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Showing 1 to 20 of 133 for “"Abbey"”.
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Paisley Abbey and its remains
… architecture, and archaeology of Paisley Abbey. Paisley's history must be looked at anew for modern research, especially into the Vatican Archives, has clarified the sequence of events surrounding the abbey. Since the OPUS DEI was the raison d'etre of the monastic life, I have discussed …
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Rievaulx Abbey and its social environment, 1132-1300
This thesis examines Rievaulx abbey's relationship with its social environment from the foundation in 1132 to 1300. In particular it analyses social networks around this institution and the types of relationships with individuals, families and tenurial groups developed over the course of the first …
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St Albans Abbey and the Law, c. 1327–1396
… person. The chapter on the church studies the abbey’s legal interactions within the Benedictine order, within its archdeaconry, with its diocesan, and with the pope. That on the realm discusses the protection, acquisition and exploitation of the monks’ estates. That on the town studies the …
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‘Holyest Erth of England?’ Glastonbury Abbey: Saints, Sanctity and Pilgrimage
… during the medieval period: is that its abbey was a great centre of pilgrimage in England, along with Canterbury and Walsingham. Research concerning aspects of the abbey’s history and pilgrimage status is relatively scarce for such a venerable abbey, and this is because of the perceived …
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More than Gal Pals: Female Romantic Friendships in Northanger Abbey
… in the relationships between women. Northanger Abbey (1818) features such relationships as a key part of its protagonist, Catherine Morland’s, development. This thesis looks to the historical context of the novel and identifies the relationships between Catherine Morland and her female …
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Patronage and politics at Barking Abbey, c.950 - c.1200
This thesis is a study of the Benedictine abbey of Barking in Essex from the tenth to the twelfth centuries. It is based on a wide range of published and unpublished documentary sources, and on hagiographie texts written at the abbey. It juxtaposes the literary and documentary sources in a new way …
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A dove song : the "miraculous" foundation and growth of Bobbio Abbey
… achieved his final ambition by founding Bobbio Abbey just a year before he died. The Abbey prospered in an exceptionally short period of time and outlasted him by twelve centuries. This dissertation will analyse the propitious circumstances leading to its foundation in a secluded, but hospitable …
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Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey : the education of Catherine Morland.
… thesis argues for a view of Austen's Northanger Abbey as the story of Catherine Morland, a young woman in search of an education. While Catherine's formal training has been nominal before the novel's beginning, the heroine attains various types of education in a short span of time, thereafter. …
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The Last Patron of Tintern Abbey: The Family and Piety of Roger Bigod
… his grandmother and great grandmother at Tintern Abbey provided for a tangible synthesis of both religious and filial expressions of piety.
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Breaking Barriers or Standing Still : Reimagining the Upstairs/Downstairs Relationships in Downton Abbey
… ja heidän työnantajiensa suhdetta Downton Abbey -televisiosarjassa, ja sen tarkoituksena on sekä selvittää millaisen kuvan sarja suhteista antaa että pohtia miten sarja on luonut uskottavat puitteet tarinankerronnalle ja miten sarjan luoma kuva mahdollisesti voi vaikuttaa katsojan …
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Food Habits of Young-of-the-Year Fishes in Abbey Pond, South Dakota
… flavescens) were studied during 1973 and 1974 in Abbey Pond, South Dakota. Organisms found in young-of-the-year fish stomachs and in plankton samples were identified and counted in the laboratory. Zooplankton, aquatic insects and fish were the most important food organisms consumed by young …
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Processing Piety and the Materiality of Spiritual Mission at Syon Abbey, 1415-1539
… of spiritual values and material life at Syon Abbey, a wealthy Brigittine double monastery in late medieval England. As an institution it was, paradoxically, directed primarily toward an evangelical goal, while being focused on contemplative women who were strictly enclosed. In this …
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