Long distance merchants occupied socially liminal positions in pre-modern societies, operating across in-groups that were mostly defined by birth. This created a double need for social cohesion within the merchant collective ...

This born-digital article examines the multimodal academic publication Pathfinders (Moulthrop and Grigar). Through a combination of interviews with readers and the author, textual analysis of the book, and literature review ...

This text provides an introduction to the volume as a whole, focusing on topics that were much discussed during its preparation and writing. It gives a critical overview of some main events, public and academic discussions, ...

This chapter looks at early history of pilgrimage in South Asia. Sacred sites that were believed to offer rewards to those who visited them have been a significant feature of South Asian religious traditions since at least ...

A vindication of the case of the Danaids as one of justice and self-defence is a more attractive reading of the tragedy and reconstruction of the trilogy than an assumption of error in the actions of the girls and their ...

Videogames often take place in fictional worlds, yet the performed accents of game characters are real reflections of the language ideologies of a game’s creators and intended audience. This chapter demonstrates how these ...

La crítica ha advertido repetidamente la semejanza entre 'El mayordomo de la duquesa de Amalfi' (¿1604-1606?) y 'El perro del hortelano' (¿1613?) de Lope Vega. Su temática y ambientación son algunos de los puntos en común ...