Early Era Research Articles

Exploring The Divine Message: Quranic Studies in The Context of Islamic Scholarship

This research delves into the profound realm of Quranic studies within Islamic scholarship, focusing on historical development, methodologies, and specific interpretations. The study examines the evolution of Quranic studies, elucidating its growth from the early Islamic era to contemporary times. Various methodologies employed in interpreting the Quran are scrutinized, highlighting their impact on shaping religious thought. A meticulous analysis of two prominent exegeses, Tafsir bi al-Ray, and Tafsir bi al-Mathur, reveals their intricate tapestry of evocative interpretations. The research underscores the interplay of historical and socio-political dynamics in shaping Quranic scholarship, showcasing both challenges and opportunities. Ultimately, this exploration enriches our understanding of the Quran's multifaceted significance within the Islamic tradition.

Analysis of Net Asset Value-based Projected Performance of Sharia Mutual Funds Post Covid

As we know that the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the financial markets and banking sectors; however, it is different from the non-banking financial institutions having Sharia mutual funds. In 2019, the net asset value (NAV) of Sharia mutual funds were about 53,735.58, while in 2020 it increased to 74,367.44. Seeing the above phenomenon, mutual funds are one of the strategies that can be an investment opportunity and can be a safe investment alternative for capital owners, especially small capital owners and owners who do not have much time and expertise to calculate the return and risk on their investment. This study aims to examine the projections of the financial performance of Sharia mutual funds for the next 6 years. The method used is quantitative with a descriptive approach, data processing was done by projection analysis using Excel. The results of this study are the performance of Islamic mutual funds during the early post-Covid era, from May to the present, that has decreased to an asset value of 42,668.70 caused by withdrawal for Hajj funds, inflation, etc. The cause of the decline is in line with the theory above that Islamic mutual funds can be affected by unsystematic risk, which is impacted by the value of securities in the stock market that fluctuates according to general economic conditions. There is also a projected performance of Sharia mutual funds based on the NAV of the post-Covid era for the next 6 years that will continue to increase, reaching the highest point in 2027 of 102,054.28.
 Keywords: mutual fund, Sharia, net asset value

Dialektika Arsitektur dan Teknologi Islam Nusantara: Pengaruh Budaya Lokal dan Nilai-nilai Islam

This article describes cultural acculturation in Islamic architecture and technology in Nusantara. Cultural acculturation in the architectural aspect is limited to two mosques of the early Islamic era in Nusantara, namely the Great Mosque of Demak and the Gedhe Mosque of Yogyakarta Palace. The cultural acculturation of mosque construction is reflected in the main building, the portico, and the supporting elements of the building, as well as the meaning of symbols and ornamens. The meaning of symbols and ornamens explains the strong acculturation of local culture with Islamic values. Specifically on the technological aspect, this article examines the naval and cannon technology of the Islamic era of Demak and later sultanates. The article concludes that the entry of Islam into Nusantara created a struggle between Islam and the local culture, which was influenced by Hinduism, Buddhism, and cults, as well as the original values of the archipelago, which are reflected in the construction of buildings and war equipment.

A Lefebvrian Perspective on Turkish Modernization, Everyday Life, and Cinema Relationship in the Early Republican Era

Sinema görsel ve işitsel anlamda etki gücü yüksek; tutum ve davranışların yerleşmesinde etkili bir sanat formudur. Erken Cumhuriyet olarak kabul edilen, Cumhuriyetin ilanından 1950 yılına kadar geçen süre devrimlerle birlikte gündelik hayat içerisinde köklü dönüşümlerin yaşanması açısından önemli bir zaman dilimine karşılık gelmektedir. Bu bakımdan, gündelik hayat pratiklerinde gerçekleşen bu devrimci yaklaşımın yaşandığı dönemde sinemanın edindiği yeri açığa çıkarmak bu çalışmanın temel amacını oluşturmaktadır. Bu amaca ulaşmak adına öncelikli olarak, dönemin ruhunu oluşturan Türk modernleşmesine gündelik hayat çerçevesinden bir bakış yerleştirilmiştir. Ardından, dönemin kurucularının sinemaya ilişkin tutumuna yer verilerek çalışmanın tarihsel bağlamı konumlandırılmıştır. Erken Cumhuriyet döneminde sinema ve gündelik hayat ilişkisini açığa çıkarabilmek için iki yönlü bir sorgulama gerçekleştirilmiştir. Birincil olarak, fiziki bir mekân olarak sinemanın ve seyir pratiklerinin gündelik hayat içerisindeki yeri, ikincil olarak sinemada seyri gerçekleşen anlatılar dolayısıyla gündelik hayata yansıyanlar ve bu yansımaların kamusal etkileri. Çalışma kapsamında gündelik hayat kavramı Lefebvreci anlamıyla ele alınırken sinemanın yeri ve anlatılarının gündelik hayatla ilişkisi ise ideolojik analiz yöntemi tasarımı kullanılarak irdelenmiştir. Sonuç olarak, sinemanın modernleşme adımlarının atıldığı bu dönemde devlet destekli bir proje olarak yürütülmemesine karşın gündelik hayattaki değişimlerin gerçekleşmesinde önemli bir etkiye sahip olduğu tespitine varılmıştır.

The issue of labour force in concessionary companies in the early republican era: liquidation of foreign and non-Muslim labour

Osmanlı döneminde elde ettikleri imtiyazlarla kamusal hizmet alanlarına yatırım yapan yabancı şirketlerin imtiyaz statüsü, Türk Kurtuluş Savaşı sonrasında da gündemde kalmaya devam etmiştir. Henüz Cumhuriyet ilan edilmeden Lozan görüşmeleri sırasında başlayan görüşmeler, TBMM hükümeti ile İmtiyazlı şirketler arasında yapılan ikili antlaşmalarla yabancı ve gayrimüslim personelin Müslüman-Türklerle ikame edilmesi şartıyla çözüme kavuşturulsa da dönüşüm süreci, çeşitli nedenlerle 1930’lara kadar devam etmiştir.
 Bu çalışmada hükümetin yabancılara ve gayrimüslimlere yönelik tutumunun nedenlerinin analiz edilmesi hedeflenmiş ve tarihsel deneyimlerden kaynaklanan güvensizlik korkularının etkili olduğunu savunmaktadır. Cumhuriyet döneminde ulus inşa sürecinin bir parçası olarak yorumlanan bu politikalarda başta yabancılar olmak üzere gayrimüslim işgücünün tasfiyesi hedeflenmiştir. Ekonomide Türkleştirme olarak okunan tasfiye süreci, toplumsal ve ekonomik yapıda daha kırılgan olan emek faktörü üzerinden planlanırken sermayeye yönelik tavır ise daha farklı olmuştur.
 Arşiv belgelerinin incelenmesi suretiyle yapılan bu araştırmada konuyla alakalı literatür de değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışmada imtiyazlı şirketlerle hükümet arasındaki yazışmalara istinaden sürecin ilerleyişi takip edilmiş ve sorun alanları tespit edilmeye çalışılmıştır. Araştırma, sadece imtiyazlı şirket olarak tasnif edilen, belediyelerle ya da devletle yapılan sözleşmelere istinaden kamusal hizmet üreten şirketlerle sınırlandırılmıştır. Uzun ve tartışmalı bir sürecin sonunda gayrimüslim ve ecnebi işgücünün büyük ölçüde tasfiye edildiği bu dönemde mütecanis bir ulus oluşturma yönünde önemli merhaleler katedilmiştir.

Matter growth perturbations and cosmography in modified torsion cosmology

We examine the cosmic evolution of the growth of perturbations with respect to matter content at early and recent past era of the Universe under the framework of non-zero torsion cosmology. Some cosmographic parameters are also discussed. To analyze this cosmic scenario, we formulate the cosmic models with two dark matter considerations and apply spherical collapse formalism. We explore that for model-1 (pressureless matter), the density contrast starts growing in early era of the Universe and with the Universe’s overall expansion, density contrast grows faster for different choices of torsion parameter. In model-2 (matter with non-zero pressure), the density contrast shows enormous growth as compared to overall expansion of the Universe for the perturbed region, which indicates the collapse of the perturbed region and formulation of new large scale matter or galaxy. Further, we analyze the behavior of the growth function for both models with different values of torsion parameter. For model-1, the growth function increases smoothly for different choices of torsion parameter but for the model-2 the behavior of the growth function with nonzero DM and torsion significantly deviates from pressureless DM with zero torsion (Λ\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$\\Lambda $$\\end{document}CDM). We also investigate different cosmographic parameters for both models and analyze their behavior with different choices of torsion parameter and Λ\\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \\usepackage{amsmath} \\usepackage{wasysym} \\usepackage{amsfonts} \\usepackage{amssymb} \\usepackage{amsbsy} \\usepackage{mathrsfs} \\usepackage{upgreek} \\setlength{\\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \\begin{document}$$\\Lambda $$\\end{document}CDM. The results show the power-law expansion rate of the accelerating Universe with respect to redshift function.

Safavid and Mughal Empires in Contact

In the introduction to this special issue, the editors attempt to portray the emergence/formation of a pluralistic atmosphere in Mughal India in the early modern era as a reciprocate reaction beginning with the migration of a group of not entirely religiously open-minded Iranian scholars to a not yet pluralistic Mughal India. They point out that the migration of Iranian scholars to Mughal India both enhanced the plurality of the Mughal intellectual atmosphere and their own openness. They then highlight some significant characteristics of the new/newly emerged discourse in the Mughal empire, such as pluralism, rationalism, antiquarianism, and Persianization. The editors moreover endeavor to point out these characteristics in the processes investigated by the authors of the special issue.

Early Jurassic A-type granitoids in the Xing'an block constrain on the spatial extent of the Paleo-Pacific tectonic regime

Northeast (NE) China underwent complex tectonic processes during the early Mesozoic era, influenced by both the Paleo-Pacific and Mongol-Okhotsk tectonic regimes. However, the dominant factor responsible for the early Jurassic magmatism in the Xing'an block, whether it was the Mongol-Okhotsk or the Paleo-Pacific tectonic regime, remains uncertain. This study aims to investigate the geochemical characteristics, petrogenesis, and geodynamic implications of the early Jurassic A-type granitoids in Heihe, Xing'an block, in order to shed light on the evolution and spatial extent of the Paleo-Pacific tectonic regime. The Heihe A-type granitoids were formed by partial melting of calc-alkaline meta-andesite/basalt under high-temperature and low-pressure conditions. During the later stages of magma evolution, fractional crystallization of K-feldspar played a significant role. The geochemical characteristics of the Heihe A-type granitoids resemble both A1-type and intraplate granite, similar to the early Jurassic A-type granites in the Songnen block. The Xing'an block, at least its southeastern margin, was mainly overprinted by the subduction of the Paleo-Pacific oceanic plate during the early Jurassic. This is evidenced by the north-south distribution pattern and the decreasing zirconium saturation temperature from east to west of the early Jurassic igneous rocks in the Xing'an block. The occurrence of early Jurassic various types of A-type granitoids and coeval OIB mafic rocks in NE China could be attributed to the back-arc extension and asthenosphere upwelling triggered by the Paleo-Pacific slab rollback.

Survival and Freedom From Reinterventions in Patients With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: Up to 42-Year Follow-Up of 917 Patients.

Background To evaluate long-term outcome of tetralogy of Fallot repair analyzing an unbiased country-wide surgically treated population with tetralogy of Fallot. Methods and Results Retrospective analysis of consecutive patients aged <18 years who underwent tetralogy of Fallot repair at a single nationwide pediatric cardiac center. Death from any cause and need for surgical or catheter reintervention were thestudy end points. Cox regression analysis was used to identify related risk factors. A total of 917 patients (male, 56.3%) were analyzed. Staged repair was performed in 16.9%. Early mortality (24/917, 2.62% patients) was confined to the early surgical eras. Late mortality was 4.5% (40/893 patients). Survival probability was 95.1%, 93.8% and 91.9% at 10, 20 and 30 years after repair, respectively. Early surgical era (P=0.013) and surgical/catheter reinterventions (P<0.001) were multivariable predictors of late death. A total of 487 reinterventions were performed after initial repair in 253/917 patients (27.6%), with pulmonary artery revalvulation (196/917 patients, 21.4%) being most frequent. Probability of freedom from first reintervention was 89.0%, 73.3%, and 55.1% at 10, 20, and 30 years after primary repair, respectively. Transannular repair was associated with the need for pulmonary artery revalvulation (P<0.001). Patients who underwent staged repair were more likely to need reinterventions on pulmonary arteries (P<0.001). Conclusions In an unbiased nationwide cohort, tetralogy of Fallot repair carried a favorable survival of >90% at 30 years. Each reintervention significantly incrementally increased the risk of mortality. Type of initial repair predicted the need for specific surgical or catheter reinterventions.

Homo(sexual) socialist: Psychiatry and homosexuality in China in the Mao and early Deng eras

AbstractThis article focuses on the relationship between psychiatry and homosexuality in the People's Republic of China from the Mao era to early Deng era (1949–c.90). I argue that, entangled with the multi‐centred global psychopathological regime of homosexuality, the psychiatric discourse in China perpetuated a medicalised concept of homosexuality from the Mao period through the early Deng years. This article further situates homosexuality in Mao's China in the socialist camp to call for a decentring historiography of modern homosexuality. It also contributes to the understanding of the continuity between the Mao era and the Deng era.

Three decades of collaboration through the Pediatric Heart Transplant Society Registry: A journey through registry data with a highlight on children with single ventricle anatomy.

The Pediatric Heart Transplant Society (PHTS) Registry was founded 30 years ago as a collaborative effort among like-minded providers of this novel life-saving technique for children with end-stage heart failure. In the intervening decades, the data from the Registry have provided invaluable knowledge to the field of pediatric heart transplantation. This report of the PHTS Registry provides a comprehensive look at the data, highlighting both the longevity of the registry and one unique aspect of the PHTS registry, allowing for exploration into children with single ventricle anatomy. The PHTS database was queried from January 1, 1993 to December 31, 2019 to include pediatric (age < 18 years) patients listed for HT. For our analysis, we primarily analyzed patients by era. The early era was defined as children listed for HT from January 1, 1993 to December 31, 2004; middle era January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2009; and recent era January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019. Outcomes after listing and transplant, including mortality and morbidities, are presented as unadjusted for risk, but compared across eras. Since 1993, 11 995 children were listed for heart transplant and entered into the PHTS Registry with 9755 listed during the study period. The majority of listings occurred within the most recent era. Waitlist survival improved over the decades as did posttransplant survival. Other notable changes over time include fewer patients experiencing allograft rejection or infection after transplant. Waitlist and posttransplant survival have changed dramatically in patients with single ventricle physiology and significantly differ by stage of single ventricle palliation. Key points from this PHTS Registry summary and focus on patients with single ventricle congenital heart disease in particular, include the changing landscape of candidates and recipients awaiting heart transplant. There is clear improvement in waitlist and transplant outcomes for children with both cardiomyopathy and congenital heart disease alike.

Taḥlīl Tārīkh Ansyiṭah al-Tarjamah fi Al-Ālam al-Islāmī

In this context, this discussion covers the history of translation in the Islamic world, which can be divided into various periods including the Ancient Greek-Roman period, the era of Martin Luther, ancient times, the early Middle Ages, the dawn of modern civilization, the Western cultural era, the early modern era, the industrial revolution era, the end of the second millennium, and the 21st century. This research is of a descriptive qualitative nature, using a historical analysis approach to understand and examine events, processes, or phenomena in a historical context. It aims to identify, analyze, and comprehend the changes and developments that have occurred in the field of translation over time in the Islamic world. The primary focus is on the Abbasid Dynasty, which ruled in Baghdad, and the significant role of translation in integrating foreign influences, such as Greek, Persian, and Indian, into Islamic intellectual culture. Translation of scientific, philosophical, and literary works from Greek, Persian, and Sanskrit into Arabic marked the initial step in the development of rich Arabic literature, including works by renowned figures like Aristotle and Plato. This period created a thriving center of Arabic literature and demonstrated the crucial role of translation in bringing forth a variety of intellectual insights.

Unveiling the Cyclical Patterns of Historical Wage Inequality among European Building Laborers

This scholarly investigation examines the historical wage disparities between skilled and unskilled building laborers, as well as gender-based disparities among unskilled male and female workers in major European metropolises including Vienna, Warsaw, Krakow, and Istanbul. While exploring inequality, the study reveals that significant events such as wars, pandemics, and economic fluctuations have a cyclical impact on wage and gender inequality throughout history. However, it should be noted that gender inequality was only examined in the UK. By delving into the dynamics of wage and gender inequality during the medieval and early modern eras of Europe, this study provides a deeper understanding of the complexities of these social issues.

From traditional flower fair to “degenerate temple” to modern exposition: The local politics and spatial improvement of Qingyang Palace in Chengdu (1906–1937)

Prior to the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895, arguments for transforming cities’ traditional saihui (賽會, ‘religious processions’) into modern expositions frequently appeared in newspapers, and in 1906, the inland city of Chengdu took the lead in putting this into practice. Unlike expositions in other cities, which were either held at factories or in parks, or put on exhibitions at newly constructed venues, the Chengdu Industrial Exposition was reborn from the Qingyang Palace (青羊宫 Qingyang gong) Flower Fair, which had a long-standing history. Officials began holding industrial expositions at the former site of the Qingyang Palace Flower Fair during the period of the New Policy of the late Qing Dynasty, to revitalize industry and commerce and furthermore in the hopes of achieving the objectives of transforming folk customs and improving society. During the Republican period, the Sichuanese government was controlled by warlords, and the industrial exposition was suspended and reinstated several times, but due to the inertia of folk tradition, the flower fairs were consistently held as they had been before. As a space for temporary public exhibitions in the early modern era, the Qingyang Palace Industrial Exposition not only became a field for the exhibition of and chess games between different wills to power due to the concentration of the city’s principal capital forces and agents of power, but furthermore became a focal point for social relationships due to attracting social commentary and a high degree of attention from the media through widespread participation by merchants. From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic, in the course of officials holding industrial expositions at and promoting the spatial improvement of Qingyang Palace and Erxian Temple, the pulsation of early modern trends of thought, treachery in local politics, the deep roots of traditional customs, and multilateral chess games between social forces surged, engraving the difficult process of the modern metamorphosis, reshaping and growth of a traditional inland city.

From sacred to secular: A study of the transformation in spatial functions of modern Confucian temples (1906–1937)

In traditional China, Confucian temples (孔廟 Kongmiao) were sacred spaces with the main functions of offering sacrifices. In the late Qing and early Republican era, even though the sacrificial functions of Confucian temples were extended through the changing regimes and systems, their sacred nature was weakened. During the mid- to late-period of the Beijing government, as the degree to which those in power venerated and worshiped Confucius weakened and modernization advanced, the tendency toward the functional secularization of Confucian temples became increasingly apparent. This was centrally manifested as the formalization of sacrificial functions and assumption of social and education functions. After the establishment of the national government in Nanjing, out of the need for nation-state building, Confucian temples took on multiple functions of modern commemoration, political propaganda, school building, and cultural and historical site building. As different entities had different expectations for the roles that Confucian temples would play during different periods, their actual functions clearly deviated from and missed those stipulated by official documents. Many difficult to reconcile appeals for reform or continuation, for development or conservation joined together in the space of Confucian temples, making it so their spaces could not develop along a linear mode of “traditional-modern.” The course of Confucian temples “turning from sacred to secular” reflects not only the difficulty of transforming Confucianism but also the complex political-cultural ecology of modern China.

Foreign Correspondence in the Early Telegraphic Era: The Herald, the Tribune, and the 1848 Revolutions

In 1848, political revolutions were breaking out all over Europe simultaneously while new technological advancements were having significant and profound impacts on news gathering practices abroad. New forms of communication and transportation, including the telegraph, the railroad, and the ocean-going steamship, meant the faster transmission of news and a wider spirit of cooperation between competing, penny press newspapers that resulted in shared telegraphic dispatches. This study examines the foreign correspondence published in the New York Tribune and the New York Herald, and how the breaking news came in telegraphic dispatches that the two papers shared. This study reveals how correspondence became a way for both of publications to provide readers with unique material because both James Gordon Bennett of the Herald and Horace Greeley of the Tribune thought European letters were valuable sources of an American perspective on world events that gave readers an eyewitness account.

National trends in utilization of transatrial transcatheter mitral valve replacement and postoperative outcomes

ObjectiveTransatrial transcatheter mitral valve replacement reduces complexity during mitral valve replacements involving high-risk patients with mitral annular calcification. This study examines trends in transatrial transcatheter mitral valve replacement use and outcomes. MethodsPatients in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database from 2014 to 2021 with mitral annular calcification undergoing transatrial transcatheter mitral valve replacement were included. Exclusion criteria were hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, congenital mitral valve disease, ventricular assist device placement, or prior mitral valve surgery. Primary outcomes were operative mortality and major adverse cardiac events compared between the Early (2014-2017, N = 71) and Recent (2018-2021, N = 151) eras. Parsimonious multivariable regression assessed select possible confounders for trends in major adverse cardiac events. ResultsOverall, 222 transatrial transcatheter mitral valve replacements at 104 hospitals were identified. Annual volume increased from 6 in 2014 to 43 in 2021. Median hospital volume was 1, maximum hospital volume was 17, and 10 or more replacements were performed at 4 hospitals. Mortality and major adverse cardiac events occurred in 10.4% and 22.5% of patients, respectively. Compared with the Early era patients, Recent era patients were more often elective (79.5% vs 64.8%) and were approached via sternotomy (90.1% vs 80.3%, all P < .05). Despite similar predicted risk of mortality (9.6% ± 11.1% vs 11.0% ± 6.0%; P = .61), Recent patients had reduced mortality (3.3% vs 25.4%, P < .001) and major adverse cardiac events (18.5% vs 31.0%; P = .057). On univariate and multivariable analyses, the Recent surgical era was significantly associated with lower mortality (0.10 [0.04-0.29]; P < .001) and lower major adverse cardiac events (0.48 [0.25-0.94]; P = .032), respectively. There were no preoperative characteristics that were significant confounders for the difference in major adverse cardiac events. ConclusionsMortality and major adverse cardiac events after transatrial transcatheter mitral valve replacement have decreased significantly in the contemporary era independent of changes in major patient and operative characteristics. Transatrial transcatheter mitral valve replacement will have a future role in patients with mitral annular calcification.

Geç Osmanlı Dönemi̇ ve Erken Cumhuri̇yet Dönemi̇ Arasında Yayımlanan Türkçe Gazeteleri̇n Di̇l Anali̇zi

The aim of this work is to investigate the evolution of the Turkish language through an analysis of the newspapers’ articles published between the Late Ottoman and the Early Turkish Republican Eras. To conduct this analysis, this work focuses on the etymology of words used in the newspapers’ articles. We decided to focus on newspapers for two main reasons. On the one hand, press emerged in the Turkish cultural context with the aim to inform people about subjects of public interest (e.g., politics, economy, culture). Consequently, newspapers needed to adopt a language register that could be understood by a wide audience. On the other hand, we decided to focus on the language of newspapers since the latter represent one of the most effective means through which language spreads among speakers. Concerning this matter, we analyzed articles from newspapers published in the Late Ottoman Era such as Tasvir-i Efkâr, İkdam and Tercüman-ı Hakikat, as well as others from the Early Republican Era such as Cumhuriyet, Akşam and Milliyet. Articles included in this analysis were published between 1864 and 1936. Through the analysis of these examples, the scope of this work is to find an answer to the question on whether there are common features in Turkish language between the Late Ottoman and the Early Republican Eras. Moreover, this paper aims to understand the impact of the language reform on the evolution of Turkish.

Spinning primordial black holes formed during a matter-dominated era

We study the formation of spinning primordial black holes during an early matter-dominated era. Using non-linear 3+1D general relativistic simulations, we compute the efficiency of mass and angular momentum transfer in the process, which we find to be 𝒪(10%) and 𝒪(5%), respectively. We show that subsequent evolution is important due to the seed PBH accreting non-rotating matter from the background, which decreases the dimensionless spin. Unless the matter era is short, we argue that the final dimensionless spin will be negligible.

"ANOTHER WORLD": PROSE BY NATALENA KOROLEVA

The paper is devoted to the main ideological-aesthetic, genre-style, historical and cultural features of Natalena Koroleva’s fiction. Historicism and Catholicism, noticeable in the writer’s prosaic works of different genres and styles, are considered the dominant elements of her artistic worldview and thinking. The analysis focuses on the writer’s three key interwar novels: "An Ancestor", "A Shadow’s Dream", "1313" and examines several aspects of their poetics. Koroleva’s historicism is noted for combining scientific (in particular, archeological) knowledge, religious and philosophical experience and an artistic intuition of the writer. The author’s relationship with Catholicism are defined by complexity and ambiguity – from absolutization to undermining of the Christian dogmas and appeal to the history of religious heresies (like the Cathars, Albigensians). Koroleva organically connected Christian mythology with the European cultural tradition as its integral part and understood Christianity as a fundamental basis for the European spiritual and cultural values. The writer’s beliefs in the interaction of history, religion, culture and literature affected a number of her literary texts, many of which are based on gospel stories, medieval mysteries and folk legends. Each of the mentioned works of Koroleva is perceived as a holistic artistic phenomenon linked to her other works and created on the basis of her research into ancient, medieval, and early modern history. The novel «An Ancestor» is viewed as the author’s individual-mythological vision of the family history and the work that, having absorbed various genre varieties (family chronicle, travel novel, historical novel), testified to the author’s attention to the social-cultural, historical, and religious-spiritual characteristics of a person of the early modern era. Koroleva’s novel "A Shadow’s Dream" is regarded as having a connection with the genre of an "archeological novel" ("The Emperor" by Georg Ebers is a particular example of the latter). The novel "1313" is perceived as the author’s attempt to artistically depict the motif of a man’s encounter with the devil in the moral, psychological, cultural, philosophical, and mythological contexts of medieval Europe. The historical and cultural content of Koroleva’s prose, its artistic, aesthetic and ideological potentials are additionally emphasized.