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Full-Text Articles in Medieval Studies
Consanguinitas Et Ius Sanguinis: Kinship Calculation And Medieval Marriage, Sandra Masters
Consanguinitas Et Ius Sanguinis: Kinship Calculation And Medieval Marriage, Sandra Masters
Masters Theses
Consanguinity, or blood-relatedness, was one of the most important criteria which determined the formation of marriage in the medieval era. Unfortunately, there is no comprehensive study in English which describes the development of consanguinity prohibitions and which explains fully the types of kinship calculation used as a part of the restrictions which developed. In order to fill this void, my goal in this thesis has been to offer a well-researched, comprehensive study of this topic.
I have examined the studies completed by other researchers and combined any pertinent information from those sources with my own research on medieval attitudes and …
29th International Congress On Medieval Studies, Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University
29th International Congress On Medieval Studies, Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University
International Congress on Medieval Studies Archive
The printed program of the 29th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 5-8, 1994).
The 1994 Cistercian Studies Conference, The Institute Of Cistercian Studies
The 1994 Cistercian Studies Conference, The Institute Of Cistercian Studies
Conference on Cistercian Studies Programs
Program for the 1994 Cistercian Studies Conference at Western Michigan University in conjunction with the International Congress on Medieval Studies. This conference happened between May 5-7 1994.
Literary Aspects Of Courtly Culture, Donald Maddox
Literary Aspects Of Courtly Culture, Donald Maddox
Emeritus Faculty Author Gallery
No abstract provided.
Productive Destruction: Torture, Text, And The Body In The Old English 'Andreas', Christopher R. Fee
Productive Destruction: Torture, Text, And The Body In The Old English 'Andreas', Christopher R. Fee
English Faculty Publications
Writing in the Old English Andreas is at once both a productive and a destructive activity. We first become aware of the dangerous power of the written word quite early in the poem, when we learn that the Mermedonians have subverted the normally productive activity of writing into a tool for calculating the execution dates of their prisoners (134-37). Later, the words uttered by the devil to incite the Mermedonians against Andreas illuminate the lexical relationship between the destructive nature of writing and the productive nature of torture in the semiotic context of the poem. Finally, in a sort of …
"What Was Pat Lady?": The David And Bathsheba Story In Medieval And Early Renaissance English Literature, Stanley Kustesky
"What Was Pat Lady?": The David And Bathsheba Story In Medieval And Early Renaissance English Literature, Stanley Kustesky
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Literary Aspects Of Courtly Culture, Donald Maddox
Literary Aspects Of Courtly Culture, Donald Maddox
Donald Maddox
No abstract provided.