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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"ELEVENTH CENTURY"”.
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ÆlfricBata’s Colloquia: Reassessing an Eleventh-Century Latin Textbook
This article reassesses one collection of colloquies composed by Ælfric Bata (fl. 1005), a monk and teacher of Latin likely working in Winchester or Canterbury. Bata was a student of Ælfric of Eynsham (c.955–c.1010) and later editor of his work and his own colloquies continue in the same …
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'Sermons in stone': eleventh-century figural sculpture from Croatia
This thesis examines eleventh-century figural sculptures from Croatia by focusing on their iconography and potential symbolical significance. It consists of a detailed analysis of seventeen well-preserved carvings and an accompanying catalogue with six additional pieces, which are too damaged and …
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Vernacular Adaptations of Genesis in Tenth- and Eleventh-Century Ireland and England
… Ireland and England in the late tenth and early eleventh centuries. This discussion will be divided into five chapters, examining different aspects of vernacular translations of Genesis. Chapter One will outline the historical context of early medieval Ireland and England. The influence of …
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Saints' lives and typika: the Constantinopolitan monastery of Panagiou in the eleventh century
… can be related to the monastery in the early eleventh century: the Typikon of Panagiou which provided the model for the Petritzonitissa Typikon and two biographies of Athanasius the Athonite. I demonstrate that the two extant Lives, Vita A by Athanasius "the Younger" and the Lavriot Vita B, go …
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Peter Damian and ‘the World’: Asceticism, Reform and Society in Eleventh-Century Italy
The aim of this thesis is to conduct an analysis of Peter Damian’s letters specifically grounded in the immediate social and political contexts within which the letters were produced. Whilst Damian (c. 1007 - 1072) is generally seen as an important figure in the history of the Church as a whole, he …
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The Identity and International Relations of Orkney and Dublin in the long Eleventh Century
… settlements of Orkney and Dublin in the eleventh century. Comparative analysis identifies how key differences in the settlements’ location and make-up affected their dynamic, and even opportunistic, set of relationships with their Scandinavian ‘homelands’ and with their Insular …
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A Comparative Study of Schoolmasters in Eleventh-Century Normandy and the Southern Low Countries
… speaking, the Carolingian period and the twelfth century have receive the lion’s share of scholars attention at the expense of the eleventh century. Similarly, imperial schools and famous educational centres in France such as Chartres, Laon and -above all- Paris have been at the forefront of …
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EXPERIMENT IN SYNCRETISM: CH'I-SUNG (1007-1072) AND ELEVENTH-CENTURY CHINESE BUDDHISM (NORTHERN SUNG, CH'AN).
… and discuss the nature of syncretism in eleventh-century China as represented by Ch'i-sung. It also attempts to bridge the gap that recent studies leave between later T'ang and Southern Sung and broaden our understanding of Buddhism from a historical perspective. This study consists of …
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‘hwonne habbe we ðonne ne gemotad?’; Narrative Strategies in Tenth- and Eleventh-Century English Property Disputes
… and narrative strategies employed by tenth and eleventh- century charter draftsmen in the composition of vernacular lawsuit documents. It poses the question: on what authority did late Anglo-Saxon property disputes close or remain closed, arguing that the document that preserved the details of …
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The Unfree in the Anglo-Norman Realm c.1000-c.1100 with special reference to slavery
… of the unfree in Normandy and England in the eleventh century. The unfree formed a large percentage of the population in these areas, along a scale from the most unfree, the slaves, to the nearest to freedom, arguably the villeins. Although this thesis is concerned with the wider category of …
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Liturgical Celebrations with Emotional Expectations in Auxerre, 840-908
… date the origin of "affective piety" to the late-eleventh century. The place of emotions in early medieval devotional activity, therefore, has yet to be properly acknowledged. Based on exegetical and homiletic material written at the monastery of Saint-Germain (Auxerre) between 840 and 908, I …
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The organisation of the early church in the East Riding of Yorkshire, c. 700 to�� 1100: the churches of 1086 and their origins
… aspects of the organisation of the church in the eleventh century, and where possible its development in earlier centuries. It does this by means of a case study of the East Riding of Yorkshire, as defined by Domesday Book. Selecting a small area enabled the inclusion of all potentially …
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‘Arabic Astrology’ in Early Medieval England? A Re-Examination of Prognostics and Planetary Knowledge in Three Winchester Manuscripts, c. 1023-1060
… astrology by analysing three manuscripts from eleventh-century Winchester. In treating the manuscripts as a corpus of interconnected cosmological and astronomical knowledge, this dissertation demonstrates the importance of considering texts within their original manuscript context. This …
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Comparing Bifa ji and Linquan gaozhi: shifts in art writings about landscape in the five dynasties and Northern Song periods
… two Chinese art texts written in the tenth and eleventh century, respectively. The comparison of these two writings opens the window on the way that shifts in art writings took place during late Northern Song period. I analyze how descriptions of the object of representation, ways of seeing the …
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Significant influences on the creation of the rose windows of Chartres Cathedral
… lies in the cultural environment of the eleventh century, the second in the construction of the cathedral at Chartres, and the third in the medium of rose windows. The development of Gothic architecture is found within the cultural environment of the eleventh century. It began with the …
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Negotiating the border in Song China: foreign policy, border management, and border-crossings, 1005-1122
… two great powers of northeast Asia in the eleventh century, the Liao and the Song. This thesis not only traces its origin, establishment, and maintenance, it also spotlights a specific phenomenon of border-crossing, by generals and officials as well as commoners. By focusing on these …
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The assembled body: Anatomical enumeration and embodiment in Anglo-Saxon devotional texts
… devotional forms that range from the seventh to eleventh century, such as anonymous personal protective charms and prayers, confessional formulae, monastic execrations, scientific writing and diagrams produced Byrhtferth, as well as a number of Ælfric of Eynsham's vernacular homilies. This …
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Islam, Christianity, Traditional Religions and Power Politics in Northern Nigeria Since Pre-Islamic Period
… before the arrival of Islamic scholars in the eleventh century AD, this limitation has been compensated for by the documentation of oral traditions of Northern Nigeria. --</p> <p>Findings</p> <p>This study shows that prior to the introduction of Islam in Northern Nigeria in the eleventh century …
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