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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Castile"”.
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Church reform, reconquest, and the Christian society in Castile-Leon, at the time of the Gregorian reform (1050-1135)
… interior evolution of the church-state system of Castile-Leon within the general European context but with especial emphasis on the unique matrix of Hispanic social formations. The specific historical struggle of the Reconquest was the fundamental determinant of the Castilian-Leonese …
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Chivalry and Crisis at the Court of Juan II of Castile: The Chivalric Writing of Alonso de Cartagena and his Contemporaries
… and court culture during the reign of Juan II of Castile and aims to examine the changing chivalric ideal in Castile during this turbulent period of Castilian history. My thesis argues that political crisis in Castile led to a corresponding crisis in Castilian chivalry as commentators at the royal …
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Anglo-Iberian Relations 1150-1280: A Diplomatic History
… II of England to the death of Alfonso X of León-Castile, an episode in diplomatic history that remains largely unexplored. This period, spanning over a century and a half, was punctuated by a series of key political events. The study of these sheds light upon the diplomatic complexities of the …
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Delineation of Karst Geohazards along RM 652 Through the Use of Ground Penetrating Radar: Culberson County, Texas
… geohazards throughout the Gypsum Plain of the Castile Formation, where geohazards of all scales form beneath and immediately adjacent to major infrastructure throughout the region, especially Ranch-to-Market 652, including geohazards ranging from small scale dissolution of road base, to large …
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GEOPHYSICAL DELINEATION OF MEGAPOROSITY AND FLUID MIGRATION PATHWAYS FOR GEOHAZARD CHARACTERIZATION WITHIN THE DELAWARE BASIN, CULBERSON COUNTY, TEXAS
… of the Chihuahua Desert and includes outcrops of Castile and Rustler strata that host karst geohazards. Regions of karst geohazard potential have been physically surveyed proximal to the study area in evaporites throughout the Castile Formation outcrop; minimal hazards, in comparison to the …
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The Administration of Spain Under Charles V, Spain's New Charlemagne
… records, local records of Castro Urdiales in Castile, and Charles's correspondence show that he continued the policies of his predecessors in Spain, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile. He strove to strengthen his power and unify Spain and his empire using Castilian strength, a …
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Characterization and Delineation of Karst Geohazards Along RM652 Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography, Culberson County, Texas
… evaporite unit within the Delaware Basin is the Castile Formation, which consists of gypsum/anhydrite and is highly susceptible to dissolution and karsting. Manifestations of karst within the Castile outcrop are abundant and include sinkholes, subsidence features and caves, both epigene and …
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The Encomienda in the Philippines: The Dawn of Spanish Colonialism
… of Discovery and Expansion saw the emergence of Castile as a colonial power. Alexander VI, in his Papal Bull of May 4, 1493, granted the Kings of Castile dominion over the Indies and decreed that | "an imaginary demarcation line he drawn 100 leagues west of the Azores and the Cape Verde Islands; …
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Variation in the performance of speech acts in Peninsular Spanish: apologies and requests
… apologies and requests. Forty participants from Castile and Andalusia were interviewed, and the data were coded to examine the differences in speech act realizations and the use of specific discourse features. The participants’ responses were classified by regional, gender, and age differences …
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Speleogenesis and Delineation of Megaporosity and Karst Geohazards Through Geologic Cave Mapping and LiDAR Analyses Associated with Infrastructure in Culberson County, Texas
… hosts approximately 1800 km<sup>2</sup> of the Castile Formation outcrop. A myriad of karstic developments from closed sinkholes to large multi-kilometer cave systems have been documented within the region. Karst studies on the distribution and speleogenetic evolution within Castile strata began …
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Patrimonio artístico y paisaje en torno al Canal de Castilla (ramal norte, 1750-1936)
… took place in the towns within the North Branch Castile Channel since the mid-eighteenth century to the first third of the twentieth. We study as well, with an integrated approach, the valuable inheritance from early industrialization and, in particular, offer a refreshing perspective of the …
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Subversion in the serranillas of Juan Ruíz and the Marqués de Santillana.
… a Spanish genre first seen in fourteenth-century Castile, the serranilla. The thesis first considers the serranilla's varied origins-- French, Arabic, Galician-Portuguese literatures--with respect to their influence on the peninsular genre. The focus then shifts to the subversive ways in which …
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Marian Devotion Through Music, Lyric, and Miracle Narrative in the Cantigas de Santa Maria
… were compiled by King Alfonso X the Wise of Castile (r. 1252-1284), amidst an upsurge of Marian devotion and a simultaneous proliferation of vernacular poetry and monophonic music, all outgrowths of the twelfth century. This thesis shows not just that music, lyric, and narrative converge in …
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Speleogenetic Evolution and Geological Remote Sensing of the Gypsum Plain, Eddy County, New Mexico
… development of dissolution and collapse of Castile strata, inducing an early phase of hypogene karsting. Renewed uplift and tilting during the latest Miocene, combined with increasing regional geothermal gradients, enabled hydrocarbon maturation, evaporite calcitization and additional …
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THE FORGING OF CASTILIAN LAW: LAND DISPUTES BEFORE THE ROYAL AUDIENCIA AND THE TRANSMISSION OF A LEGAL TRADITION
… on a practical level allowed the sovereigns of Castile to establish jurisdiction in other matters. It also held a central place in a royal policy that enabled the incorporation of enormous amounts of land in the Iberian Peninsula and the Americas by giving generous land grants to subjects of the …
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The Council of the Indies and Religion in the Spanish New World
… Council gained independence from the Council of Castile and was able to take more control of the Spanish territories. In response to outside factors, the Council codified its laws regarding the spread of the Catholic faith, which became the basis for Council control of religion under the …
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LIDAR-BASED DELINEATION OF KARST FEATURES IN THE GYPSUM PLAIN, EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO AND CULBERSON COUNTY, TEXAS
… in the subsurface) outcrop of early Ochoan Castile and Salado strata. These extensive Permian-age evaporites host significant karst phenomena as a result of the region's complex hydrogeologic system which has continuously evolved since the early Paleogene. Karst features that manifest …
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Physical and Chemical Controls on Suffosion Development in Gypsic Soil, Culberson County, Texas
… Texas, where infrastructure extends across Castile and Rustler strata. Field studies simulated surficial ponding in various gypsic soils and correlated suffosion potential with soil composition and thickness. Soluble fractions of gypsic soils were delineated through geochemical analyses, …
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The Edges Of Wood: Dendrochronological Analysis Of Three Seneca Iroquois Structures At Letchworth State Park, 1796-1831
Letchworth State Park in Castile, New York, maintains three log structures originally built in Seneca communities along the Genesee River Valley in the late 18th and early 19th centuries: the Caneadea Council House, the Nancy Jemison cabin, and the "Buffalo Tom" Jemison cabin. Dendrochronology …
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CHARACTERIZATION AND DELINEATION OF POTENTIAL EVAPORITE GEOHAZARDS USING ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY METHODS ALONG FM 2185, CULBERSON COUNTY, TEXAS
… County, Texas, and includes outcrops of Castile and Rustler strata that host gypsum karst geohazards. Land reconnaissance surveys conducted during the summer of 2019 documented numerous surficial manifestations of karst features proximal to Farm to Market Road 2185 (FM 2185). In …
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