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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Castles"”.
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Castles in the Air
<p><em>Castles in the Air</em> is a retelling of <em>Dracula</em> that uses elements of the original Stoker text while also diverging from the story and exploring victim narratives and queer subtext. The project explores the limitations and possibilities of transformative texts, such as, …
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Scotland's Castles: rescued, rebuilt and reoccupied, 1945 - 2010
… this time over one hundred ruined or derelict castles and towers were rebuilt and reoccupied, mostly by private owners who purchased the building with a view to restoring it. This was a far greater number of restorations than at any time in the past, yet the literature on castles has largely …
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Earthwork Castles of Gwent and Ergyng AD 1050-1250
… is concerned with the earthwork and timber castles built in the southern March of Wales between the periods AD 1050-1250. The research addresses the presence of the castles and discusses their roles as weapons of conquest and structures of administrative control. It is argued that the …
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The personnel of English and Welsh castles, 1272-1422
… involved with the ownership or management of castles in the 150 years from the coronation of Edward I to the death of Henry V. It will examine the level and nature of each individual's involvement with castles and how these factors changed over time. It will only touch on the more popular …
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The Early Norman Castles of the North of England
This thesis studies the distribution of Norman castles of the 11th-12th centuries across the north of England. A methodology is presented for assessing the reliability of identification of castle sites, and applied to the whole region in order to produce a substantial body of data. This data is …
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Oyster reefs as alternatives to mitigate coastal erosion: A study of hydrodynamics and sediment transport around oyster castles
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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The role of castles in the political and military history of the Crusader States and the Levant 1187 to 1380
… superior invasion forces. These factors made castles and urban fortifications vital to the entire crusading movement, and they will therefore be discussed in great detail, with reference to a variety of contemporary chronicles and documents. In addition, extensive use will be made of …
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The identification and recording of potential biological hazards in ancient monuments for inclusion in HBIM within refurbishment and demolition in ancient castles
… analysis of data collection within ancient castles.
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Castles and Communities: Using the taskscape to explore the attitudes, activities, and lived experience of wider communities in castle landscapes between 1050 - 1550.
… studies have demonstrated the need to focus on castles as sites of everyday activities, inclusive of a range of social experiences beyond those of the elite occupants. These insights will be gained through the use of the taskscape, viewing the medieval world as a series of mutually attentive …
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Castles and Communities: Using the taskscape to explore the attitudes, activities, and lived experience of wider communities in castle landscapes between 1050 - 1550.
… studies have demonstrated the need to focus on castles as sites of everyday activities, inclusive of a range of social experiences beyond those of the elite occupants. These insights will be gained through the use of the taskscape, viewing the medieval world as a series of mutually attentive …
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Definition, Extent, and Administration of the Hungarian Frontier toward the Ottoman Empire in the Reign of King Matthias Corvinus, 1458-1490
… ‘southern defensive system’ that relied on royal castles located in the kingdom’s borderlands. The author carefully identifies these castles, sheds light on the chronology of the king’s acquisitions, and highlights the reasoning behind them, showing that the acquisition and the upkeep of at least …
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A social interpretation of the castle in Scotland
… which took place in and around the castle. The castles which form the case-studies are Dirleton (East Lothian), Bothwell (Lanarkshire), Tulliallan (Fife), Morton (Dumfriesshire) and Elphinstone (East Lothian). The selection thus encompasses curtain wall castles, hall houses and tower houses. The …
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Gateway to Africa: The Pilgrimage Tourism of Diaspora Africans to Ghana
… of guided tours at Cape Coast and Elmina castles and PANAFEST (Pan-African Historical Theatre Festival) and Emancipation Day, and analysis of the castles' guest books. Cape Coast Castle and Elmina Castle are potent sites of memory for the trans-Atlantic slave trade and serve as icons of a …
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Judging the Rational and the Dead: Ann Radcliffe and Feminist Theology
… argues Radcliffe’s first three novels, The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne (1789), A Sicilian Romance (1790), and The Romance of the Forest (1791), show a progression of feminist theology informed by the late eighteenth-century British religious movement of Rational Dissent. The thesis …
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Creating 3D models of cultural heritage sites with terrestrial laser scanning and 3D imaging
… objects, such as fortresses, mosques, churches, castles, palaces, rock art shelters, statues, stelae and even landscapes.
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The immigrant in our head: Skin tone, social categorization, and support for policy
… push and pull factors that lead to migrations (Castles et al., 2014) as well as the political and economic consequences that migrations have on both sending and receiving countries (Golash-Boza, 2015). However, relatively little research is published on whether markers of racial categorization …
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Medieval rural settlement: a study of Mid-Argyll, Scotland
… of shielings, pre-Improvement farmsteads, castles as well as utilising other disciplines such as palynology and Gaelic literary sources.
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‘Unpenned’: a collection of responses to fairy tales, together with a critical commentary
… aspects of fairy tale settings: forests, castles, cottages and so on. After an introductory chapter establishing premise and methodology, the commentary examines the ways in which settings are presented in the creative work, placing this in the context of fairy tales (and imaginative …
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The book and the wall : the Isaac Bashevis Singer Memorial Archive Library
… remain intriguing long after the war is over. Castles and fortifications are the architectural manifestation of an abrupt discontinuity in the organization of space. A stark polarity is created, a partition between inside and out, ours and theirs, us and them. The stark form of a defensive …
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Is It Nationalism? History's Impact on Okinawan Identity
… grander objects of the region's history such as castles or monuments and a "low track" dwelling on day-to-day matters such purchasing a meal or watching a sporting event—shows Okinawa evolving into a sub-state nation solidly within Japan. As the southern realm continues developing its unique …
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