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The Historical Development Of The Radical Anabaptist Movement, 1525-1535, Ronald Edward Sawyer

History Theses & Dissertations

The Anabaptist movement has been judged unfairly as a radical religious sect that brought destruction and chaos to sixteenth century continental European society. this judgment is based upon the events which occurred at Munster, 1534-35, when a group of Radical Anabaptists under the leadership of Jan Matthys and Jan Brockelson forcibly ruled the city.

This thesis shows that the actions and beliefs of the Radical Anabaptists at Munster represent only a small fraction of the Anabaptist movement. Much of this misunderstanding is due to the problem of defining and categorizing the Anabaptists. This study resolves the problem by tracing the …

Robert Schuman And The Politics Of Reconciliation, Mckendree R. Langley

Pro Rege

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Research Note: The Present Situation In Poland, Chester Nowak

Bridgewater Review

For almost two years now the whole world has been watching with fascination the development of the present crisis in Poland that was preceded by economic difficulties brought about by Premier Edward Gierek’s economic program. Gierek attempted to revitalize the Polish economy and modernize Polish industry by borrowing heavily from the West in order to pay for more advanced western technology. His initial plan seemed viable; however, it failed largely because of the mismanagement and the corruptive practices of the party’s bureaucrats. Consequently, as a result of the growing indebtedness to the West, Poland had to increase its exports at …

Sisters In The Resistance: Transcript Of Interview With Colette Audry (English Version), Margaret Collins Weitz, Colette Audry

Margaret Collins Weitz Papers Documents

This is a transcript of one of the interviews conducted by Margaret Collins Weitz for her book, Sisters in the Resistance: How Women Fought to Free France, 1940-1945 (1995).

The Contributions Of Robert Grosseteste And Roger Bacon To The Development Of The Scientific Method At Oxford, Isabel Charles Duncan Hatchett

Institute for the Humanities Theses

Robert Grosseteste and Roger Bacon were instrumental in bringing about the use of experimental science and inductive reasoning at Oxford University, and in making science and mathematics a central part of intellectual thought. Grosseteste introduced the experimental method and Bacon assured its survival, amplifying Grosseteste's ideas and passing them on, His role was as important to science and mathematics as was Grosseteste's innovation.

The scientific thoughts of these men differed radically from the accepted medieval approach. They used mathematics and experimentation in their studies and worked with theories of science and education in developing their ideas. They examined science in …

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

• Garvin, Catherine. The Recognition of Anticipatory Grieving and Associated Needs of the Family of a Critically Ill Patient
• Parks, Barbara. Energy Properties of Textiles
• Martin, Lanna. A Historical Approach to the Understanding of Civil Disobedience
• Atwood, Tammy. The Computer Manufacturing Industry and the Burroughs Corporation
• Allen, Christopher. The Battle of Marathon: Athens' Magnificent Triumph
• Martin, Lanna. Melville's Creation of Captain Vere as Pontius Pilate in Billy Budd
• Boles, Barbara. Emerson's Uriel and the …

Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz (1878-1947), Ursula Schoeni

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Ramuz, Charles-Ferdinand (1878-1947), Swiss poet, novelist, and essayist, was born at Cully, a small town on Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud. After completing his studies at the University of Lausanne, he went to Paris, where, from 1902 to 1914, he lived in obscurity and wrote four volumes of poetry in addition to eight novels and two collections of short stories, none of which attracted attention outside a small circle of friends and admirers. Longing for an atmosphere truly congenial to his artistic temperament, he decided to go back to his native Cully. This proved to be a momentous …

Albin Zollinger (1895-1949), Rolf Kieser

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Zollinger, Albin (1895-1949), Swiss poet, novelist, and essayist, was born in Rüti, canton Zürich, where he spent his life as a schoolteacher. Zollinger is probably the greatest lyric poet in 20th century Swiss-German literature. His poetical style shows a genuine relationship to the styles of Georg Trakl, Gottfried Benn, Wilhelm Lehmann, and Peter Huchel.

Peter Bichsel (1935), Regula A. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Bichsel, Peter (1935-), Swiss writer and journalist, grew up in Olten, Solothurn canton, attended the teachers college in Solothurn, and taught at the elementary school in Bellach, where he eventually settled. He first came to the attention of the reading public in 1965, when he was awarded the prize of the prestigious German writers' association, "Gruppe 47."

Introduction To The Special Newsletter Issue On Albert Gallatin, 1761-1849, Heinz K. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

This is the second time the Swiss American Historical Society devotes one of its Newsletters to Albert Gallatin. In April 1967 (Vol. III, No. 2), on the occasion of the issue of the l ¾ cent stamp dedicated to Gallatin (in Gallatin , Missouri, on January 30, 1967), we published two articles, one by Ambassador Felix Schnyder and one by Dr. Leo Schelbert, then assistant professor of history at Rutgers University, on the great Genevan-American. Now fifteen years later, we present another issue, with four contributions on our illustrious compatriot and fellow-immigrant. There is no special event or anniversary to …

Jacob Maag (1881-1980), Swiss Stone Carver And Sculptor In The Midwest, Heinz K. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Jacob Maag was born in Neunkirch, Canton Schaffhausen, in 1881 and came to Omaha, Nebraska, in 1905. From 1905 to 1961 he worked as a stonecutter and sculptor mainly in Omaha, but also in other parts of the Midwest. In 1962 he became the subject of an oral history project of the Greater Omaha Historical Society as a "pioneer citizen" in their "I Remember" series. The Greater Omaha Historical Society is now defunct, but thanks to Walter Wullschleger (see SAHS Newsletter, XVI, No. 1 (Jan. 1980), 31-36) we received a transcript of that interview. We are pleased to give the …

Papers Of Albert Gallatin: Project Description, Barbara Oberg

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The publication of the writings of Albert Gallatin in selected printed volumes is both overdue and particularly timely. In order to come to an understanding of the formative years of the American republic, scholars need to have available the materials of the respected second-level political and administrative leadership of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Of this second-level group of American statesmen, few were so highly regarded and influential as Albert Gallatin. The aim of the present scholarly effort is to publish in a six volume annotated edition the most important public and private papers of a figure important …

Selected Gallatin Bibliography: Primary Sources, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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The Eighteenth Annual Meeting Of The Swiss American Historical Society

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Dedication To Lukas F. Burckhardt, Marianne Burkhard

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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0369: Donna Musa Scrapbooks, 1933-1941, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of twelve scrapbooks found by the donor at an estate sale near Wheeling, West Virginia. These scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings grouped into various subject categories concerning Germany's advance in Europe. Groups include political cartoons, map, and articles by several columnists, including David Lawrence, Westbrook Pegler, and Dorothy Thompson. The “Youngstown Vindicator and the Youngstown Telegram” seem to be the newspapers.

0349: Jennie Petrie Emmons Diary, 1929, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of one volume entitled, “All About Going Abroad: With Maps and A Handy Travel Diary” by Harry A. Franck, 1927. The front leaf indicates that the book was presented from Jennie to Minnie in honor of their trip abroad documented in the volume. The volume contains a diary section that is filled with entries ranging in date from June 22 to July 29, 1929. The entries cover western Europe and document what the Emmons did during their time abroad, as well as some historical background on the places where they traveled.

Jean Starobinski (1920), Gerda R. Blumenthal

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Starobinski, Jean (1920-), Swiss literary critic, was born and educated in Geneva, where he completed studies in literature and medicine. Since 1958 he has taught at the University of Geneva. Like his masters Marcel Raymond and Georges Poulet, Starobinski interprets the act of literary creation as an existential project of self-discovery and self-realization, embodied in the dominant thematic patterns and motifs of an author's works.

Carl Spitteler (1845-1924), Marianne Burkhard

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Spitteler, Carl (1845-1924), Swiss poet, novelist, and essayist, was born in Liestal, canton Basel-Land. Spitteler created an oeuvre that stands apart from the literature of his time. His preference for epic poetry was rooted in the extraordinary visual sense that retained his childhood experiences in bright, archetypal images vividly conveyed in Meine frühesten Erlebnisse (1914; My Earliest Experiences) and enabled him to depict inner life through action.

Swiss American News Notes

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

This past summer Dr. Martin Steinmann, expert on Paleography and Director of the Manuscript Division of the University Library of Basel, Switzerland, directed the Third Summer Institute in the Archival Sciences at the Newberry Library of Chicago. Professor Steinmann is the Swiss representative of the International Committee on Paleography and is an internationally recognized expert on German handwriting of the Renaissance and early modern period, as well as the history of printing. His publications include the catalogue of manuscripts of the University of Basel (co-editor), the articles "Die humanistische Schrift und die Anfänge des Humanismus in Basel,"Archiv für Diplomatik …

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To Our Readers, Heinz K. Meier

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Adolf Muschg (1934), Rolf Kieser

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Muschg, Adolf (1934-), Swiss novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, was born in Zollikon near Zurich. In addition to writing, he has pursued an academic career, and has taught at the International Christian University in Tokyo, Göttingen University, Cornell University in the United States, and the University of Geneva. For several years he has been professor of literature at the Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich.

Erika Burkart (1922), Rolf Kieser

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Burkart, Erika (1922-), Swiss poet and novelist, was born in Aarau. Her father was a well-known adventurer, hunter, and author. Although Erika Burkart was educated as a schoolteacher, she decided to write rather than teach and lives in the former residence of the abbots of Muri in Althäusern. She regards her self-sought isolation as an option for nature.

A Reconstruction Of The Early New Basel Community Of Dickinson County, Kansas, Harvey E. Bross

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

The November 1981 issue of the SAHS Newsletter presented the story of the founding of New Basel as featured by Harvey E. Bross in 1963. The community represents one aspect of the Swiss presence in Kansas that needs further methodical exploration. Between 1860 and 1890 quite a few immigrants from Switzerland apparently chose Kansas as their destination. John Rydjord mentions in his Kansas Place-Names (Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972), pp. 131-132 the following traces of the Swiss presence: "Helvetia was one of the many towns that boomed and died in Meade County. The place in Finney County where …

'A Bivouac': Swiss Immigrants Camp Out In New York City, 1833, Tyrone Power

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

On August 20, 1833, the Irish comedian Tyron Power (1797-1841) .* arrived in New York City for his first extended tour of the United States. In his Impressions of America; During the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835, Vol. I (Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836), pp. 40-43, Power reports the following encounter: A Bivouac.

Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961), Ursula Schoeni

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Cendrars, Blaise, pseud. of Frédéric-Louis Sauser (1887-1961), Swiss poet and novelist, was born in La Chauxde-Fonds. The nomadic life imposed upon the Sauser family by the future writer's creative but impractical father permanently marked him. He continually yearned for space and travel; although he made Paris his headquarters and France his adopted country, he never stayed long in one place. A distaste for conformity, an insatiable curiosity, and a remarkable mobility of thought led Cendrars to diversify himself in a literary production overwhelming in its variety and abundance.