Twenty-five years ago, the British Empire was at best a minor presence in British historical scholarship. Although the field of imperial studies was showing signs of renewed vigor, British history invariably meant the history of metropolitan Britain, and “Britain” all too often served as a synonym for the union’s English core. Today, the situation is practically reversed. Imperial themes pervad...

This text focuses on the ecclesiastical tax transfers in favour of Portuguese Crown late medieval period, through an analysis typology taxes, chronology its granting and justifications presented for perception. While given by monarchy remain framed legitimacy conferred canon law, clerics’ resistance to payment reveal argument based reality good will satisfy fiscal needs monarchs.

The article considers Turkic borrowings in the Russian language at beginning of 18th century. material study was a translation 17th century treatise “The History Present State Ottoman Empire” written by English diplomat Paul Ricaut and translated into number European languages. done P.A.Tolstoy from Italian version 1702–1714 published as Turkish Monarchy” 1741. presents methods phonetic (orthog...

The article presents the idea of a third unit in Habsburg Monarchy prior to World War I as seen through eyes Slovenian liberals. author broader political context which concept emerged and then analyses reactions various groups amid national tensions Balkans. Extracts two liberal newspapers, Edinost (Trieste) Soča (Gorizia), are examined with respect key geopolitical dilemmas interests different...

in this paper, an investigation on the relation between state-building and near eastern religion is attempted. analyzing the city-state of ḥaṭrā (iraq, close to kirkuk), it is demonstrated that pre-islamic state craft in the region was dependent on the initiative of the parthian monarchy in iran. the kings of the arsacid dynasty attempted to bestow the local arabic tribes in the jazira with a c...