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Rival bishops, rival cathedrals: the election of Cormac, archdeacon of Sodor, as bishop in 1331 (2009)
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Thomas, S. E. (2009). Rival bishops, rival cathedrals: the election of Cormac, archdeacon of Sodor, as bishop in 1331. Innes Review, 60(2), 145-163. https://doi.org/10.3366/e0020157x0900050x

On 6 July 1331, two procurators arrived in Bergen claiming that Cormac son of Cormac had been elected bishop of Sodor by the clergy of Skye and the canons of Snizort. Their arrival is recorded in a letter sent by Eiliv, archbishop of Nidaros, to two... Read More about Rival bishops, rival cathedrals: the election of Cormac, archdeacon of Sodor, as bishop in 1331.

First Impressions : Diarists, Scientists, Imperialists and the Management of the Environment in the American Pacific, 1899-1902 (2009)
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Bankoff, G. (2009). First Impressions : Diarists, Scientists, Imperialists and the Management of the Environment in the American Pacific, 1899-1902. Journal of Pacific History, 44(3), 261-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223340903356849

They say first impressions always matter. Americans acquired an empire of tropical islands in the Pacific about which they knew little and cared even less. Yet they set to almost immediately to understand and harness these new environments for their... Read More about First Impressions : Diarists, Scientists, Imperialists and the Management of the Environment in the American Pacific, 1899-1902.

Breaking new ground? Gifford Pinchot and the birth of 'Empire forestry' in the Philippines, 1900-1905 (2009)
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Bankoff, G. (2009). Breaking new ground? Gifford Pinchot and the birth of 'Empire forestry' in the Philippines, 1900-1905. Environment and History, 15(3), 369-393. https://doi.org/10.3197/096734009X12474738236078

Professional forest management in the Philippines is largely attributed to the ideas and endeavours of American foresters such as Gifford Pinchot, George Ahern and Henry Graves who were instrumental in establishing the Insular Bureau of Forestry in 1... Read More about Breaking new ground? Gifford Pinchot and the birth of 'Empire forestry' in the Philippines, 1900-1905.

The politics of risk in the Philippines: Comparing state and NGO perceptions of disaster management (2009)
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Bankoff, G., & Hilhorst, D. (2009). The politics of risk in the Philippines: Comparing state and NGO perceptions of disaster management. Disasters, 33(4), 686-704. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2009.01104.x

It is now generally appreciated that what constitutes vulnerability to one person is not necessarily perceived as such by the next. Different actors ‘see’ disasters as different types of events and as a result they prepare for, manage and record them... Read More about The politics of risk in the Philippines: Comparing state and NGO perceptions of disaster management.

New perspectives on the English Reformation (2009)
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Capern, A. L. (2009). New perspectives on the English Reformation. The Journal of religious history, 33(2), 235-253. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9809.2009.00796.x

The historiography of the English Reformation has been driven by several key themes for three or four decades: the chronology of religious change and the success or failure of Protestantism to establish itself, the position of Puritanism vis-à-vis Ch... Read More about New perspectives on the English Reformation.

A question of timing: Walter de Lacy's seisin of Meath 1189–94 (2009)
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Veach, C. T. (2009). A question of timing: Walter de Lacy's seisin of Meath 1189–94. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C, Archaeology, linguistics, and literature, 109(-1), 165-194. https://doi.org/10.3318/priac.2009.109.165

The Irish kingdom of Mide was granted by King Henry II to Hugh de Lacy in 1172. After Hugh’s death in 1186, what had come to be known as the lordship of Meath passed, after a period of wardship, to Hugh’s son, Walter. Until now, the transfer of the l... Read More about A question of timing: Walter de Lacy's seisin of Meath 1189–94.

A Month in the Life of Jose Salud, Forester in the Spanish Phillipines, July 1882 (2009)
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Bankoff, G. (2009). A Month in the Life of Jose Salud, Forester in the Spanish Phillipines, July 1882. Global environment : a journal of transdisciplinary history, 2(3), 8-47. https://doi.org/10.3197/ge.2009.020302

The discovery of a monthly work schedule for José Salud, a district forester on the island of Panay, provides us with an unique insight into the operations and workings of the Inspección general de Montes, the Spanish colonial forestry service in the... Read More about A Month in the Life of Jose Salud, Forester in the Spanish Phillipines, July 1882.