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The Sense Of The Past In Saint Antoninus Of Florence's Summa Historialis, Brian Nathaniel Becker
The Sense Of The Past In Saint Antoninus Of Florence's Summa Historialis, Brian Nathaniel Becker
Masters Theses
This study examines Antoninus of Florence’s Chronicles for the presence of a "sense of the past.” Through the careful examination of those sections of the Chronicles that are original to Antoninus and the utilization of important scholarly works on medieval and Renaissance Italian literature, it is shown that the Chronicles is characteristic of both a history written in the traditional "medieval” style and the increasingly modem style of historical writing that was coming into vogue during the later part of his life in mid-fifteenth century Florence. By defining a "sense of history” as containing, and organizing the three body chapters …
Travellers And The Industrial Revolution: Observations Of Cornwall, Cynthia Lane
Travellers And The Industrial Revolution: Observations Of Cornwall, Cynthia Lane
Theses : Honours
The following dissertation is a "contribution to contemporary debates about the industrial revolution and the perpetuation of 'differcnce'."1 It covers the era of Cornish industrialisation and the attendant socio-economic and cultural changes from the emergence of copper mining in the 1690s to the eve of its crash in 1866, through the observations of a selection of contemporary travellers/writers. It explores the image of Com wall through West Barbary versus Industrial Civilisation, and compares the county's processes of industrialisation with the canonical industrial revolution of the midlands and the north of England. Cornwall is examined as an example of the …
Saxo Grammaticus: History And The Rise Of National Identity In Medieval Denmark, Christopher L. Bailey
Saxo Grammaticus: History And The Rise Of National Identity In Medieval Denmark, Christopher L. Bailey
Masters Theses
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