hiding in plain sight in the margins of one manuscript; c) sketching some of the scholia's hermeneutic particularities in comparison to the twelfth-century canonical commentaries.

The Motives of the Cathars: Some Reflections

1978 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Twelfth Century ◽  
Working Hypothesis ◽  
Religious Reasons ◽  
The Church

Catharism in the affected regions of Languedoc, especially the eastern Toulousain, Carcassès, part of the Albigeois, where the problem of heresy first reached crisis point for twelfth-century churchmen, affected all classes. This is admitted by Marxist as well as non-Marxist historians. A working hypothesis has been put foward by Griffe to explain why the heresy, which affected a whole series of localities in the twelfth century, built up support more strongly in these areas of Languedoc than anywhere else. Usurpation of tithes, he suggests, predisposed an impoverished rural nobility to support cathar preachers who confirmed them in their hostility to the church by suggesting religious reasons why they should not give up the detained tithes. Disputed allegiances, conflicts and war costs weakened the position of the lords who might otherwise have supported persecution at the early and vulnerable stage of the heresy’s development. So preachers were free to gain converts.

John IX Patriarch of Jerusalem in exile

2016 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Foteini Spingou
Keyword(s):  
Twelfth Century ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
John Of Damascus ◽  
Holy Man

AbstractA series of seven epigrams from the Anthologia Marciana (MS Marc. gr. 524) sheds light on the life of John IX Merkouropoulos, patriarch of Jerusalem in exile (1157-before 1166). The evidence that comes to light reveals traces of a monastic network connecting Jerusalem with Constantinople. According to the epigrams, John became a monk at Mar Saba - something further evinced by the double vita of St John of Damascus and Kosmas of Maiouma that he composed [BHG 395]. After staying at the Koutsovendis monastery, he travelled to Constantinople, where Manuel I appointed him on the patriarchal see and also made him abbot of the monastery of St Diomedes/New Zion in Constantinople. Shortly before or after John’s departure from life, his disciple, the monk Clement, attempted to manifest that his spiritual father was a holy man. Thus, Clement had John’s portrait placed next to that of St James, the brother of God. John’s complex relationship with the Syropalestinian monastic tradition make his life and the survival of his memory an exceprional case study for understanduing the phenomenon of Holy Men in twelfth-century Constantinople.

scholarly journals Red Sea Entanglement: Initial Latin European Intellectual Development Regarding Nubia and Ethiopia during the Twelfth Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
Twelfth Century ◽  
Intellectual Development ◽  
Direct Evidence ◽  
European Engagement ◽  
Intellectual Networks

What happens to the ability to retrace networks when individual agents cannot be named and current archaeology is limited? In these circumstances, such networks cannot be traced, but, as this case study will show, they can be reconstructed and their effects can still be witnessed. This article will highlight how Latin European intellectual development regarding the Christian African kingdoms of Nubia and Ethiopia is due to multiple and far-reaching networks between Latin Europeans, Africans, and other Eastern groups, especially in the wider Red Sea region, despite scant direct evidence for the existence of such extensive intellectual networks. Instead, the absence of direct evidence for Latin European engagement with the Red Sea needs to be situated within the wider development of Latin European understandings of Nubia and Ethiopia throughout the twelfth century as a result of interaction with varied peoples, not least with Africans themselves. The developing Latin European understanding of Nubia is a result of multiple and varied exchanges.

Big Business for Firms and States: Silk Manufacturing in Renaissance Italy

2020 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-123
Author(s):  
Franco Franceschi
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Twelfth Century ◽  
Big Business ◽  
Silk Industry ◽  
Foreign Demand ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Renaissance Italy

Silk manufacturing began in Lucca in the twelfth century and by the fifteenth century Italy had become the largest producer of silk textiles in Europe, nurtured by extensive domestic and foreign demand for the luxurious fabric. This essay explores the market for silk textiles, the organization of the silk industry, and the role played in it by guilds, entrepreneurs and their capital, and highly sought after artisans. Just as silk manufacturing was an important and lucrative business for entrepreneurs, this article argues, so was it a crucial strategic activity for the governments of Italy's Renaissance states, whose incentives, protections, and investments helped to start up and grow the sector with the aim of generating wealth and strengthening their respective economies.

Upgrade strategies in the Thai silk industry: balancing value promotion and cultural heritage

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Preeya Patichol ◽  
Winai Wongsurawat ◽  
Lalit M. Johri
Keyword(s):  
Study Data ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Silk Industry ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Multiple Case Studies ◽  
Upgrading Strategies ◽  
Balancing Efficiency

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to substantiate Porter's ideas through multiple case studies of firms in one of Thailand's potential niches – Thai silk. Design/methodology/approach – This study examined upgrading strategies adopted by six companies involved in the production and distribution of silk and silk products in Thailand. Information was gathered from company documents and interview statements given by company executives and government policy makers. Standard approaches to organizing and analyzing qualitative case study data, including description, pattern identification, concept categorization and generalization were utilized. Findings – The companies have implemented upgrading strategies in the following four main areas: first, balancing efficiency and old customs in production; second, innovating new products while preserving unique traditional features; third, developing modern marketing and distribution techniques with a cultural flare; and fourth, building linkages and clusters. Practical implications – Stakeholders of traditional- or cultural-related industries may increase their chances of successfully renewing their businesses’ competitive advantage by carefully balancing the needs to both preserve and modernize key processes in their industries’ value chains. Originality/value – The paper's findings and recommendations may to be useful to other traditional industries that share similar challenges both in Thailand and in other Southeast Asian countries.

Robert Grosseteste's Conclusiones and the Commentary on the Posterior Analytics

Vivarium ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Bloch
Keyword(s):  
Twelfth Century ◽  
Euclidean Geometry ◽  
Posterior Analytics

AbstractThis article examines the nature of Robert Grosseteste's commentary on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics with particular reference to his “conclusions” (conclusiones). It is argued (using book 1, chapter 2, of the commentary as a case study) that the simple demonstrative appearance of the commentary, which is very much the result of the 64 conclusions, is in part an illusion. Thus, the exposition in the commentary is not simply based on the strict principles of the Posterior Analytics and on the proof-procedures of Euclidean geometry; rather the commentary is a complicated mixture of different elements of twelfth-century texts and the scholarship of Grosseteste's day.

scholarly journals Da globalização financeira ao autoritarismo populista e neoliberal | From financial globalization to populist and neoliberal authoritarianism

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. e47937
Author(s):  
Pedro Lange Netto Machado ◽  
Thaiane Caldas Mendonça
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Global Capitalism ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
Financial Globalization ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Working Hypothesis ◽  
Democratic Capitalism

O artigo analisa as consequências da dinâmica do capitalismo global condicionado pela financeirizaçao de sua riqueza e pelos parâmetros do neoliberalismo. A hipótese subjacente é que os imperativos daí decorrentes colocam em xeque a sobrevivência do capitalismo democrático, o que se traduz nas repressões violentas, que se observa munda afora, por parte de governos às manifestações e demandas de seus respectivos eleitores. A metodologia consiste no estudo do caso do Brasil, respaldado por contribuições teóricas da literatura acadêmica. Espera-se, enfim, contribuir para uma maior compreensão do autoritarismo e das violações de direitos humanos que incidem sobre movimentos sociais, de modo a se encontrar alternativas para superá-las.Palavras-chave: capitalismo democrático; neoliberalismo; autoritarismo. ABSTRACTThe article analyzes the consequences of the dynamics of global capitalism, which is conditioned by the financialization of its wealth and the parameters of neoliberalism. The working hypothesis is that the resulting imperatives menace the survival of democratic capitalism, which translates into violent repressions, which are observed worldwide, by governments to demonstrations and demands from their respective voters. The methodology draws on the case study of Brazil, supported by theoretical contributions from academic literature. Finally, we hope to contribute to a greater understanding of authoritarianism and human rights violations that affect social movements, in order to find alternatives to overcome them.Keywords: democratic capitalism; neoliberalism; authoritarianism. Recebido em: 23 jan. 2020 | Aceito em: 15 out. 2020.

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