Paolo Astorri, Lutheran Theology and Contract Law in Early Modern Germany (ca. 1520–1720). (Law and Religion in the Early Modern Period, Vol. 1.) Paderborn, Schöningh 2019

One of the most fascinating aspects of criminal adjudication is the method of identifying the criminal. Who committed the crime? While crime-detecting agents of the twentieth century use an array of sophisticated methods, such as fingerprinting, psychology, and, most recently, DNA sampling, no such methods were available to their sixteenth- and seventeenth-century counterparts. In fact, during the early modern period there were hardly any police forces to speak of. How, then, did contemporaries detect and report their culprits? Here I address these intriguing questions using an urban case study of Frankfurt am Main from 1562 to 1696.

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The Little Ice Age and the Jews: Environmental History and the Mercurial Nature of Jewish– Christian Relations in Early Modern Germany

AJS Review ◽

10.1017/s0364009408000019 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 1-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Dean Phillip Bell

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

Environmental History ◽

Jewish History ◽

Early Modern Period ◽

Ice Age ◽

Historical Sources ◽

Modern Germany ◽

Modern Period ◽

History Of ◽

German Jewish

Scholars have frequently portrayed early modern German Jewish history as underresearched and fragmentary, with an underdeveloped pool of historical sources. Even the very productive historian Stefan Rohrbacher, for example, has rued that “[t]he early modern period numbers among the till now very little researched epochs in the history of the Jews in Germany. It has recently received increased attention from historians, however, this interest is distributed very unevenly in the various areas and aspects of Jewish life.”

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Paolo Comitoli SJ on Contracts

Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte Kanonistische Abteilung ◽

10.1515/zrgk-2021-0006 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 107 (1) ◽

pp. 255-296

Author(s):

Piotr Alexandrowicz

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

Present Article ◽

Early Modern Period ◽

Contract Law ◽

Modern Period ◽

Forming Characteristics ◽

The Subject ◽

Contract Attributes ◽

Definition Of ◽

New Framework

Summary Contract law in the early modern period has always been the subject of intensive research. The present article is intended as a contribution to this. It presents the contract doctrine of an Italian Jesuit, Paolo Comitoli. He was a moral theologian and author of the “Doctrina de contractu”. The paper begins with a biographical introduction and an overview of Comitoli’s writings. News about Comitoli’s life, however, is sparse and widely dispersed. The following section focuses on Comitoli’s concept of and his definition of contract. A brief explanation of Comitoli’s concept of contract attributes follows. Comitoli saw in these attributes the identity-forming characteristics of all contracts and used these elements to place the traditional problems of contract theory in a new framework.

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A History of Psychology: Volume II: Mediaeval & Early Modern Period.

10.1037/10587-000 ◽

1921 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

George Sidney Brett

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

Early Modern Period ◽

History Of Psychology ◽

Modern Period ◽

History Of

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From Craft to Institution: Accounting in Italy from the Middle ages to the Early Modern Period

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2012-11-135-152 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 135-152 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

O. Volkova

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

Middle Ages ◽

Social Economic ◽

Early Modern Period ◽

Social Institution ◽

Business Environment ◽

Technical Standards ◽

Medieval Italy ◽

Modern Period ◽

Professional Field

The article describes the evolution of accounting from the simple registration technique to economic and social institution in medieval Italy. We used methods of institutional analysis and historical research. It is shown that the institutionalization of accounting had been completed by the XIV century, when it became a system of codified technical standards, scholar discipline and a professional field. We examine the interrelations of this process with business environment, political, social, economic and cultural factors of Italy by the XII—XVI centuries. Stages of institutionalization are outlined.

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Becoming “Indians”: The Jesuit Missionary Path from Italy to Asia

Renaissance and Reformation ◽

10.33137/rr.v43i1.34078 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 9-50

Author(s):

Camilla Russell

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

Early Modern Period ◽

Society Of Jesus ◽

Modern Period ◽

Jesuit Missions ◽

Archival Documents ◽

Italian Provinces ◽

Jesuit Missionaries ◽

Jesuit Missionary

The Jesuit missions in Asia were among the most audacious undertakings by Europeans in the early modern period. This article focuses on a still relatively little understood aspect of the enterprise: its appointment process. It draws together disparate archival documents to recreate the steps to becoming a Jesuit missionary, specifically the Litterae indipetae (petitions for the “Indies”), provincial reports about missionary candidates, and replies to applicants from the Jesuit superior general. Focusing on candidates from the Italian provinces of the Society of Jesus, the article outlines not just how Jesuit missionaries were appointed but also the priorities, motivations, and attitudes that informed their assessment and selection. Missionaries were made, the study shows, through a specific “way of proceeding” that was negotiated between all parties and seen in both organizational and spiritual terms, beginning with the vocation itself, which, whether the applicant departed or not, earned him the name indiano.

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History of Ardalānids (1590-1810) by Sharaf al-Dīn bin Shams al-Dīn

Kurdish Studies ◽

10.33182/ks.v5i1.420 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 56-79

Author(s):

Sara Zandi Karimi

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

Early Modern Period ◽

Historical Narrative ◽

Modern Period ◽

History Of ◽

Critical Translation

This article is a critical translation of the “History of the Ardalānids.” In doing so, it hopes to make available to a wider academic audience this invaluable source on the study of Iranian Kurdistan during the early modern period. While a number of important texts pertaining to the Kurds during this era, most notably the writings of the Ottoman traveler Evliya Chalabi, focus primarily on Ottoman Kurdistan, this piece in contrast puts Iranian Kurdistan in general and the Ardalān dynasty in particular at the center of its historical narrative. Thus it will be of interest not only to scholars of Kurdish history but also to those seeking more generally to research life on the frontiers of empires.Keywords: Ẕayl; Ardalān; Kurdistan; Iran.ABSTRACT IN KURMANJIDîroka Erdelaniyan (1590-1810)Ev gotar wergereke rexneyî ya “Dîroka Erdelaniyan” e. Bi vê yekê, merema xebatê ew e ku vê çavkaniya pir biqîmet a li ser Kurdistana Îranê ya di serdema pêş-modern de ji bo cemawerê akademîk berdest bike. Hejmareke metnên girîng li ser Kurdên wê serdemê, bi taybetî nivîsînên Evliya Çelebî yê seyyahê osmanî, zêdetir berê xwe didine Kurdistana di bin hukmê Osmaniyan de. Lê belê, di navenda vê xebatê de, bi giştî Kurdistana Îranê û bi taybetî jî xanedana Erdelaniyan heye. Wisa jî ew dê ne tenê ji bo lêkolerên dîroka kurdî belku ji bo ewên ku dixwazin bi rengekî berfirehtir derheq jiyana li ser tixûbên împeretoriyan lêkolînan bikin jî dê balkêş be.ABSTRACT IN SORANIMêjûy Erdellan (1590-1810)Em wutare wergêrranêkî rexneyî “Mêjûy Erdellan”e, bew mebestey em serçawe girînge le ser Kurdistanî Êran le seretakanî serdemî nwê bixate berdest cemawerî ekademî. Jimareyek serçawey girîng le ser kurdekan lew serdeme da hen, diyartirînyan nûsînekanî gerîdey ‘Usmanî Ewliya Çelebîye, ke zortir serincyan le ser ‘Kurdistanî ‘Usmanî bûwe. Em berheme be pêçewanewe Kurdistanî Êran be giştî, we emaretî Erdelan be taybetî dexate senterî xwêndinewekewe. Boye nek tenya bo twêjeranî biwarî mêjûy kurdî, belku bo ewaney le ser jiyan le sinûre împiratoriyekan twêjînewe deken, cêgay serinc debêt.

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