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Sara Margaret Butler deposited “Even a Compensation Culture has its Limits: Arbitrating Homicide in Fifteenth-Century England.” in the group
Late Medieval History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoHistorians have long argued that arbitration was the preferred means of
resolution for most disputes in later medieval England; but does this apply
also to the settlement of homicides? Despite the strenuous efforts of the
English legal system after the Norman Conquest to force homicides through
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Ian Willis deposited Menangle arts hall concerts that helped war efforts – is being rebuilt in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoIn 2023 there is a vacant lot in central Menangle with a security fence. The reconstructed hall is proposed to open in 2024. On the security fence is an information sign with the hall’s history, what is happening, funding and building timeline. The information signage on the site security fence states: The existing hall is unusable due to…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Different Theories on Various Functions of Religions: Predisposition to Religious Beliefs – 1. Fear of the Unknown (and death). 2. Anthropomorphism – Theory of MInd – Xenophanes to Hume, 3. Social Functionalism -meaning system for/of social relationshiips in the group
Philosophy of Religion on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoFunctions of Religion
1. Fear of the unknown Fear of the unknown is a popular theory. The philosopher David Hume, the anthropologist Malinowski, and Einstein all emphasize the role of anxiety – or fear.
2. Anthropomorphism, the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object, is another favorite theory. Xenophanes (…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited ‘Fibro Majestic’, a new exhibition at the Campbelltown Arts Centre, a review in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThe Campbelltown Arts Centre is holding the Fibro Majestic Exhibition from 8 July to 13 August 2023 with free entry. The exhibition celebrates the heritage of the fibro house in Australia.
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Body-Mind-Spirit Paradigm – Genetic Emotion-Charged Unconscious Spiritual Symbols!: Tukudika Native Americans, Hawaiian Ho’omana religion, Filipino Kapwa (shared-identity)-Ginhawa, Modern Medicine – Dr. Koenig + Prism Paradigm Symbolic Energy-Filter model in the group
Philosophy of Religion on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoAs a theoretical paradigm is a very natural and common-sense, idea-model – an idea or paradigm of a human being that is easily grasped model-idea. It is not surprisingly, then, that the Body-Mind-Spirit Paradigm appeared very early in human history.
The Ho’omana religion actually recognizes three different types or levels of “spirit,” which…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Camden Historical Society, 60 years of local history, 1957-2017 in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoIn 2017 the Camden Historical Society celebrated its 60th anniversary. Society president Dr Ian Willis gave an anniversary address at the Camden Library Museum complex on 24 July. Founded in 1957, the aim of the society has been to tell the Camden story and the local identities and events that are part of it.
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Rita Singer deposited “Everything Remains the Same”: Julio Camba Travelling Spain in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoIn the first decades of the twentieth century, the Madrid-based Galician journalist Julio Camba (1882–1962) acquired long-lasting fame as a travel writer thanks to his foreign chronicles published in the Spanish press and subsequently compiled in a series of volumes. La rana viajera [The Travelling Frog] (1920), however, gathers some of the p…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Edgar Cayce “Sleeping Prophet” 1877 – 1945 – Famous Documented Psychic & Spiritual Healer-Leader! “The spirit is life. The mind is the builder. The physical is the result.” – w/ preamble “Spirituality is a natural human predisposition. K Adams & Hyde in the group
Philosophy of Religion on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoPerhaps the most incredible case Edgar Cayce ever encountered was the case of the Dietrich child. In fact, because newspapers did publish the remarkable story of the Dietrich child, Edgar Cayce immediately became a sensation. In 1902, Cayce had just begun to gain a reputation as a healer. Aimee Dietrich was a six-year-old child who had become…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited The Deeper Dimension of Einstein, Pargament, Wong – Awareness, Orientation + Attention – Klinger and neuroscience ” Albert Einstein: “t would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense!” in the group
Philosophy of Religion on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoKenneth Pargament vigorously argues that, “There is a deeper dimension to our problems. Illness, accident, interpersonal conflicts, divorce, layoffs, and death are more than “significant life events.” They raise profound and disturbing questions about our place and purpose in the world, they point to the limits of and underscore our finitude.” (p.…[Read more]
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Ian Willis deposited Public art at Camden Council Administration Offices in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThe art installation The Tree of Life by sculptors Gillies & Marc celebrates the endangered Camden White Gum. The sculpture is located adjacent to the entry of the Camden Council administration building at Oran Park. The work was commissioned by the council in 2016 for the opening of the new office building.
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David Lee deposited Default Put Protection Derivative Analytics in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoWe present a model for pricing a credit derivative product where party A has sold default put protection on a Euro denominated bond. Specifically, upon bond issuer default, party A must pay to party B a notional amount of 10 million USD (excluding accrued interest). In exchange, party B must pay a fixed rate to party A, on a quarterly basis,…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited Madrid en la obra genealógica de Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoLa personalidad y la obra de Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478-1557), reputado cronista y genealogista, de vocación novelista, pionero científico naturista y aprendiz de poeta, han sufrido diversos vaivenes historiográficos que, al menos en opinión de quien suscribe, le han privado en la actualidad del reconocimiento que se merece. Ferná…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited Propaganda ideológica pro-Trastámara en el «Cancionero de Baena» in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoDe entre las muchas y generosas lecciones que el maestro don Julio Valdeón ha brindado al medievalismo hispánico destacaremos aquella que fundamentará las páginas siguientes: la importancia de la propaganda ideológica favorable a la dinastía Trastámara durante la guerra civil castellana entre los años 1366 y 1371. Este conflicto fratric…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited Propaganda ideológica pro-Trastámara en el «Cancionero de Baena» in the group
Late Medieval History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoDe entre las muchas y generosas lecciones que el maestro don Julio Valdeón ha brindado al medievalismo hispánico destacaremos aquella que fundamentará las páginas siguientes: la importancia de la propaganda ideológica favorable a la dinastía Trastámara durante la guerra civil castellana entre los años 1366 y 1371. Este conflicto fratric…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited Juan Álvarez Gato en la villa y corte literaria del Madrid tardomedieval in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoAún en la actualidad, cinco siglos más tarde de que fuese escrito, todavía impresiona la honrada confesión con la que Juan Álvarez Gato cerraba su cancionero particular, rematando los folios en los que había recopilado todo su acervo lírico con una singular confidencia poética. A través de ella, el hombre maduro y el poeta veterano renegaba…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited Juan Álvarez Gato en la villa y corte literaria del Madrid tardomedieval in the group
Late Medieval History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoAún en la actualidad, cinco siglos más tarde de que fuese escrito, todavía impresiona la honrada confesión con la que Juan Álvarez Gato cerraba su cancionero particular, rematando los folios en los que había recopilado todo su acervo lírico con una singular confidencia poética. A través de ella, el hombre maduro y el poeta veterano renegaba…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited Francisco Hernández Coronel, poeta converso del «Cancionero general» in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoQuizá Don Eloy sea bastante ajeno a la admiración que despertaba entre los jóvenes estudiantes, allá por los años finales de la pasada centuria, uno de sus trabajos menores, entendiendo ‘menor’ no por lo que se refiere a su valía (que en absoluto es nimia), sino sólo para separarlo, en cuanto a extensión y objetivos, de su scripta maiora. Nos…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited Francisco Hernández Coronel, poeta converso del «Cancionero general» in the group
Late Medieval History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoQuizá Don Eloy sea bastante ajeno a la admiración que despertaba entre los jóvenes estudiantes, allá por los años finales de la pasada centuria, uno de sus trabajos menores, entendiendo ‘menor’ no por lo que se refiere a su valía (que en absoluto es nimia), sino sólo para separarlo, en cuanto a extensión y objetivos, de su scripta maiora. Nos…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited Una posible corte literaria del siglo XV: la de Beltrán de la Cueva, Duque de Alburquerque in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoEn uno de sus breves pero densos artículos, donde su siempre certera pluma se afilaba hasta el punto de transformarse con harta frecuencia en daga hiriente, Miguel de Unamuno realizaba una ácida declaración en contra de lo que él denominaba como «la plaga del literatismo», centrando sus críticas en las reuniones de literatos, bien fuese median…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited Una posible corte literaria del siglo XV: la de Beltrán de la Cueva, Duque de Alburquerque in the group
Late Medieval History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoEn uno de sus breves pero densos artículos, donde su siempre certera pluma se afilaba hasta el punto de transformarse con harta frecuencia en daga hiriente, Miguel de Unamuno realizaba una ácida declaración en contra de lo que él denominaba como «la plaga del literatismo», centrando sus críticas en las reuniones de literatos, bien fuese median…[Read more]
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