01 The Investiture Contest And The Rise Of Herod Plays In The Twelfth Century,
2021
Western Michigan University
01 The Investiture Contest And The Rise Of Herod Plays In The Twelfth Century, John Marlin
Early Drama, Art, and Music
A reprint of a study of the figure of Herod in liturgical drama, originally published in Early Drama, Art, and Music Review 23 (Fall 2000).
02 Liturgy And Drama At St-Omer In The Thirteenth Through Sixteenth Centuries,
2021
Western Michigan University
02 Liturgy And Drama At St-Omer In The Thirteenth Through Sixteenth Centuries, Lynette R. Muir
Early Drama, Art, and Music
A reprint of a study of ceremonies and the Easter play at the collegiate church of St-Omer, originally published in the EDAM Newsletter 9, no. 1 (Fall 1986).
03 Il Doge And The Liturgical Drama In Late Medieval Venice,
2021
Western Michigan University
03 Il Doge And The Liturgical Drama In Late Medieval Venice, Nils Holger Petersen
Early Drama, Art, and Music
A reprint of a study of the Easter Quem Queritis and the involvement of the Venetian Doge, originally published in Early Drama, Art, and Music Review 18, no. 1 (Fall 1995).
11 Medieval Actors And The Invention Of Printing In Late Medieval France,
2021
Western Michigan University
11 Medieval Actors And The Invention Of Printing In Late Medieval France, Graham A. Runnalls
Early Drama, Art, and Music
A reprint of a study of the dissemination of play texts in print and the performance of drama, originally published in Early Drama, Art, and Music Review 22 (Spring 2000).
04 Palm Sunday Ceremonies In Poland: The Past And The Present,
2021
Western Michigan University
04 Palm Sunday Ceremonies In Poland: The Past And The Present, Teresa Bela
Early Drama, Art, and Music
A reprint of a study of a long-lasting tradition of religious processions in Poland, originally published in Early Drama, Art, and Music Review 12, no. 2 (Spring 1990).
10 The "Stuff" Of The Medieval Palette: Paint, Painters, And The Dramatic Records,
2021
Western Michigan University
10 The "Stuff" Of The Medieval Palette: Paint, Painters, And The Dramatic Records, Jon Terry Wade
Early Drama, Art, and Music
A revision of a study of the availability of pigments painters used for pageant wagons, props, and costumes, originally published in Early Drama, Art, and Music Review 23 (2001).
05 From Synthesis To Compromise: The Four Daughters Of God In Early English Drama,
2021
Western Michigan University
05 From Synthesis To Compromise: The Four Daughters Of God In Early English Drama, Hans-Jürgen Diller
Early Drama, Art, and Music
A reprint of a study of the Four Daughters of God in Middle English drama, originally published in Early Drama, Art, and Music Review 18, no. 2 (Spring 1996).
08 Embodying Text: Reassessing Characterization And Performance In The Medieval English Herod Plays,
2021
Western Michigan University
08 Embodying Text: Reassessing Characterization And Performance In The Medieval English Herod Plays, Carolyn Coulson
Early Drama, Art, and Music
A reprint with revisions of a study of the character of Herod in the English play cycles, originally published in Early Drama, Art, and Music Review 23 (2001).
07 Fox, Bull, And Lion In The Towneley Coliphizacio,
2021
Western Michigan University
07 Fox, Bull, And Lion In The Towneley Coliphizacio, John W. Velz
Early Drama, Art, and Music
A reprint of a study of patterns of coercion exemplified in the Towneley Coliphizacio, originally published in Early Drama, Art, and Music Review 14, no. 1 (Fall 1991).
06 "Lyst Ye Saynt?" Saints In The Second Shepherds' Play,
2021
Western Michigan University
06 "Lyst Ye Saynt?" Saints In The Second Shepherds' Play, Karen Sawyer Marsalek
Early Drama, Art, and Music
A reprint with revisions of a study of the saints named in the Second Shepherds' Play, originally published in Early Drama, Art, and Music Review 23 (2001).
Workings Of Theocracy: The Historical Function And Modern Applicability Of Charitable Endowments,
2021
Rollins College
Workings Of Theocracy: The Historical Function And Modern Applicability Of Charitable Endowments, Nuh Elalaoui
Honors Program Theses
Historically, various systems and institutions across diverse civilizations have been established to meet the many needs that interweave the fabric of society. One, and perhaps the most significant of these institutions is the waqf/hubus system. Characterized by the designation of a property or revenue stream as mortmain and the investment of the usufruct for the benefit of (often predetermined) beneficiaries, this form of charitable endowment is hailed as a cornerstone of Islamic civilization. The objectives of this paper are threefold. Primarily, it examines the historical role of awqāf, with focus on their social and economic significance in two distinct Islamic …
A Literary Analysis Of Magic: A Dissection Of Medieval Icelandic Literature,
2021
University of Central Florida
A Literary Analysis Of Magic: A Dissection Of Medieval Icelandic Literature, Jordan T. Williams
Honors Undergraduate Theses
The goal of this project is to understand the realities of how magic was perceived during a Christianized Iceland, specifically during the medieval era when sagas and poems were recorded in Iceland. I accomplish this through literary analysis in conjunction with previous research on runic inscriptions and Old Norse mythology. I reveal that there is much more to be uncovered about the realities of paganism in medieval Iceland, and that the authors of Icelandic sagas had a large misunderstanding of pre-Christian paganism and magic. This argument is manifested through close readings of major Icelandic works, such as Hávamál, Volsunga saga …
Debating Birds Upend The Hierarchy Of Nature In The Owl And The Nightingale And The Parliament Of Fowls,
2021
John Carroll University
Debating Birds Upend The Hierarchy Of Nature In The Owl And The Nightingale And The Parliament Of Fowls, Caragh Vasko
Masters Essays
No abstract provided.
Playing At The Crossroads Of Religion And Law: Historical Milieu, Context And Curriculum Hooks In Lost & Found,
2021
Rochester Institute of Technology
Playing At The Crossroads Of Religion And Law: Historical Milieu, Context And Curriculum Hooks In Lost & Found, Owen Gottlieb
Articles
This chapter presents the use of Lost & Found – a purpose-built tabletop to mobile game series – to teach medieval religious legal systems. The series aims to broaden the discourse around religious legal systems and to counter popular depiction of these systems which often promote prejudice and misnomers. A central element is the importance of contextualizing religion in period and locale. The Lost & Found series uses period accurate depictions of material culture to set the stage for play around relevant topics – specifically how the law promoted collaboration and sustainable governance practices in Fustat (Old Cairo) in twelfth-century …
Icelandic Folklore And The Cultural Memory Of Religious Change,
2021
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Icelandic Folklore And The Cultural Memory Of Religious Change, Eric Shane Bryan
English and Technical Communication Faculty Research & Creative Works
This book attempts to understand the origins and development of religious belief in Iceland and greater Scandinavia through the lenses of five carefully selected Icelandic folktales collected in Iceland during the nineteenth century. Each of these five stories has a story of its own: a historical and cultural context, a literary legacy, influences from beliefs of all kinds (orthodox and heterodox, elite or lay), and modalities (oral or written) by which the story was told. These factors leave an imprint -- sometimes discernible, sometimes not -- upon the story, and when that imprint is readable, the legacies and influences upon …
Sites Of Interpretation In The “Gaza” Of Johannes De Alta Silva,
2021
Dartmouth College
Sites Of Interpretation In The “Gaza” Of Johannes De Alta Silva, James Johnson
Dartmouth College Master’s Theses
This essay places the reader at one of three sites of interpretation in Johannes de Alta Silva’s “Gaza,” located at the levels of 1) story, 2) frame narrative, and 3) reader. Identifying these levels as distinct spaces within which interpretation unfolds, I examine the level of the reader to demonstrate how the text explicitly shapes the reader’s role. Composed c. 1200 CE, “Gaza” is one of ten stories in Alta Silva’s Dolopathos, which forms a part of the larger medieval tradition known as The Seven Sages. Drawing upon concepts from narratology (Genette, Prince) and the phenomenology of reader response …
"Slain Ye Shall Be": Eschatological Morality And The House Of Feanor In Tolkien's The Silmarillion,
2020
Bowling Green State University
"Slain Ye Shall Be": Eschatological Morality And The House Of Feanor In Tolkien's The Silmarillion, Ashley Anteau
Honors Projects
This thesis expands on existing research and analysis of the eschatology of J. R. R. Tolkien’s invented mythology, with a critical analysis of how it relates to morality and the overarching exploration of good and evil, primarily in The Silmarillion. By analyzing Tolkien’s medieval and spiritual influences, as well as Tolkien’s unfinished works published posthumously by Christopher Tolkien, it explores the effect of the relationship between morality and mortality on the emotional core of Tolkien’s work. It offers new insights into the text by engaging especially with the often overlooked story of the sons of Feanor, and how this story …
Orthodoxy, Textuality, And The "Tretys" Of Margery Kempe,
2020
University of California, Berkeley
Orthodoxy, Textuality, And The "Tretys" Of Margery Kempe, Elizabeth K. Schirmer
Journal X
No abstract provided.
To Reach The Unreachable Stars: Reexamining The Shared Arthurian Vision Of C. S. Lewis's Science Fiction Trilogy And Raymond Chandler's Marlowe Novels,
2020
Stephen F. Austin State University
To Reach The Unreachable Stars: Reexamining The Shared Arthurian Vision Of C. S. Lewis's Science Fiction Trilogy And Raymond Chandler's Marlowe Novels, Hollis Thompson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Although Raymond Chandler and C. S. Lewis seem to be a rather strange pairing, the ways in which they both borrow from Arthurian literature and use the myth to speak to their cultural moment are strikingly similar. Following T. S. Eliot’s use of the Grail quest in The Waste Land (which set a standard for the use of such material in Modern literature), these authors use Arthurian elements as a means of exposing hidden connections between the fragments of the literary past and the present within Chandler’s Marlowe novels and Lewis’s science fiction trilogy. Both men present Western identity as …
From A Non-Consensual Incestuous Relationship To A Promotion To Priestess: The Way That A Father Controls Their Daughter Determines The Status Level That A Woman Can Hold In Apollonius Of Tyre,
2020
University of North Dakota
From A Non-Consensual Incestuous Relationship To A Promotion To Priestess: The Way That A Father Controls Their Daughter Determines The Status Level That A Woman Can Hold In Apollonius Of Tyre, Sarah Haggerty
Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Showcase
Is a woman only considered a woman when she is owned by a man? How does the relationship between father and daughter shape the way a woman is seen or treated in medieval society? This project examines the Old English version of Apollonius of Tyre, a rare example of secular 11th century prose, as translated by Benjamin Thorpe. Apollonius of Tyre deals with three different familial relationships and the various ways that the fathers as both leaders of the house, and royal officials treat their daughters as property that they own. From one daughter having basic freedoms such as being …
