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Ms-130: World War I Letters Of Henry W. Straus, Devin Mckinney Dec 2012

Ms-130: World War I Letters Of Henry W. Straus, Devin Mckinney

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This collection comprises 48 letters from Henry W. Straus to his wife Anna. They were written between June 1918 and March 1919, when Henry, as a U.S. Army medical officer, was serving a British ambulance corps in France. Throughout the letters, Straus addresses his wife with great tenderness and yearning, anticipating their reunion and post-war life. He also displays a progressive attitude with respect to women’s independence, abilities, and right to do useful work.

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The Avenger - August-December 2012, Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum Aug 2012

The Avenger - August-December 2012, Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum

The Avenger

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The Avenger - March-May 2012, Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum Mar 2012

The Avenger - March-May 2012, Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum

The Avenger

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Ms-126: Anita Faller Alford Collection, Devin Mckinney Mar 2012

Ms-126: Anita Faller Alford Collection, Devin Mckinney

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This collection contains photographs, a scrapbook, newspapers, maps, military records, and more focused on Anita Faller Alford's military service as a nurse during World War II.

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From Priest's Whore To Pastor's Wife: Clerical Marriage And The Process Of Reform In The Early German Reformation, Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer Jan 2012

From Priest's Whore To Pastor's Wife: Clerical Marriage And The Process Of Reform In The Early German Reformation, Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer

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On 13 June 1525, Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, a former nun, in a private ceremony officiated by city preacher Johann Bugenhagen. Whilst Luther was not the first former monk or Reformer to marry, his marriage immediately became one of the iconic episodes of the Protestant Reformation. From that point on, the marital status of clergy would be a pivotal dividing line between the Catholic and Protestant churches. Tackling the early stages of this divide, this book provides a fresh assessment of clerical marriage in the first half of the sixteenth century, when the debates were undecided and the …


Christian Knudsen Contributed The Essay, "Promiscuous Monks And Naughty Nuns: Poverty, Sex And Apostasy In Later Medieval England," In Poverty And Prosperity: The Rich And The Poor In The Middle Ages And Renaissance, Christian Knudsen Jan 2012

Christian Knudsen Contributed The Essay, "Promiscuous Monks And Naughty Nuns: Poverty, Sex And Apostasy In Later Medieval England," In Poverty And Prosperity: The Rich And The Poor In The Middle Ages And Renaissance, Christian Knudsen

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