From Firenze University Press Book: The knowledge economy: innovation, productivity and economic growth, 13th to 18th century — Joran Proot, Cultura Fonds, Dilbeek, Belgium Radical changes in book production The introduction in the West by Joannes Gutenberg (c. 1400? †1468; Bechtel 1992, 16) of printing with moveable type prompted a radical change in the production, distribution, and consumption of printed objects, not least of books. Once the “black…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Studi irlandesi. A Journal of Irish Studies — Andrea Ciliotta-Rubery, SUNY Brockport The link between politics and literature proves foundational in the works of the Irish novelist and playwright, Sebastian Barry. While admitting that his “subject isn’t politics at all” (Barra 2014), there can be little dispute that thematically, his most acclaimed novels engage with the political events…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Rivista Italiana di Educazione Familiare — RIEF — Silvia Demozzi, Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Educazione Alma Mater Università di Bologna Nicoletta Chieregato, University of Bologna The value of metamorphosis: Moving from a crisis to a change The COVID-19 pandemic emergency was a symptom of a deep cri-sis, exceeding the health one: the crisis of the epistemological and socio-economic paradigms…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Journal of Early Modern Studies (JEMS) — Jane Grogan, University College Dublin When the English translation of Sebastian Münster’s hugely popular Cosmographia (1544) was published in 1561, it was partial, focussing only on Scandinavia, probably (it has been suggested) because of King Erik XIV of Sweden’s recent courtship of Queen Elizabeth I. Its translator, George North, dedicated…

From Firenze University Press Journal: TECHNE — Jacopo Gaspari, Dipartimento di Architettura, Università di Bologna Ernesto Antonini, Dipartimento di Architettura, Università di Bologna Lia Marchi, Dipartimento di Architettura, Università di Bologna A fast and effective energy transition is a crucial pillar to cope with the cur-rent and future climate change and environmental crisis. The European Union (EU)…

From Firenze University Press Book: The knowledge economy: innovation, productivity and economic growth, 13th to 18th century — Nicholas R. Amor, University of Suffolk The out-worker has long been seen as a key figure in the transition from feudalism to industrial capitalism. Operating from home, often using their own equipment, out-workers earned a piece-rate in return for their labour, but had no other stake in the financial success…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Rivista Italiana di Educazione Familiare — RIEF — Laura-Mihaela Bogza, Université Laval Tamarha Pierce, Université Laval Guillaume Bouffard, Université Laval Laurence Dubé, Université Laval Sarah-Maude Jean, Université Laval La transition à la parentalité, qui s’étend de la grossesse à la deu-xième année de vie de l’enfant (Twenge, Campbell, Foster, 2003), s’ac-compagne généralement de défis nécessitant une adaptation, incluant…

From Firenze University Press Journal: TECHNE — Giacomo Chiesa, Dipartimento di Architettura e Design, Politecnico di Torino Francesca Fasano, Dipartimento di Architettura e Design, Politecnico di Torino Paolo Grasso, Dipartimento di Architettura e Design, Politecnico di Torino The enabling role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in building management and design is still a complex research field…

From Firenze University Press Journal: Journal of Early Modern Studies (JEMS) — Stephanie Inverso, Boston University The Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598) published the first edition of his celebrated Theatrum Orbis Terrarum in 1570. The Theatrum is considered the first atlas, de!ned as a bound collection of maps guided and shaped by its editor. While Gerard Mercator’s Atlas, which gave the name…