Medieval Intersections: Gender And Status In Europe In The Middle Ages, 2023 University of Aberdeen
Medieval Intersections: Gender And Status In Europe In The Middle Ages, Ebba Strutzenbladh
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Cárcel De Amor / The Prison Of Love, 2023 Cornell University
Cárcel De Amor / The Prison Of Love, Laura Francis, Álvaro Garrote Pascual
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
The Hidden History Of The Norseman And Celts, 2023 Whittier College
The Hidden History Of The Norseman And Celts, Amber Nicole Johnson
Whittier Scholars Program
When people hear the word Celts or Vikings there seems to be a common stigma or romanticization of them. This seems to stem from the early iron age and has shifted over to the 21st century with the production of movies and franchises. They are often depicted as being savage, barbaric, or warrior based (a term used to describe them) when there is a whole other side to these people. In the Spring of 2023, I took an independent study course that allowed me to examine the available archaeological and other evidence to understand the identities of the Germanic and …
The Third Horseman: Preventability Versus Apocalypse In The Great Famine Of 1315 And The Irish Potato Famine, 2023 Harding University
The Third Horseman: Preventability Versus Apocalypse In The Great Famine Of 1315 And The Irish Potato Famine, Luke Ziegler
Honors Theses
Famine is a huge problem for societies, even in the modern world. Throughout history, famine has reared its ugly head and brought about demographic and societal collapse. The Great Famine of 1315 Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, despite their differences, had similar underlying factors of land management and overpopulation paired with an environmental catalyst, and also show that governmental response has the potential to both cause and prevent a famine, but only if the scale of the problem is limited. They both examine the question of national identity and create a multitude of debates in later historiography. Although these …
Social Sanguinity: Communal Ties And The Pursuit Of Political Power In Saga Age Iceland, 2023 State University of New York College at Buffalo - Buffalo State College
Social Sanguinity: Communal Ties And The Pursuit Of Political Power In Saga Age Iceland, Sam Fearnside
History Theses
Prior to the Norwegian annexation, Icelandic society lacked a government with an executive branch. As a result their legal system evolved in a highly privatized fashion in which individuals and their families were expected to self-advocate in order to assert and defend their rights and interests. Icelandic law also privatized the prosecution of criminals and enforcement of legal verdicts. Such a legal system required individual Icelanders to forge and maintain an array of social connections in order to protect themselves from both legal actions brought against them and the violent feuds that resulted due to the system’s short comings.
This …
Historical Interpretations And Their Legacies: Dialectical Materialism And The Umayyad Conquest Of Morocco, 2023 SIT Study Abroad
Historical Interpretations And Their Legacies: Dialectical Materialism And The Umayyad Conquest Of Morocco, Grayson Shaw
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
The death of the Prophet in the 7th century paved the way for the Umayyad Caliphate, one of the largest empires by land to exist in human history. Most notably, the Umayyads controlled a territory that spanned from India across North Africa into Spain. Along this expansionary route, the Arab Umayyads interacted with, integrated, and fought local indigenous Amazigh people all along Northern Africa into Morocco. Historical records about the Umayyad influence in Morocco are widely varied, ranging from later Abbasaid records to 20th century European interpretations. At its core, the Umayyad conquest of Morocco has fallen victim to interpretations …
Up The Social Ladder: How Chinese Merchants Excelled Under The New Values Of Ming-Qing China, 2023 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Up The Social Ladder: How Chinese Merchants Excelled Under The New Values Of Ming-Qing China, James B. Townsend
Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History
Ming China was a socially volatile period of Chinese history. Social distinctions were blurred as the merchant class rose to power to challenge old Confucian ideals in a commerce-based society. This paper examines what paved the road for the merchant class to rise, and how the non-elite empowerment shifted China's attitudes towards consumption and commerce.
Remix The Manuscript: Transcription Tools Dataset 2.0, 2023 Dartmouth College
Remix The Manuscript: Transcription Tools Dataset 2.0, Michelle Warren, Arielle Feuerstein
Other Faculty Materials
The document posted here is an annotated dataset of digital tools for transcribing handwritten manuscripts. Release 2.0 was created in 2022-23 by Arielle Feuerstein as part of the ongoing project "Remix the Manuscript: A Chronicle of Digital Experiments.” The file attached here contains the dataset as completed on June 28, 2023 along with credits for prior contributors.
A Presence Of P____ And W__Th, 2023 Rhode Island School of Design
A Presence Of P____ And W__Th, Riley Wilson
Masters Theses
This body of work examines the involvement of association as it relates to our cultural interpretations of natural phenomena. Flowers and animals, both real and imagined, have been used as symbols for human morality since the beginning of human history. Two sources with which I drew inspiration from are medieval bestiaries and the Victorian practice of flower language. By combining elements from these references, I aim to pair this idea about the human need for classification with my own considerations about my identity. In combination, I also aim to highlight the responsibility that is intrinsic to curiosity. When faced with …
Soul Furnace / فرن الأرواح, 2023 Rhode Island School of Design
Soul Furnace / فرن الأرواح, Isa Ghanayem
Masters Theses
“This is the good washing, this is (the washing) which separates the dirty body from the pure body. This is like silver mixed with lead, it is separated from it by this (process): one makes for it a cupel of bones, which is what is called the “head of the dog” and of which the common name is kūja-which is the crucible—and this must be made of burnt bones. One melts the silver in it, one gives it a strong fire: the cupel will absorb and receive the lead, the fire will make its subtle (part) fly away and extirpate …
Book Of The Body Politic, 2023 University of Pittsburgh
Book Of The Body Politic, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Christine De Pizan: Life, Work, Legacy, 2023 University of California, Santa Barbara
Christine De Pizan: Life, Work, Legacy, S.C. Kaplan
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Gender And Voice In Medieval French Literature And Song, 2023 Beloit College
Gender And Voice In Medieval French Literature And Song, Joseph P. Derosier
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Obscene Pedagogies: Transgressive Talk And Sexual Education In Late Medieval Britain, 2023 Northeastern State University, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Obscene Pedagogies: Transgressive Talk And Sexual Education In Late Medieval Britain, Jenny C. Bledsoe
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
Studying Gender In Medieval Europe: Historical Approaches, 2023 University of California, Santa Barbara
Studying Gender In Medieval Europe: Historical Approaches, Jessica E. Zisa
Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality
No abstract provided.
The Fight Against The Threat Of Witchcraft And Paganism In Anglo-Saxon England, 2023 Taylor University
The Fight Against The Threat Of Witchcraft And Paganism In Anglo-Saxon England, Russell I. Knapp
Lux et Fides: A Journal for Undergraduate Christian Scholars
Unlike the general assumption that England was completely Christianized after Augustine’s mission to the island, witchcraft and paganism thrived all throughout the Christian period of Anglo-Saxon history. Sources condemning witchcraft and paganism increased during the Danish raids in the mid-ninth century and beyond due to an increased sense of a perceived threat of paganism. King Alfred himself reacted to this threat by doing everything he could to strengthen his people in their Christian beliefs through education reform and his law code. The Church battled against the perceived threat through penitentials–which they used to discourage pagan practices. Lay-people fought against …
Legends Of Light: Crafting Middle Grade Fantasy In The Tradition Of Catholic Philosophy And Medieval Visual Culture, 2023 Washington University in St. Louis
Legends Of Light: Crafting Middle Grade Fantasy In The Tradition Of Catholic Philosophy And Medieval Visual Culture, Bernadette Lamb
MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture
This essay promotes the writing and illustrating of middle grade literature that mirrors the wonder-inducing experiences of leafing through an illuminated manuscript and stepping into a Gothic cathedral. An examination of Catholic medieval visual culture moves into a discussion on its underlying philosophy and theology, which are profoundly centered on relational healing and the dignity of the human person. Christian writers including St. Pope John Paul II, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Josef Pieper, Madeline L’Engle, Dr. Bob Schuchts, Makoto Fujimura, and Andrew Peterson inform an exploration of mercy, forgiveness, and love as self-gift in the context of illustration and storytelling …
The Threat To Academic & Intellectual Freedom, 2023 Florida International University
The Threat To Academic & Intellectual Freedom, Christopher M. Jimenez, Melissa Del Castillo, Stephen Thomson Moore, Lowell Bryan Cooper, Jacqueline Radebaugh, George Pearson
Works of the FIU Libraries
The Academic and Intellectual Freedom Ad Hoc Committee presented a First Thursday discussion on May 4 about academic and intellectual freedom. Starting with a brief definition of these terms, they traced the history of Academic Freedom and how current events affect us at FIU. The committee posed several real-life scenarios threatening Academic/Intellectual Freedom in libraries. All library staff were invited to attend this lively discussion.
Dies Legibiles Iii, 2023 Smith College
Dies Legibiles Iii
Dies Legibiles
Thank you for reading the third volume of Dies Legibiles! We’ve had an exciting semester, as our core editorial team was composed entirely of students who were new to the journal. Though this came with a certain amount of trial and error, it also brought a sense of passion and drive that served us well: we received more submissions this year than ever before. Many of our submissions came from outside Smith College and the Five College Consortium—including several international submissions! We are thrilled to expand our outreach and cover a wider array of perspectives and topics.
Femininity In Medieval Scandinavia: How Paganism Forged Gender Equality, 2023 Winthrop University
Femininity In Medieval Scandinavia: How Paganism Forged Gender Equality, Erin M. Caffey
Graduate Theses
The brutality of the Vikings and the conquests of medieval Scandinavian men have often garnered the majority of interest from the media, the armchair historian, and the scholar alike, with the pursuits and lives of their female counterparts seldom discussed. Medieval Scandinavian women’s lives though, when examined, are just as enthralling as those of the men. And while their stories are not necessarily as full of bloodshed or glory, the lives of women, those seen in both mythology and memory, provide an insight into the secular and religious foundations of medieval Scandinavian communities. Through an examination of various mythological texts, …