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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Christianisation"”.
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Religion and Rhetoric at the Courts of the Theodosians, c. 379-404 A.D.
This thesis examines the process of Christianisation at the courts of the Theodosian emperors in a twenty-five year period at the end of the fourth century and the start of the fifth. It does so through the orations of two pagan orators who carved out successful careers for themselves during this …
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A History of the Ovambo of Namibia, c 1880-1935
… into a competing regional mercantile economy. Christianisation commenced slowly from this time. Prior to colonial occupation migrant labour to southern mines began, but supply never equalled demand. The rinderpest epidemic of 1897 and famine in 1915 accentuated processes of internal …
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Retelling Conversion: The Making of Christian Histories of Sweden, c. 1100–1550
… approached and reworked medieval texts about the Christianisation of Sweden, against the background of his life as Catholic churchman exiled to Rome. The thesis includes an appendix with translations into English of the following Latin texts: Vita sancti Botvidi, Legenda sancti Eskilli, Legenda …
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Sakymas ir rašymas: dviejų kultūros modelių tvermė ir kaita Lietuvos Didžiojoje Kunigaikštystėje /
… it. The dissemination of writing subsequent to Christianisation of Lithuania did not abolish numerous phenomena of orality. On the other hand, the so-called secondary orality arose. The transformations of religious and communal life were followed, and further instigated in turn, by the shift of …
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‘Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are’: A Multi-Tissue and Multi-Scalar Isotopic Study of Diet and Mobility in Early Medieval England and its European Neighbours
… but changing worldviews (e.g. the impacts of Christianisation). Isotopic data when combined with archaeo-historical evidence show that identity construction in Early Medieval communities was highly complex, and there is no clear link between isotopic patterns, genetics and grave goods usually …
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The origins of Prussian conservatism, 1815-56
… while at the same time they campaigned for a re-Christianisation and re-organisation of state and society following an idealised (and constructed) past. A coherent conservative political or religious doctrine, however, did not evolve before the 1840s. Therefore, conservatives’ thinking is …
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The conception and evolution of characterization in the Zulu novel
… this period is characterized by such factors as christianisation, acculturation, urbanization, apartheid laws, industrialization which forced people to move to big cities like Johannesburg. During this period social adjustment problems manifest themselves in antisocial, criminal behaviour and …
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When shall these dry bones live?' : interactions between the London Missionary Society and the San along the Cape's North-Eastern Frontier, 1790-1833
… missionaries and incapable of acculturation and 'Christianisation' in South African historiography. The discussion draws extensively on first-hand missionary and traveller accounts of the day-to-day proceedings at a number of LMS mission stations established to minister to the San. These mission …
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Intimate Subversions: Minority women encountering laws and patriarchy
… of Christians were shaped through colonisation, Christianisation, and the law-creation processes, and their gendered experiences of these processes. At the next scale of analysis, I focus on the Christian community in Bangladesh as they construct their group identities, autonomy, and authority to …
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Intimate Subversions: Minority women encountering laws and patriarchy
… of Christians were shaped through colonisation, Christianisation, and the law-creation processes, and their gendered experiences of these processes. At the next scale of analysis, I focus on the Christian community in Bangladesh as they construct their group identities, autonomy, and authority to …