The Early Modern Secretary and the Early Modern Archive

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnold Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Current State

It was the secretary who handled the delivery of incoming letters, drafted and copied outgoing correspondence, filed papers for retention and, quite literally, held the keys to his master's secrets. This chapter reviews the current state of scholarship on the early modern secretary and asks what we can learn from the material traces that these invisible technicians left on the documents that passed through their hands. Secretaries sought to differentiate themselves from mere clerks by developing a more sophisticated range of techniques for the handling and retrieval of written documents, and the rise of the secretary as a distinct profession was therefore accompanied by the emergence of a new technology of the archive.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
Laura Kounine
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Early Modern Period ◽  
The Body ◽  
History Of Emotions ◽  
Current State ◽  
History Of ◽  
Western Germany ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Witch ◽  
Witch Hunts

This Introduction sets out the intentions of this book: to use the rich witch-trial records from the early modern duchy of Württemberg in south-western Germany to explore the central themes of emotions, gender, and selfhood. It provides an overview of the key historiographical debates on witchcraft persecutions in the early modern period, and suggests new questions that need to be asked. It also provides a methodological and theoretical framework in which to address these questions, and provides an overview of the current state of the field of the history of emotions, and, by drawing on psychological approaches to listening to self-narratives, it suggests ways in which historical studies of emotions can be pushed further by incorporating the body and subjective states. It also sets out the legal, political, and religious framework of the Lutheran duchy of Württemberg, in order to put the witch-hunts in this region into context.

Agenda

2030 ◽  
2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rutger van Santen ◽  
Djan Khoe ◽  
Bram Vermeer
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Stimulated Emission ◽  
Technology Industry ◽  
Current State ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
The Future ◽  
Evolution Of Technology ◽  
Scientists And Engineers ◽  
New Strategies

We have some serious work to do. Far too many people lead miserable lives because they lack the most basic necessities to deal with hunger, thirst, shelter, disease, or disability. In addition, the prosperity currently enjoyed by many of us may not be taken for granted in the future. The experts in this book have identified a range of breakthroughs that are urgently required if we are to improve the fate of humanity in the decades ahead and look to the future with greater confidence. There will be some hard choices, and some lines of research will probably need to be pursued at the expense of others. Industry should change and adopt new strategies. And we as a society should accept and foster that change. The evolution of technology, industry, and society is a complex process full of feedback mechanisms and surprises. It’s vital that we understand the most promising ways to facilitate the necessary changes of direction. The technologies proposed in this book aren’t straightforward; otherwise, they would have been identified much sooner. The days when you could produce a brilliant invention in your garden shed have largely gone. Anyone wishing to improve the current state of technology needs a solid pedigree and will need to labor long and hard with a group of dedicated colleagues, in many cases relying on extremely expensive equipment. Breakthroughs demand the stamina, laborious testing, and inspiration of countless scientists and engineers. Hundreds of thousands of design hours can go into a new microchip, car, or power-generation technique. Developing new technology is a complex process. That complexity is exemplified by the development of the laser. Einstein predicted the principle of stimulated emission on which lasers are based long before World War II. But it was many more decades before working lasers were created and longer still before they were put to practical use. Once we had them, however, we found we could use them in new scientific instruments that opened up fresh areas of research.

scholarly journals Corona Angelica Pannoniae: ‘...ecce Angelus Domini’

Arts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Eszenyi
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
English Language ◽  
Current State ◽  
International Scholarship ◽  
History Of ◽  
Insight Into

The article examines the Hungarian corona angelica tradition, according to which the Holy Crown of Hungary was delivered to the country by an angel. In order to embed Hungarian results into international scholarship, it provides an English language summary of previous research and combines in one study how St. Stephen I (997–1038), St. Ladislaus I (1074–1095), and King Matthias Corvinus (1458–1490) came to be associated with the tradition, examining both written and visual sources. The article moves forward previous research by posing the question whether the angel delivering the Crown to Hungary could have been identified as the Angelus Domini at some point throughout history. This possibility is suggested by Hungary’s Chronici Hungarici compositio saeculi XIV and an unusually popular Early Modern modification of the Hartvik Legend, both of which use this expression to denote the angel delivering the Crown. While the article leaves the question open until further research sheds more light on the history of early Hungarian spirituality; it also points out how this identification of the angel would harmonize the Byzantine and the Hungarian iconography of the corona angelica, and provides insight into the current state of the Angelus Domini debate in angelology.

Potential use of real‐time data capture and job‐tracking technology in the field

Facilities ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 31-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seán T. McAndrew ◽  
Chimay J. Anumba ◽  
Tarek M. Hassan ◽  
Alistair K. Duke
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Facilities Management ◽  
Application Service Provider ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Application Service ◽  
Current State

PurposeThe purpose of the paper is to discuss the scope for improving the delivery of FM services through the use of wireless web‐based communications infrastructure, delivered via an application service provider (ASP) business model. This paper discusses the findings from case studies of three organisations and their approach to the management of facilities.Design/methodology/approachAn investigation was undertaken to ascertain the current state of play in terms of managing and tracking processes within the facilities management department of three different organisations. These case studies were chosen from distinct sectors, namely health care, higher education, and banking. Emphasis is placed on analysing how the organisations currently operate with their existing FM systems and the degree of influence technology has on existing processes. This was considered mainly in terms of computer‐aided facilities management (CAFM) and computer‐integrated facilities management (CIFM).FindingsThe study found that a new wireless web‐based service for FM systems would be considered useful. Although notoriously slow adopters of new technology, there was an acceptance by the facilities managers interviewed that a wireless web‐based approach would improve current practice, especially with respect to real‐time job reporting and tracking and in the determination of FM operative working time utilisation.Practical implicationsFurther work by the author is focusing on the development of a suitable demonstrator to illustrate the key concepts of a wireless web‐based FM service which will then be tested and evaluated. For further information, visit the research project web site at www.wirelessfm.org Originality/value – The paper hopefully stimulates discussion in the area of emerging wireless technologies that have the potential to streamline and improve current practices for the management of facilities, in particular that of real‐time job reporting and tracking.

scholarly journals Upper Pleistocene Human Dispersals out of Africa: A Review of the Current State of the Debate

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanuel Beyin
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Homo Sapiens ◽  
Modern Human ◽  
Middle Stone Age ◽  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Last Interglacial ◽  
Upper Pleistocene ◽  
Current State ◽  
Human Colonization ◽  
Source Populations

Although there is a general consensus on African origin of early modern humans, there is disagreement about how and when they dispersed to Eurasia. This paper reviews genetic and Middle Stone Age/Middle Paleolithic archaeological literature from northeast Africa, Arabia, and the Levant to assess the timing and geographic backgrounds of Upper Pleistocene human colonization of Eurasia. At the center of the discussion lies the question of whether eastern Africa alone was the source of Upper Pleistocene human dispersals into Eurasia or were there other loci of human expansions outside of Africa? The reviewed literature hints at two modes of early modern human colonization of Eurasia in the Upper Pleistocene: (i) from multiple Homo sapiens source populations that had entered Arabia, South Asia, and the Levant prior to and soon after the onset of the Last Interglacial (MIS-5), (ii) from a rapid dispersal out of East Africa via the Southern Route (across the Red Sea basin), dating to ~74–60 kya.

“NOTHING IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE”: GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE TIME REGIME IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 821-848 ◽  
Author(s):  
SEBASTIAN CONRAD
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
New Technology ◽  
East India Company ◽  
Dutch East India Company ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Time Regime ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
The Way

When European clocks first arrived in seventeenth-century Japan they generated a commotion. The highly complex but also very precise instruments had been brought to Nagasaki by the Dutch East India Company that monopolized the sparse and highly regulated trade between Japan and Europe for more than two centuries. As an expression of the technological sophistication achieved in early modern Europe, mechanical clocks were hi-tech products of their time. They operated with a spring to store the energy, and their making required highly developed skills in casting and metalwork. The new technology made it possible to emancipate the measurement of time from sunshine and to achieve an evenness of temporal rhythms, not only during the day, but also at night.

Team Implementation of New Technology

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (15) ◽  
pp. 1340-1344
Author(s):  
Dennis R. Jones ◽  
Michael J. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Technology Implementation ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Global Marketplace ◽  
Current State ◽  
Teams And Teamwork ◽  
Cooperative Team

New technology is dramatically changing the workplace by allowing companies to increase efficiency, productivity, quality, safety, and overall profitability. An effective new technology implementation is required for companies to compete successfully in the global marketplace. Time and money wasted on unsuccessful and improper new technology implementation is counterproductive to the overall goal of improving the competitiveness and profitability of the company. Teams and teamwork have been recommended as a way to improve efficiency, productivity, quality, safety, profitability, and employee satisfaction. With the utilization of total quality management (TQM) and quality improvement (QI), each of which rely on teamwork, new technology implementations have been more successful. New technology challenges the current state of traditional implementation methods and techniques. To effectively utilize these new technologies it is best to consider all of the factors involved in the implementation process; most importantly the human elements involved. It is recommended to utilize a cooperative team oriented approach to new technology implementation, which relies heavily on soliciting employee input and participation throughout the entire process. By doing this it is hoped that the new technology can be implemented in the most effective way possible. A case study is presented to illustrate this.

scholarly journals Denique Onirocrites, sic erit Hippocrates:Dreams as a Diagnostic Tool in Early Modern British Medicine

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-106
Author(s):  
Steven Oberhelman
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Diagnostic Tool ◽  
Baccalaureate Degree ◽  
Current Medical ◽  
The West ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Wise Person ◽  
Current State ◽  
Medical Theory

On 7 July 1663, a young Edward Browne, who later will become a famous ethnographer and court physician, presented his two theses for a baccalaureate degree at Cambridge University. The title of the first thesis was entitled Judicium de somniis est medico utile (A Determination [of Illness] Based on Dreams Is Useful for the Physician). In a long series of Latin elegiac couplets infused with language and imagery drawn from classical Roman poets like Virgil, Ovid, and Persius, Browne argues that the contents of a dream directly relate to the conditions of a patient’s humors and that a wise person can diagnose the current state of an ailment on the basis of the dream’s imagery. Browne relies on three main classical and Hellenistic Greek sources: Aristotle’s works on dreams, Hippocrates’ Regimen 4 (On Dreams), and Galen’s On Diagnosis from Dreams. In this paper I discuss how Browne’s theories derive from these ancient sources, especially Galen’s text, which had appeared only two centuries earlier in the West in a Latin translation. More importantly I demonstrate how Browne’s views were consistent with current medical theory prevalent throughout England and across Europe among physicians, philosophers, and laypeople. Keywords: dreams, medicine in England, Galen, Edward Browne, Cambridge University, Artemidorus

scholarly journals The Dating and Interpretation of a Field Wall in Öggestorp

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-60
Author(s):  
Leif Häggström ◽  
Joanna Baran ◽  
Alf Eriksson ◽  
Andrew Murray
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Optically Stimulated Luminescence ◽  
Early Iron Age ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Current State ◽  
Early Modern Times ◽  
Contextual Meaning

The interpretation of the use and contextual meaning of fossil agrarian forms is connected with their age. In this article we discuss the dating and interpretation of a field wall in Öggestorp, situated on the northern rim of the southern Swedish uplands in the province of Småland. Öggestorp is a complex archaeological site dating from the early Iron Age (500 BC to AD 550). The site was also used for various forms of agriculture during the Middle Ages and in early modern times, a fact which complicates the dating and the interpretation of the agrarian features. We discuss the possibility and practical issue of dating agrarian sediments by optically stimulated luminescence (OSL). By combining OSL and other methods, a reliable estimation of age can be established. The paper also deals with the possible implications of the OSL-method in relation to the current state of knowledge of agrarian structures. We show that a serious dating of agricultural remains must be based upon a critically used combination ofmethods. Without a well-argued date, it is difficult to relate any agrarian form chronologically to other remains in a fossil landscape of multilayered complexity.

Geomechanics: a New Star in the Horizon to Change the Fortunes in E&P Projects

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.. Hegazy ◽  
M.R.. R. Lakshmikantha
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Wellbore Stability ◽  
Sand Production ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Sealing Capacity ◽  
Current State ◽  
Production Behavior ◽  
Integrated Project

Abstract The E&P industry all over the world is awakening to the new technology discipline of Geomechanics, recognizing its importance in every operation of hydrocarbons exploitation, from drilling to production. There are specific applications in the early stage of exploitation, e.g. with respect to wellbore stability, sand production, hydraulic fracturing, traversing depleted zones, characterization of fractures and fault sealing capacity. In the later stages of production it can better characterize reservoir subsidence and fracture behavior with pressure evolution. A rigorous application of these methods can add important value to E&P projects. The need for innovative ways to solve the technology challenges planted the seeds of Geomechanics to germinate and grow as a key technology in E&P industry with applications for present and future projects. The vision for the future of this emerging discipline is bright with strong growth in applications. It is especially relevant to meet the challenges posed by many new discoveries, especially unconventional plays, which are often difficult to develop profitably. Geomechanics creates opportunities for improved and integrated project management. It can offer a variety of solutions by integrating conventional E&P technologies with cutting edge numerical, mathematical models that impacts the reservoir production behavior. Major operators were the first to embrace the scientific use of Geomechanics to help develop difficult reservoirs profitably. Also, a few medium-sized oil companies have recognized this potential and, as a consequence, have created Geomechanics teams with in. In this article, the authors provide a bird's eye view of Geomechanics as a core E&P technology supporting mega E&P projects. We discuss the current state of the art of this technology, with special emphasis on applications.

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