“…This scope of the study includes French army operations in some of its contiguous campaigning theatres, north Italy (1702 and 1734), the Rhineland (1734), Roussillon (1674), possibly Catalonia (1693), and, further afield, Bohemia (1742). …”

“…The idealism of the cause--defending democracy from fascism at a time when Europe was darkening toward another world war--and the brutality of the conflict drew from them some of their best work: Guernica, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Homage to Catalonia, The Spanish Earth. The war spurred breakthroughs in military and medical technology as well. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…EL CASO DEL ARQUITECTO JOSÉ DOMÉNECH ESTAPÁ (1858-1917) -- NEO-GOTHIC CONTROVERSIAL CASES IN CATALONIA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- VICENTE LAMPÉREZ Y ROMEA - GOTIK ALS IDEALBILD UND HISTORISCHES PHÄNOMEN. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Questions and aims -- Key themes and paradigms covered in this book -- Structure of the book -- Organizing perspectives -- 2 Analysing localism -- The polycentric world order -- In search of localism: mapping the intellectual and conceptual landscape -- Conceptual analysis of localism -- The localist turn: geography, environmentalism, politics -- Analysing social and political organization -- Three dynamics of localism -- 3 Localism in context -- Place, space and scale: core dimensions of social and political organization -- Communities of place and their governance -- The nation state and the limits of government -- The international relations system and the size of states -- The global and the local -- Multi-level governance, empires and political orders -- Political community, public goods and sovereignty -- Localism and sovereignty in conflict: the case of Catalonia and Spain -- 4 Varieties of localism -- 'Old localism': established local governance -- Neighbourhood governance -- Governance at the micro level: pathologies and challenges -- Governing locally in a polycentric world: towards a 'new' localism? …”

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“…While titles such as 1984, Animal Farm and Homage to Catalonia are still rightly regarded as modern classics, his own politics are less well understood. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Salford, Manchester, UK, 2002, Studio Llbeskind, p. 80 ; lgualada Cemetery, Catalonia, Spain, 1991, Enric Miralles & Carme Piños, p. 86 ; Vulcanology Museum, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2002, Hans Hollein, p. 92 ; Weald & Downland Museum Workshop, West Sussex, UK, 2002, Edward Cullinan Architects, p. 98 ; Osaka City University Media Centre, Osaka. …”

“…The closer integration of the European Union has given intra-national nationalisms a new lease of life, confirming the viability of small nation-states under a supra-national umbrella - after all, if Ireland and Iceland, then why not Scotland and Catalonia? And then the world stage has seen new and powerful national players moving from the wings to the centre: China, India, and Brazil are full of a sense of growing into their own national destinies and are in no mood either to dissolve into, or to defer to, some larger body. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Castella Lidon: Enthusiastic, Hesitant and Resistant Teachers Toward the One-To-One Laptop Programme: A Multi-Sited Ethnographic Study in Catalonia - Vincenzo De Masi/Yan Han: Animation: A New Method of Educational Communication in China - Judith Faifman/Brian Goldfarb: Teaching the Unteachable: Networked Media, Simulation and Community Research/Activism - David Elliott/Scott Bulfin: Beyond "Beyond Schools": Young People's Unsanctioned Digital Media Use In and Around Schools and Classrooms - Julie Faulkner: Digital Introductions as Critical Practice - Dennis N. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Science and technology in the nationalist debate in Catalonia after the Civil War: Antoni Roca Rosell -- Part III. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Episcopatus Balbastrensis et Comitatus Ribagorcae. Catalonia. Insulae Balearides et Pytiusae. Asia recens summa cura delineata Turcicum Imperium. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…General description of the study, key issues, and provisional conclusions / Laura Zanfrini -- The uncanny "religious" refugee : a post-secular perspective on ethics of hospitality / Paolo Gomarasca -- Religion in secularized and post-secularized Europe / Monica Martinelli -- Migration and religious freedom : the legislative and judicial framework at international and European level / Andrea Santini and Monica Spatti -- No size fits all : diversity, state and politics in the contemporary Middle East / Paolo Maggiolini, Andrea Plebani and Riccardo Redaelli -- Christians navigating through middle east turbulences : the case of the Copts in Egypt / Alessia Melcangi and Paolo Maggiolini -- Religious affiliations and social coexistence in the Islamic Middle East countries / Giancarlo Rovati -- Women's rights and Shari'a Law in the MENA region / Vera Lomazzi-- The "place" of religion in the Italian asylum seekers' reception system : constitutional, legislative and procedural framework / Paolo Bonetti -- On the role of religion in the decision to migrate / Laura Zanfrini -- The "space" of religion in the assessment of asylum applications / Laura Zanfrini -- On the role of religion in the process of adaptation of (forced) migrants / Laura Zanfrini and Mario Antonelli -- Religion and integration : issues from international literature / Annavittoria Sarli and Giulia Mezzetti -- Religious persecution, migrations and practices in faith-based organizations : some recommendations from a qualitative study / Lucia Boccacin and Linda Lombi -- Interreligious dialogue in the governance of migration and inter-ethnic cohabitation / Fabio Baggio -- The multi-ethnic and multi-religious transformation of the largest diocese in the world : the Church of Milan and the "Synod from the Peoples" / Laura Zanfrini and Luca Bressan-- Migrations and intergenerational religious transmission : issues from international literature / Donatella Bramanti, Stefania Meda and Giovanna Rossi -- The Copts in Italy : migration and generosity / Beatrice Nicolini -- Religious belonging and (forced) migration : a study on migrant Coptic families in Italy / Cristina Giuliani and Camillo Regalia -- Religious belonging and (forced) migration : a study on migrant Coptic minors in Italy / Giovanni Giulio Valtolina and Paola Barachetti -- The religious dimension in plural schools : institutional, relational and strategic issues / Maddalena Colombo -- Religious belonging in multicultural schools : freedom of expression and citizenship values / Rosangela Lodigiani -- Religious conflicts in multicultural schools : a generational divide between students and adults / Mariagrazia Santagati -- Religions and Laïcité in the French republican school / Alessandro Bergamaschi and Catherine Blaya-- Religious education in schools as a necessity in a secular state : the perspective in Catalonia / Núria Llevot-Calvet, Olga Bernad-Cavero and Jordi Garreta-Bochaca…”

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“…Among them, there are numerous regular and secular clergymen from Valencia, Catalonia, Aragon and Mallorca.---Este libro pretende estudiar la historia de la Universidad de Tortosa desde su erección canónica en 1600 hasta 1717, año en el que fue transferida a Cervera. …”

“…They present essays on, among others, Basque cinema; gendered controversies in post-communist small cinemas in Slovakia and Czech Republic; ethnic stereotypes in the works of Polish filmmakers; stereotypical representation of women in Japanese avant-garde; post-communist political myths in Hungary; the separatist movements of Catalonia; people in diasporas and during migrations. …”

“…Analysis of early abbacus books, not least of the first specimen treating of algebra – Jacopo da Firenze’s Tractatus algorismi from 1307 – shows instead that abbacus mathematics was an exponentof a more widespread culture of commercial mathematics, already known by Fibonacci, and probably flourishing in Provence and/or Catalonia before it reached Italy. Abbacus algebra – eventually the main inspiration for the algebraic breakthrough of the 16th and 17th centuries – was inspired from a Romance-speaking region outside Italy, most likely located in the Provençal-Catalan area, and ultimately from a similar practitioners’ level of Arabic mathematics. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Emon -- Western legal collections in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries / Ken Pennington -- Scripture, legal interpretation, and social praxis in the Islamic tradition : the cases of polygamy and slavery / Jonathan Brown -- Rights of residence : introduction / Capucine Nemo-Pekelman -- Les conditions de la résidence du d̲immī : entre règles absolues et relatives / Ahmed Oulddali -- Les d̲immī-s et leurs lieux de culte en occident musulman : églises et synagogues en droit musulman (point de vue mālikite) / Farid Bouchiba -- La ğizya dans la "loi divine" selon le commentaire coranique d'al-Qurṭubī (m. 671/1272) / Géraldine Jenvrin -- Muslims, Jews, and the question of municipal membership in twelfth- to fifteenth-century Portugal / Anna Matheson -- Jewish citizens versus Jewish foreigners : the legal status of a minority within the minority in medieval Catalonia / Nadezda Koryakina -- Les murs de la foi : les frontières identitaires dans les quartiers musulmans et juifs de la castille médiévale / Marisa Bueno Sánchez -- Distinguishing minorities : segregation, violence, protection : introduction / Nora Berend -- Segregatory legislation and Jewish religious influence on Christians in the thirteenth century / Paola Tartakoff -- Legal responses to crusade violence against Jews / Jessie Sherwood -- Minority dress codes and the law : a Jewish-Christian comparison / Elisheva Baumgarten -- Prohibiting sexual relations across religious boundaries in fifteenth-century Portugal : severity and pragmatism in legal theory and practice / Francois Soyer -- Protection des chrétiens en terre d'islam et discussion entre papes et souverains musulmans : le cas singulier des mercenaires du maroc / Clara Maillard -- Tribunals and trials : introduction / Youna Hameau-Masset -- Muslim involvement in non-muslim political affairs in the early Islamic period / Uriel Simonsohn -- Jewish business contracts from late medieval Austria as crossroads of law and business practice / Martha Keil -- The treatment of minorities in the legal system of the Kingdom of Jerusalem / Adam M. …”