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Showing 1 to 20 of 89 for “"Crusade"”.
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The Crusade of Ramon Llull
ABSTRACT THE CRUSADE OF RAMON LLULL: APOLOGETICS AND EVANGELISM TO MUSLIMS DURING THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY Numa Ulisses Gomez, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018 Chair: Dr. James A. Parker III Ramon Llull was a thirteenth-century Franciscan monk who lived during a tumultuous period …
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The Anti-Crusade Voice of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
… Langland, and John Gower, were against the later crusades regardless of their target. However, since the anti-crusade voice of Gower and Langland has been discussed by many other scholars, this study focuses on Chaucer's poems and their implicit opposition of crusading. I argue that despite …
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Contemporary gay drama: the end of a modern crusade?
This study examines changes in representation of dissident male sexualities in twentieth century British and American theatre, from early attempts to depict the homosexual as a distinct identity to more recent depictions of sexual dissidence which threaten the traditional boundaries of the …
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The Great Men of Christendom: The Failure of the Third Crusade
… of the reasons for the failure of the Third Crusade to achieve its stated objectives, despite the many advantages with which the venture began. It is proposed herein that the Third Crusade—and by extension all of the previous and subsequent Crusades—were destined to fail because of structural …
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Enrico Dandolo: His Life, His Family, and His Venice Before the Fourth Crusade
… lived through the enthusiasm of the Venetian crusade of 1122. Like his fellow countrymen, he was proud of the Republic's great effort, and especially of the participation of his father, uncle, and grandfather in the holy enterprise.
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Localizing the Holy Land: The Visual Culture of Crusade in England, circa 1140-1307
… this is a diachronic study of the impact of the crusade movement and devotion to the holy city of Jerusalem on English visual culture, religious imagination and identity. The crusade movement concurrently formed dynamic international networks and disturbed geographic, cultural, religious and …
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The 1970 student strike: the children's crusade at MIT; a study in contemporary history.
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Humanities, 1973
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THE PLAGUE AND THE PARTHENON: CRUSADE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND DISEASE IN THE EARLY MODERN MEDITERRANEAN
<p>The present study examines the role epidemic diseases, specifically malaria and bubonic plague, played on the course of the Morean War (1684-1699). The Morean War was a major offensive by Christian powers, led by the Venetian Republic, against Ottoman controlled Greece. Christian victories …
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An analysis of factors that motivate Campus Crusade for Christ staff to enter Vocational Christian Service
… key factors that motivate and influence Campus Crusade for Christ Staff members, during their college experience, to accept the calling of God and enter vocational Christian service. By investigating these factors, this study can aid in developing laborers for the harvest. The research consisted …
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Paternal Influence on the Eudiamonic Well-Being of Emerging Adult Sons Participating in Campus Crusade for Christ
The purpose of this study is to examine if a relationship exists between paternal involvement during emerging adulthood and eudaimonic well-being in sons involved with Cru in the Great Lakes region in the United States. In order to execute this study, sons involved with Cru were surveyed through an …
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Six Days of Twenty-Four Hours: the Scopes Trial, Antievolutionism, and the Last Crusade of William Jennings Bryan
The academic study of the Scopes Trial has always been approached from a traditional legal interpretation. This project seeks to reframe the conventional arguments surrounding the trial, treating it instead as a significant religious event, one which not only altered the course of Christian …
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"Imagined crusaders: the ""Livre d'Eracles"" in fifteenth century Burgundian collections"
… and reception of the illuminated volumes of the crusade history the ""Livre d’Eracles"" (hereafter ""Eracles"") as it was conceived and collected in the fifteenth-century court of Burgundy, centered in the Burgundian Netherlands. It considers four individuals, Jean V of Créquy, Wolfert VI of …
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