Contemporary chroniclers were mostly critical of John's performance as king, and his reign has since been the subject of significant debate and periodic revision by historians from the 16th century onwards.

Contemporary historians tended to believe that he ceased to contribute anything productive or useful after 1849, but modern ones take a more favorable opinion of him.

Contemporary evidence is contradictory, with several dates having been put forward by various historians.

Contemporary historians estimate the populatian of the Moldavian Principality in the 15th century, at between 250, 000-600, 000 people, but an extensive catagraphy was first conducted in 1769-1774.

Contemporary Arab and Muslim historians and chroniclers were much more interested in the second Umayyad siege of Constantinople in 718, which ended in a disastrous defeat.

Contemporary historians estimate that between seven and eleven million people died, either of starvation or in labour camps, in the move to collectivise farms.

Contemporary Mexican historians continue to view the deal negatively and believe that it has defined the American-Mexican relationship in a deleterious way.

Contemporary accounts reported that this was due to the popular Sir Philip Skippon's success in exhorting them to stay on, but historians have suggested that the reasons were economic: the former non-commissioned officers ( NCOs ) did not think they could find work outside the Army.

Contemporary historians consider even this date too early.

Contemporary Athenians referred to them simply as " the oligarchy " or " the Thirty " (); the expression " Thirty Tyrants " is due to later historians.

Contemporary Civil Rights historians have long questioned why amongst all prominent Black Panther Party leaders, only Brown has no FBI file of any length, whilst files of other Panther leaders were frequently as long as twenty thousand pages.

Contemporary Russian historians also include the war losses of Poles and Jews from this region with Soviet war dead.

" Contemporary historians, such as Larry Daniels and Kenneth W. Noe, consider that Grant actually saved himself by the conclusion of the first day of battle and that the rivalry between Grant and Buell hampered the conduct of battle on the second day.

Contemporary accounts talk of some mottes being built in a matter of days, although these low figures have led to suggestions by historians that either these figures were an underestimate, or that they refer to the construction of a smaller design than that later seen on the sites concerned.

Contemporary historians believe the greatest fatalities during this period were due to new infectious diseases, to which the Native Americans had no immunity.

Contemporary historians are silent on his early reign, but eventually, on viewing the increasing power struggles between the Romans, and with an eye to recreating the kingdom of his father, he attacked and subjugated the free Greek city of Phanagoria, violating one of his agreements with Pompey.

Contemporary historians and critics suggest that the movement was successful enough to break the back of British rule, and possibly even result in the independence most Indians strove for until 1947.

Contemporary observers and historians generally agree that Operation Varsity was successful.

Contemporary Chinese historians often use the campaigns as an example of the friendship the two nations shared.

Contemporary consensus among historians is that it is more likely permanent settlement occurred only after the Hungarian conquest.

Contemporary historians have rejected these accounts as being either Soviet propaganda or an attempted compromise in order to reconcile the different conclusions.

Contemporary historians accused Abdullah of orchestrating the death of his elder brother, al-Mundhir, whereby he ascended to power.

Contemporary Armenian historians repeatedly noted the presence of two well known venues in Gardman: a fortress called Getabakk ' ( in the current-day Azerbaijani region of Gadabay ) and a copper mine.

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Archives of the Party are now preserved in a number of Russian state archives ( Archive of the President of the Russian Federation, Russian State Archive of Contemporary History, Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History, State Archive of the Russian Federation ), many of them remain classified.

Perhaps the most significant difference between the Contemporary City and the Radiant City is that the latter abandons the class-based stratification of the former ; housing is now assigned according to family size, not economic position.

Contemporary critics were divided in their view of the work's authenticity, but most now believe that Macpherson framed the poems himself, based old folk tales he had collected.

The Daimler complex also contains the former Weinhaus Huth, now restored to its former glory and occupied by a restaurant, café, and Daimler AG's own art gallery (" Daimler Contemporary ").

It is known world-wide for the International Film Festival, the International Art Exhibition and the International Architecture Exhibition, and continues the great tradition of the Festival of Contemporary Music, the Theatre Festival, now flanked by the Festival of Contemporary Dance.

For contemporary American English, work has stalled on the American National Corpus, but the 400 + million word Corpus of Contemporary American English ( 1990 – present ) is now available through a web interface.

Believing that " Kids just don't want to listen to God's empty songs anymore ", in December 1969 Capitol released Norman's first solo rock album, Upon This Rock, " the first major label record to marry rock music with the gospel ", " the Sergeant Pepper of Christianity ", widely regarded as " the album that first recruited rock in the service of salvation ", later cited as being " one of the roots of the current Contemporary Christian Music "; and now considered to be the first full-blown Christian rock album ".

* Douglas B. MacCarthy, founder of what is now the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Contemporary scholars are particularly interested in his account of the third and fourth centuries, which depend upon sources, now lost, whose nature is fiercely debated.

Contemporary Augustinian musical foundations include the famous Augustinerkirche in Vienna where Orchestral Masses by Mozart and Schubert are performed every week, as well as the boys ' choir at Sankt Florian in Austria, a school conducted by Augustinian canons, a choir now over 1, 000 years old.

Pipe organs have been set aside for electric guitars and drums … People who enjoy Contemporary Christian Music, want to feel like God is here and now, not some dusty relic from the dark ages that can't possibly understand the issues of today.

Despite her declining success on the Hot 100, Francis remained a top concert draw, and her singles – now following a more mature style – were charting on the top quarter of Billboard's Adult Contemporary ( AC ) Charts and sometimes even reached Billboard's Country Charts.

Contemporary usage of the designation is generally confined to situations in which the term is considered relevant in an historical context, as now most people of mixed white and black ancestry rarely choose to self-identify as mulatto.

The ad agency was named Contemporary Graphics ( now defunct ) and was located above Lovey's pizzeria in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey.

Contemporary opponents of papal powers in Italy emphasized the primacy of civil law and civil jurisdiction, now firmly embodied once again in the Justinian Corpus Juris Civilis.

The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English was published in 1978, and its most striking feature was the use of a restricted defining vocabulary, which is now a standard feature of learners ' dictionaries.

Contemporary perception of public space has now branched and grown into a multitude of non-traditional sites with a variety of programs in mind.

The Center later moved to Mills College, where she was its first director, and is now called the Center for Contemporary Music.

He also co-founded the Artists Cooperative gallery, now Artists Contemporary Gallery, and other cooperatives including Pond Farm, having been exposed to the concept of cooperatives in New York.

The course is now funded by Arts Council England, and in 2001 the course title was amended to Curating Contemporary Art to more accurately reflect the content and primary focus of the programme.

Other buildings of interest in the centre are the Church of Santa María de la Encarnación, built in the Baroque style starting in 1618, the Casa del Roque, and the remains of the Arabic castle and defensive walls ; also in the Renaissance style are the Capilla de San Juan de Dios ( Chapel of St. John of God ), the Hospital Real de la Misericordia ( Royal Hospital of Mercy ) and the Hospital Bazán which now houses the Museum of Contemporary Spanish Engravings.

The School has grown rapidly since inception and now caters for more than one thousand students at the University of Nottingham taking undergraduate degrees which include a Chinese Studies component or who are enrolled in one of the School's own 4 year MSci degree courses, such as Global Issues and Contemporary Chinese Studies.

From 2012, the title of the category will be shortened to Best Jazz Instrumental Album, while two previously separate categories ( Best Contemporary Jazz Album and Best Latin Jazz Album ) will now also fall under this category.