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The finngálkn: A review of literary sources from the 12th century to the 18th century
Finngálkn, kynjaskepna úr íslenskri bókmennta- og handritaarfleifð, hefur hingað til hlotið takmarkaða fræðilega umfjöllun utan stuttra athugana á orðsifjum eða líkamlegu útlit skepnunnar. Þótt finngálkns sé getið í fjölmörgum miðaldaritum hefur hlutverk þess við mótun og endurspeglun …
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Rape and Male Identity in Arthurian Romance, Chrétien de Troyes to Marion Zimmer Bradley
… of troped rape in Arthurian literature from the 12th century to modern day. I focus on three works: Chrétien de Troyes Erec et Enide, Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, and Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon. In each, I examine the five functions of troped rape — the establishing of …
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Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179): God Re-Imagined: Bringng Feminine Theological Dimensions to Christian Images of God
<p>Although Hildegard von Bingen lived in the 12th century, she captivates artists, theologians and those looking for the feminine aspect of God. She was a woman of many talents. Through contemplation of her paintings, which illustrate her visions, viewers are most drawn into her mystical world and …
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O erotismo nos poemas inéditos de Carlos Drummond de Andrade
… by historical facts, retrace back to the 12th century categoric proof reinforced by the existence of a Celtic ancestor in Drummond's lineage. His message, free from any pornography, is also presented as a detailed conclusion of a genetic course.
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Transforming material relationships: 13th century revitalization of Cahokian religious-politics
… American mid-continent and southeast. The 11th century emergence of this multi-ethnic, multi-vocal metropolis appears to have been deeply entangled within a social-religious movement that spread rapidly throughout the region. By A.D. 1100, however, that initial movement seems to have become …
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ΤΟ ΘΕΑΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΙΠΠΟΔΡΟΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΣΩΜΑΤΙΚΕΣ ΑΣΚΗΣΕΙΣ ΣΤΟ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΟ
… FACTOR IN THE BYZANTINE LIFE FROM THE 4TH TO THE 12TH CENTURY. AN EXAMPLE OF THE CHARACTER, THE INDETITY AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BYZANTINE HIPPODROME IS THE GREAT HIPPODROME OF CONSTANTINOPLE. THE BUILDING WAS DIFFERENT IN STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION FROM THATIN ROME. THE REAL RESPONSIBILITY …
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Let's meet at the Civic Center!
… body. The archetypes of the town hall, in the 12th century Italy, or 17th century New England, functioned not only as the municipal headquarters with offices and courts, but also in some cases included markets, church, warehouse, museum, pub, etc. Most importantly, it functioned as a meeting …
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Geotechnische Modellvorstellungen zur Abschätzung von Gefährdungsbereichen des Altbergbaus und Schachtschutzbereichen im Aachener Steinkohlenrevier
Before industrial revolution in the 19th century, mining activity concentrated on near surface coal and ore deposits. In the hard coal mining district of Aachen in close vicinity of the river “Wurm”, near surface hard coal has been mined in an area of about 19 km². Shallow mining dates back to at …
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En torno a los orígenes del español. Estudio sobre las secuencias con dos nasales en castellano.
… were used in most Iberian kingdoms until the 12th century. Regarding the epenthesis of [b], it will be shown that the insertion of this consonant was the perceptual outcome of the premature elevation of the soft palate at the end of [m] in the Romance stage [mVɾ].
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Evolution of population of Lithuania‘s territory in the 1st–12th centuries AD /
… systems in the territory of Lithuania in the 1st–12th century AD. For this purpose, a unique GIS GDB of archaeological sites and find spots of Iron Age in Lithuania was compiled making advantage of the possibilities offered by GIS technologies. The comprehensive analysis of chronological …
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An Ecoritical Approach to Chaucer. Representations of the Natural World in the English Literature of the Middle Ages
… considering the fundamental influence of the 12th century philosophical ideas and also offering various examples of different philosophical and cultural approaches to the idea and to the representation of nature and oh humanity's relation with it. From these premises the work finally proceeds …
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The Art of Trinitarian Articulation: A Case Study on Richard of St. Victor's _de Trinitate_
… that neither forms of meditative practice in the 12th century nor borrowing paradigms from theological predecessors accounts for the trinitarian structuring of <italic>De Trinitate</italic>. The dissertation then closes with a summary of the important discoveries and a meditative reflection on the …
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Teaching Through Devotion: The Poetics of Yaśaskara’s Devīstotra and Premodern Kashmir
The Devīstotra of Yaśaskara (c. 12th to 17th centuries CE), is a little studied and heretofore untranslated Sanskrit text from Kashmir. This thesis not only provides the first English translation and close reading of selections from the text, it uses the Devīstotra along with current research on …
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Luminescence Dating of Medieval and Early Modern Brickwork
… that spanned the 11th through to the 16th century were selected for inclusion in this thesis. The buildings were studied from an archaeological perspective, deriving likely dates for their erection and development, before samples of the brickwork were taken. These were subsequently dated by …
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Lietuvos teritorijos apgyvenimo raida I-XII a /
… systems in the territory of Lithuania in the 1st–12th century AD. For this purpose, a unique GIS GDB of archaeological sites and find spots of Iron Age in Lithuania was compiled making advantage of the possibilities offered by GIS technologies. The comprehensive analysis of chronological …
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The Ferrers Earls of Derby : a study of the Honour of Tutbury 1066-1279.
… the politic al stance of the Ferrers during the 12th century. The fourth 9hapter covers the Earldom of William II and the growth in the prominence of both the earldom and the Honour during the period 1190-1247. The Earl's support for King John is discussed in some detail. The following chapter …
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Geometry and light in the architecture of Guarino Guarini
… under the themes of geometry and light. In the 12th century Robert Grosseteste proposed that light was the substantial form of all things, and both he and his followers united spiritual and corporeal light through geometry, thus founding a lightmetaphysic, which flourished in Dante, and was …
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Liberty, Community, and the Free Man in Magna Carta
… the typical life of a free individual. The 12th Century Liber Homo lived as a warrior, a landholder, a friend, a Christian, a judge, and a leader. Like the understanding of rights, these roles are not constitutive of the free life, but contribute to it. The challenge is to examine our own …
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Study of Figura in Gradual, MS Perkins 4 at Denison Library, Scripps College
<p>MS Perkins 4 is a 16th-century gradual housed in Special Collections at Denison Library at Scripps College, in Claremont, California. MS. Perkins 4 was most likely created in northern France in the early 16th century by the artist, Master of Morgan 85. MS Perkins 4 contains the music and text …
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The Mississippian Occupation of The Upper Kaskaskia Valley: Problems in Culture History and Economic Organization (Illinois, Ceramics)
… that the Stop Sign Site was primarily an 11th century occupation, while the features investigated at the Doctor's Island Site dated to the late 12th century and the 13th century. A Mississippian occupation in the upper Kaskaskia valley lasting from A.D. 1000 to after A.D. 1400 can now be …
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