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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"D History (General)"”.
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Three women and an unmarked map: a literary journey through Argentina and Chile
… was able to explore culture, custom and history through the generous hospitality of local artists China Zorrilla, Monica Ottino and Eduardo Paz Leston. The narrative recalls relationships shared between Victoria Ocampo and Virginia Woolf, Jorge Luis Borges and Graham Greene. Questions of …
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John Knox: reformation rhetoric and the traditions of Scots prose
… the levels of lexis and syntactic structure, but generally speaking, do not consistently and convincingly reveal the personalities of their authors (with the possible exception of the Complayner). Chapter two illustrates that Knox's prose is always double-edged; its rhetorical aims are both …
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Anglo-Scottish succession tracts during the late Elizabethan period, 1595-1603
… a content-based study rather than a materialist history of the book style work, which draws its methodology from literary analysis and the history of political thought. It contains a full discussion of the ‘succession debate’ in its widest sense, engaging with the debates on the nature of …
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Gender, crime and the local courts in Kent, 1460-1560
… for charges against women to be vague and generalised while those against men were specific. It then focuses on the different crimes for which men and women were typically presented, particularly sexual and verbal offences for women and physical assault for men. These and other gendered …
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The triumph of pragmatic imperialism: Lord Minto and the defence of the Empire, 1898-1910
… distinction of serving consecutively as Governor-General of Canada and Viceroy of India from 1898-1910, is more truly representative of the methods Britain adopted to govern its Empire than his more illustrious contemporaries. He was one of the many aristocrats who, while increasingly marginalised …
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The artistic and literary career of Charles Jervas (c.1675-1739)
Charles Jervas (c.1675-1739) was an Irish-born portrait painter who rose to the position of Principal Painter to King George I and II, succeeding his former teacher Sir Godfrey Kneller. His life and career have hitherto evaded a comprehensive study, possibly a legacy of the ridicule to which his …
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Perceptions of an Irish dimension and its significance for the English history curriculum
… approaches towards diversity within the English History Curriculum. An Irish dimension is explored within the context of Multicultural Britain, debates over ways in which the past has been constructed and changes in the history curriculum. A series of ‘fuzzy generalisations’ of an Irish dimension …
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The East India Company in the Persian Gulf: The View from Bandar Abbas
… a different angle on wider trends in Company history. The Company’s factory at Bandar Abbas was a nexus for Indian Ocean trade, as well as the living quarters for a small community of Europeans, whose lives and livelihoods depended on the recognition of rights granted by successive Persian …
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Royal Self-Fashioning: King James VI and his Demonology
King James is one of the most widely studied royal historical figures of the early modern period. This dissertation examines King James VI’s Daemonologie as it relates to the themes of masculinity and self-fashioning. By analysing James, through his demonological treatise, I illuminate James’s …
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Cultural expressions of episcopal power 1070- c.1150
This thesis investigates cultural expressions of episcopal power in Anglo-Norman England. Bishops were powerful men who operated within a complex power structure. It addresses three key cultural themes: language, the body and space. Using a variety of source material this study offers a …
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Socio-economic conditions in 14th and 15th century Thessalonike: a new approach
The thesis deals with the socio-economic conditions prevailing in the city of Thessalonikê in the 14th and 15th centuries. One of the main aims is to address certain methodological issues linked to the period of transition from the Byzantine to the Ottoman Empire. In this effort, we have employed …
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Leisure, War and Marginal Communities: Travelling Showpeople and Outdoor Pleasure-Seeking in Britain 1889-1945.
This thesis investigates the community of nomadic showpeople who provided entertainments and amusements as part of travelling fairs. The primary focus of the thesis is the development of the relationship between this marginal community and local and national authorities between 1889 and 1945. As …
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Concerns of The Self 1800/1900: Freud and The Making of Modern Subjectivity
… is that positioning psychoanalysis within the history of practices of the self, and charting its ‘pre-history’ in these terms will deepen our understanding of Freud’s oeuvre as a significant event and agent in the history of subjectivity. For as this thesis contends, Freud contributed to the …
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The Roots of Remembrance : Tracing the Memory Practices of the Children of Far East Prisoners of War
… and enduring impact on their children, but their history is rarely heard, and poorly understood. In Roots of Remembrance I investigate the lives of these children through in-depth interviews, using a psychosocial approach to both interviews and analysis. By tracing intergenerational transmission …
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Wǝ́xa Sxwuqwálustn: Pulling Together Identity, Community, and Cohesion in the Cowlitz Indian Tribe
In the last 30 years many changes have taken place within the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. These changes involve the tribe’s sovereignty and have greatly impacted the emic identity of the tribe. Previous identity research with the Cowlitz predates these changes and no longer accurately describe the …