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This article argues that John Ford’s play Perkin Warbeck should be read in the context of “new” Jacobean readings of the historiography of Henry VII’s reign. After tracing the origins and dissemination of Warbeck’s scaffold confession of imposture, and exposing the sixteenth-century chroniclers’ reliance on mind-reading, clairvoyance, fallacious reasoning, and shrill invective, the article reveals the revaluation of this received “memory” of the 1490s by influential seventeenth-century historians. I argue that Ford’s elimination of the confession and his strategy of staging realpolitik as a kind of non sequitur response to the audience’s persistent questions regarding the “truth” of Perkin’s identity return the story to the indeterminacy it had for its contemporaries.
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In a post-Cold War context caracterized by economic interdependence and the revolution in the mass media, an increasing number of states are using a new form of diplomacy which seeks to gently enhance their international influence by promoting their cultural norms and institutionalizing them as principles regulating the international relations. For Turkish officials, Cultural policy has particularly turned out to be a daring yet safe way to benefit from the ethnocultural links that bind Turkey to the six new Turkish-speaking republics stemming from the break-up of the Soviet Union, and to affirm itself as a key power in the Eurasian System. Therefore, a clever and sophisticated cultural policy has been implemented during the last ten years, a policy with its own instruments and means of telecommunications. By studying the organization, various realizations, and performences of Turkish policy, this article seeks to draw the attention on a still ill-knowedform offoreign policy which nevertheless prefigures 21st century diplomacy and which wïll undoubtedly play an important role in international relations.
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In a Westminster-style political system, the convention of responsible government means that executive advisers must be members of Parliament and that, in order to govern, these ministers must enjoy the confidence of the majority of MPs. According to this definition, it appears that in the Parliament of the Province of Canada, the principle of ministerial responsibility was established as early as 1841, and not in 1848 as traditional historiography would have it. Reformers Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin embodied this constitutional convention to such an extent that a myth was created around their liberal political actions. However, this partisan politics overshadowed the Conservative government which, from 1844 to 1848, also administered the colony according to the principles of the 1840 Constitution.
Keywords: Province du Canada, Gouvernement responsable, Acte d'Union, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine, Robert Baldwin, Province of Canada, Responsible government, Act of Union, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine, Robert Baldwin
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ABSTRACTControversial topics which are a source of sharp divisions between Jews and Christians could be addressed in the context of debates similar to the old disputationes, although conducted in a spirit of communion and mutual respect. To exemplify his point, the author explores four questions : 1) How can the statement “ the kingdom of God will be taken away from you” (Mt. 21 :43) be compatible with the admission by the Church, of the irrevocable character of the covenant between God and the Jewish people ? (2) Will the messianic kingdom be established on earth or in the heavens ? (3) Can Jesus be considered as the Messiah promised to the Jews, since so many prophecies have not been fulfilled and the expected return of Elijah (Mal. 4 :5) has not taken place yet ? (4). Is the State of Israel a mere political reality, without any connection with the history of salvation, or the « first fruits of the opening of Israel's redemption » ?
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This article revisits three conventional topics of Western European music history by considering perspectives that account for the global movements of music, and the activities and impacts of marginalized or racialized individuals. Through three case studies set in the eleventh and sixteenth centuries, the article sheds light on intercultural encounters, shifting power dynamics, and fluid identities. It also offers pedagogical tools and activities tailored for teaching the history of European music at the post-secondary level. Our objective is to reveal the complexity and plurality of ethnic and social identity in Western European music, thereby contributing to a more nuanced understanding and teaching of its history.