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Francesco Guicciardini And Philippe De Commynes: Tradition And Innovation In Early Modern Historiography, Alex H. Levine
Francesco Guicciardini And Philippe De Commynes: Tradition And Innovation In Early Modern Historiography, Alex H. Levine
Honors Papers
This paper will assess each author by investigating the historiographical tradition out of which he emerged. With this in mind, we will then consider Guicciardini and Commynes in the light of their continuities with and departures from the Florentine and French traditions. Finally, the two historians will be compared in terms of their perceptions of causation and their schemes of explanation in their accounts of the first French invasion of Italy in 1494.
Julius Caesar In Medieval France: The Textual Sources And Iconography Of The Faits Des Romains, Mark M. Nelson
Julius Caesar In Medieval France: The Textual Sources And Iconography Of The Faits Des Romains, Mark M. Nelson
Honors Papers
The Julius Caesar of Shakespeare's day was a figure who believed that fame transcended mortality. Long after Caesar the man was dead, Caesar the legend lived on. It was a legend which in many ways was an analogue of the man. The legend maintained all of Caesar's stubborn persistence, and to some extent his power, his influence, and his ability to provoke controversy. This legend was borne across the Middle Ages by a mere handful of literary manuscripts. Just as the historical Caesar had survived the many pitfalls of his career, these manuscripts somehow escaped the numerous fates that could …
Degaulle, The European: 1961-1966, Leonard V. Smith
Degaulle, The European: 1961-1966, Leonard V. Smith
Honors Papers
This is the purpose of this thesis: to study the ways in which DeGaulle can be thought or as a European, rather than merely a French nationalist, and to examine his vision of Europe. The period selected for investigation extends from the European summit conference of February 1961, to the resolution of the agricultural crisis in May of 1966. Chapter I examines the ideological foundations behind this vision of Europe discussing DeGaulle's political attitude, and his views of the State, the failings of supranationalism, and Europe's relationship to the superpowers. Chapter II will show what happened when DeGaulle tried to …