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Con­tro­ver­sia et Con­fes­sio. Quellenedition zu Bekenntnisbildung und Konfessionalisierung (1548–1580)

• Germany
• Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz
• Edition
• Running

For the first time, the research and edition project “Controversia et Confessio” systematically reappraises the theological controversies triggered by the Augsburg Interim and the Leipzig Alternative Draft of 1548, which could only be largely resolved by the large-scale theological unification of the Conoria Formula and the Konkordienbuch 1577/80. In these disputes, an early modern “culture of…

AGATE-ID: PR259

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Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands

• Germany
• Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz
• Dictionary
• Running

At the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz and in cooperation with the Technical University of Darmstadt, a digital dictionary of surnames is being developed. For the first time, this dictionary records all currently existing family names Germany (also foreign names) lexicographically, maps them and etymologizes them with the help of maps.

Previous dictionaries of surnames record only a…

AGATE-ID: PR16

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Edition der fränkischen Herrschererlasse

• Germany
• North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts
• Edition
• Running

The decrees of the Frankish rulers are known as capitularies because of their subdivision into chapters (lat. capitula). They are amongst the most important sources for the history of the Frankish kingdoms. They are instructions similar to laws, ordinances or provisions, regulating political, military, ecclesiastical, social, economic and cultural matters.

In almost all parts of the Franconian…

AGATE-ID: PR130

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