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The Legacy Of Christine De Pizan, Rebecca Jacobs 
Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
The Legacy Of Christine De Pizan, Rebecca Jacobs
IPFW Department of History Undergraduate Conference
Rebecca Jacobs is a senior at IPFW. She is a history and anthropology major with certificates in international studies and Native American studies. She is a recipient of the Chancellor’s and Withers scholarships. She ran for IPFW women’s cross-country and track and field teams for three years. Rebecca’s special academic interests include ethno-history and the study of indigenous cultures particularly in South America.
Agincourt: England's Unpredictable Triumph Over France, Kent Richardson Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
Agincourt: England's Unpredictable Triumph Over France, Kent Richardson
IPFW Department of History Undergraduate Conference
My name is Kent Richardson and I am a History major here at IPFW. I will be graduating in May and I would like to get into museum work. I am definitely considering graduate school as well. I am most interested in Colonial American history, but Dr. LaVere’s HIST B352 Middle Ages class attracted me to medieval Europe and especially to the bitter rivalry between England and France. I did not know very much about the Battle of Agincourt before writing the paper, but almost immediately I found the battle and its main protagonist, Henry V, fascinating. There were ...
'Gens Anglorum' And 'Normanitas': The Bayeux Tapestry And The Effects Of Norman Conquest On Language And Arts, Sara Jackson Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
'Gens Anglorum' And 'Normanitas': The Bayeux Tapestry And The Effects Of Norman Conquest On Language And Arts, Sara Jackson
IPFW Department of History Undergraduate Conference
Sara Jackson is currently pursuing an associate degree within the Department of History at IPFW. This semester she is examining the concept of identity as manifested prior to the formal establishment of nations, for which purpose this paper was developed. Other historical subjects of interest include the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, political propaganda of the American Revolution, and the arts of the Great Depression. She hopes to continue studying the Medieval period, and looks forward to spending several days this summer getting lost in the Louvre.
20th Century Trends In The Rhythmic Interpretation Of The Cantigas De Santa Maria (Honors), Chelsey Belt 
Illinois Wesleyan University
20th Century Trends In The Rhythmic Interpretation Of The Cantigas De Santa Maria (Honors), Chelsey Belt
Papers
The musical notation of the Cantigas de Santa Maria has been a nebulous issue for the majority of the 20th century. This paper discusses recent trends in the rhythmic interpretation of the Cantigas manuscripts, from the theories of the early 20th century scholars through the varied approaches taken by later 20th century early music ensembles in performance.
Zoomorphic Penannular Brooches In 6th And 7th Century Ireland, Esther G. Ward 
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Zoomorphic Penannular Brooches In 6th And 7th Century Ireland, Esther G. Ward
Theses, Dissertations, and Student Creative Activity, Department of Art and Art History
In this thesis the author examines the evolution, manufacture, and societal significance of zoomorphic penannular brooches, a type of metal dress fastener used in early medieval Ireland that is often decorated. The brooches examined are dated to the 6th and 7th centuries, during which the Irish underwent a process of religious conversion from Celtic paganism to Christianity, and social rank was paramount. It is in this social context that the brooches are examined. Despite the significance of this time of social change, brooches from this period tend to be overlooked by scholarship in favor of the more ornate ...
Prisons Before Modernity: Incarceration In The Medieval Indo-Mediterranean, Rebecca Gould 
University of Iowa
Prisons Before Modernity: Incarceration In The Medieval Indo-Mediterranean, Rebecca Gould
Rebecca Gould
No abstract provided.
Ritual, Culture, And Power: Politics And The Shrine Of Notre-Dame De Cambron, 1322-1329, Benjamin Wright 
Western Michigan University
Ritual, Culture, And Power: Politics And The Shrine Of Notre-Dame De Cambron, 1322-1329, Benjamin Wright
The Hilltop Review
Does religious ritual transform political identities? Political identities often rise out of culture; and cultures in turn are shaped by the countless manifestations of religious ritual. It should come as no surprise that this triangle of ritual, culture, and power is used as a tool for the construction of the homogeneous political identities upon which nation states are created. The case study of the religious cult center of Notre-Dame de Cambron, a 14th century pilgrimage shrine in Belgium a few miles from the French border, provides one example of this triangularity. In the midst of its bicultural region, Cambron's ...
Viking Women In The Isle Of Man, Valerie Dawn Hampton Western Michigan University
Viking Women In The Isle Of Man, Valerie Dawn Hampton
The Hilltop Review
The gender roles of important women in the Viking controlled Isle of Man has never been studied before. This is an exceptional case as women were not normally so influential in the Middle Ages, especially in Viking controlled regions. By examining memorial stones, burial goods, and their excavated skeletal remains, certain facts about Viking women's life in Medieval Manx society can be discerned. The visual remains of the Viking period in Mann, covering the ninth to thirteenth centuries, emphasizes the influence of women, confirming their importance in the kingdom's language, society, and religion.
Power, Piety, And Rebellion In Al-Andalus: The Reception And Influence Of Al-Ghazali's Political Philosophy In Islamic Iberia, Patrick Harris Western Michigan University
Power, Piety, And Rebellion In Al-Andalus: The Reception And Influence Of Al-Ghazali's Political Philosophy In Islamic Iberia, Patrick Harris
The Hilltop Review
Dissident Muslims have utilized discourses of pious rulership to justify their revolt against centralized authority at least as far back as the Kharijite rebellion in the 1st/7th century, which, in turn, resulted in the first major schism within the Islamic community. One may, indeed, interpret the very founding of Islam, in part, as a pietist response to a Meccan regime which fostered an environment of injustice and iniquity. Thus, the need for a pious rulership has been at the heart of Islamic political sensibility, if not from its very foundation, then at least from its first division. Rebels and ...
Allegory And The Critique Of Sovereignty: Ismail Kadare’S Political Theologies, Rebecca Gould University of Iowa
Allegory And The Critique Of Sovereignty: Ismail Kadare’S Political Theologies, Rebecca Gould
Rebecca Gould
No abstract provided.
Records Of The Tötösy De Zepetnek Family, Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek 
Purdue University
Records Of The Tötösy De Zepetnek Family, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek
CLCWeb Library
Records of the Tötösy de Zepetnek Family / A Zepetneki Tötösy család adattára. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 2010-. ©Purdue University (ISSN 1715-152X) contains transcripts of published data, archival and family documents, and genealogies of the Tötösy de Zepetnek family — 9th century nobilitas prima occupatio Tötösy de Zepethk, nobilitas de novo 1587 Tivtoßÿ de Zepethnek — and its collateral families: Bakay (Bakalovics), Balogh de Bér, Banting, Biró, Borbás de Deteér, Daemf, Eisenbart, Fényes de Csokaly, Grant, Haidekker, Harabasevszky (Harbaszewski), Hegedűs de Eőr, Jalsoviczky de Jalsova, Jurenák de Sultz, Kaffka de Tarcafalva, Kannotay de Kanota, Kukorelly, von Larisch, Lindtner, Marsovszky de Marsófalva, Nyilassy ...
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