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2006

Selected Works

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Full-Text Articles in Medieval Studies

Vitae. "Vita Karoli Comitis Flandrię" Et "Vita Domni Ioannis Morinensis Episcopi" Quibus Subiunguntur Poemata Aliqua De Morte Comitis Karoli Conscripta Et Quaestio De Eadem Facta, Walter Thérouanne Dec 2005

Vitae. "Vita Karoli Comitis Flandrię" Et "Vita Domni Ioannis Morinensis Episcopi" Quibus Subiunguntur Poemata Aliqua De Morte Comitis Karoli Conscripta Et Quaestio De Eadem Facta, Walter Thérouanne

Jeff Rider

This volume revolves around three men who knew each other well, oversaw the political and spiritual life of much of northern France and Flanders during the first third of the twelfth century, and died within five years of one another: Charles the Good, count of Flanders from 1119 to 1127; John of Warneton, archdeacon of Arras from 1096 to 1099 and bishop of Thérouanne from 1099 to 1130; and their common biographer, Walter, archdeacon of Thérouanne from 1116 to 1132. The volume includes a detailed historical introduction and offers new editions of Walter's vitæ of Charles and John and of …

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Saint-Florent Of Saumur And The Origin Of The ‘Bayeux’ Tapestry, George Beech Dec 2005

Saint-Florent Of Saumur And The Origin Of The ‘Bayeux’ Tapestry, George Beech

George T. Beech

No abstract available.

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"Gregory The Priest”, “Marash”, “Richard Of The Principate”, “William Ix Of Aquitaine", George Beech Dec 2005

"Gregory The Priest”, “Marash”, “Richard Of The Principate”, “William Ix Of Aquitaine", George Beech

George T. Beech

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Selected Studies In Drama And Renaissance Literature, Clifford Davidson Dec 2005

Selected Studies In Drama And Renaissance Literature, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

Reprinted essays except for “Memory, the Resurrection, and Early Drama."

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York Guilds And The Corpus Christi Plays: Unwilling Participants?, Clifford Davidson Dec 2005

York Guilds And The Corpus Christi Plays: Unwilling Participants?, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

Maud Sellers, in 1912, introduced the notion that the York guilds which produced the civic Corpus Christi plays found them to be ‘an intolerable and vexatious burden.’ The idea has persisted. However, the picture of guild support for the plays is complex, especially during the period of economic and civic decline which in fact impoverished some guilds and left others with a membership deficit due to the inability to maintain their numbers. York, like other cities, was unable to maintain its population without immigration from outside since the death rate exceeded the birth rate. Pestilence and disease played a part …

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Image Of Islam In The Apocalypse Of Ps. Methodius (In Arabic), Abdelaziz M. A. Ramadan Dec 2005

Image Of Islam In The Apocalypse Of Ps. Methodius (In Arabic), Abdelaziz M. A. Ramadan

Abdelaziz M. A. Ramadan

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