Abstract Several recent studies devote themselves to Mary Astell's feminist theory of virtue—her ‘serious proposal the ladies’ help women obtain wisdom, equality, and happiness, despite prejudices seventeenth-century custom. But there has been little scholarship on conception heroic virtues , those exceptional character traits that raise their bearers above ordinary course nature. appropriation...

This case study draws on evidence gathered in a minority setting north-eastern Italy where Ladin, the heritage language, is central to construction of past and present narratives heroism resistance. The article aims contribute development new debates within this journal as facilitated by different disciplinary perspectives, line with recent discussions about status language heritage, which ques...