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Down Upon The Fold: Mercenaries In The Twelfth Century., Steven Wayne Isaac
Down Upon The Fold: Mercenaries In The Twelfth Century., Steven Wayne Isaac
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Despite the trend in recent medieval historiography which has accepted the presence of paid warriors as no longer an aberration, the role of the mercenary within and outside twelfth-century society has still escaped in-depth analysis. Such an approach, however, has the dual merit of building an understanding of the mercenary phenomenon itself and of highlighting the often overlooked social and cultural relations, structures, and breakdowns that produce men willing to fight for profit. The period 1187-1218 provides one of the earliest, richest backgrounds against which to examine the mercenary. The accelerating return of a money economy, hardening of feudal structures, …
The New South Gubernatorial Campaigns Of 1970 And The Changing Politics Of Race., Donald Randy Sanders
The New South Gubernatorial Campaigns Of 1970 And The Changing Politics Of Race., Donald Randy Sanders
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
In 1970 four young racially moderate Democrats won the governor's chairs of Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina and Georgia. These southern gubernatorial elections and the subsequent inaugural speeches signaled a transformation of racial politics in the region. As the campaigns began, however, persistent ambivalence concerning the pace of integration and court-ordered busing of school children to achieve racial balances tempted many politicians to exploit these concerns. Their efforts failed; southerners had decided to obey the law. The successful candidates understood that the electorate had come to this decision with varying degrees of enthusiasm and that their campaigns must reflect this ambivalence; …
Daniel Pratt Of Prattville: A Northern Industrialist And A Southern Town., Curt John Evans
Daniel Pratt Of Prattville: A Northern Industrialist And A Southern Town., Curt John Evans
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This dissertation explores the life of Daniel Pratt, one of the South's most important industrialists. Daniel Pratt was born in Temple, New Hampshire on July 20, 1799. In 1821, he migrated to Jones County, Georgia, where he worked as a carpenter-architect for ten years. He married Esther Ticknor of Connecticut in 1827 Samuel Griswold hired Pratt in 1831 to superintend his cotton gin factory in Jones County. Two years later, Pratt migrated to Autauga County in central Alabama, where he started his own gin shop. In 1839, Pratt founded Prattville, located fourteen miles from Alabama's capital, Montgomery. The next year, …
Origins Of Black Catholic Parishes In The Archdiocese Of New Orleans, 1718-1920., John Bernard Alberts
Origins Of Black Catholic Parishes In The Archdiocese Of New Orleans, 1718-1920., John Bernard Alberts
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
During the early eighteenth century, Capuchin missionaries as well as Ursuline nuns built and maintained churches and schools for all people in south Louisiana, no matter their race or social status. Under French and Spanish colonial rule, black Catholics supported all efforts towards interracial worship. After 1803, the diocese's inclusive practices continued. By 1861 proselytization of large numbers of free people of color and slaves resulted in Catholic congregations with roughly equal numbers of blacks and whites. When parishes were officially created in 1861, they had an integrated membership. Interracial parishes survived the traumas of the Civil War and persisted …