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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"English society"”.
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Rape in Medieval English Society, 1208-1321
The goals of the study were to investigate the crime of rape in thirteenth century England, to reconstruct the history of rape prosecution and assemble data which illustrate the crime of rape in the period under investigation. Seven rural and three urban areas of thirteenth century England formed …
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: Prometheus liberated
… I examine in what ways the novel impacted English society and could have been read as an allegory for the human condition. </p>
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With Cordelia in His Arms: The Impact of Gender Roles in Shakespeare's King Lear
… of gender, Shakespeare reflects Renaissance society's fear of gender reversals and, as such, must kill off what could be the play's most virtuous character. Through a study of both general gender studies and Shakespearean criticism, I plan to explore the gender roles of early modern English …
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The cook as physician: medical philosophy, nutrition, and diet in England, 1450-1650
… to prove that cooks for the upper levels of English society were concerned about the effects that different foods had on health and that they prepared their meals with this information in mind.
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The beginnings, ends, and aims of a gentleman's education : an exegesis of Locke's Some thoughts concerning education.
… of the Thoughts, then to the view of liberal society and Christianity conveyed in Locke's other works, and finally to the Thoughts's historical context. I eventually show that Locke, in addition to his aims for the student, has a view to the transformation of English society.
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A COURTIER'S LEGACY: CASTIGLIONE'S LITERARY INFLUENCE ON ELIZABETH ENGLAND
… forth and strengthening their own views of how society should act. Thus, examining these works through a Castiglionian lens provide a microcosm of what other Elizabethans were thinking at this time. Whether they consciously knew it, the English population, especially the aristocracy, absorbed …
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Colonial Investments: The Global Coordinates of the English Political Imaginary, 1628–1668
… to address is: what role did the expansion of English colonial trades play in the transformation of English society and government between the Petition of Right and the early years of the Restoration (1628-1668)? My thesis is that during this period, colonial expansion rose to the level of a …
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Simeon Solomon's work before 1873: interpretation and identity
… draw upon other aspects of nineteenth-century English society in order to show how explanations which focus primarily on Solomon’s marginalised identities are not the only and, in some cases, not the most useful ways to read his work.
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The religious origins of the glorious revolution
The role religion played in causing the English Revolution of 1688 has been examined. The Catholicism of the heir apparent to the English throne, James, Duke of York, later James II, had a direct impact on the social, political, and religious life of a predominately Protestant, anti-Catholic …
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The lamb and the warrior : manhood, militarism and the diocese of London 1890-1914
… that was arguably prevalent in sections of English society in the quarter of a century preceding the outbreak of the First World War.<br></br><br></br> The various definitions of militarism are initially discussed. Then the gender, social, military and political influences that impacted upon …
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Intersections of Race and Class in 1830s Othello Burlesques
… what was falsely revered or pretentious in English society. This study, however, explores the extent to which some burlesques responded conservatively to social and legislative change, which supposedly weakened established hierarchies constituting English culture and society. My chapters …
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Swords in early modern English plays
… Continental fashion, displaced the traditional English broad sword. The elegant Continental style of fencing with rapiers strongly appealed to Londoners, especially upper-class youths, and combat by rapiers consequently replaced the traditional English “art of defence” with swords and bucklers. …
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Elizabeth Tudor: Reconciling Femininity And Authority
… reciprocal imagery, which subsequently redefined English society, elevating her to the head of a male-dominated hierarchy. By establishing her position as second to God, Elizabeth relegated all men to a status beneath hers. Elizabeth's solution to the perceived liability of her gender was to …
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Decoding Musical Resistance: English Vocal Music in the Service of the King, 1625--1660
… not one of the original contexts of music within English society was left unchanged. Though the popular music and poetry of the civil war period has, in the past, been dismissed as partisan ephemera, it is the argument of this dissertation that it was the involvement of music and musicians in the …
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Faith, fatherland and the politics of exile: the Irish press in mid-Victorian Britain
… had long been a notable Irish contribution to English journalism, and the first Irish papers to be printed in England had been founded soon after the Act of Union. The press of the 1860s was to be different, however. Earlier papers had been aimed at a small, political elite but the massive …
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A 'long defence against the non-existent' : Englishness in the poetry of Phillip Larkin
Larkin's place in the genealogy of English poetry is significant since, unlike many of his predecessors, his work lacks the hope or possibility of redemption offered by faith. Larkin countered the void created by his agnosticism by appealing to the power both of ritual and of the English landscape, …
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Reframing crusading discourses in seventeenth-century English drama
… influenced portrayals of Turks on early modern English commercial and university stages, thus prompting the emergence of an anti-crusading discourse. In order to fully appreciate the work of these three authors and the way they conceived their plays, and positioned their voices, in this …
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Mrs. Cowley's Comedies
… and Miss Younge, are also considered.</p> <p>IV. Society. Mrs. Cowley's satirical treatment of the follies of fashionable society is seen to be modified by her belief in the possible rational enjoyment of society, and in the value of the traditional English virtues.</p> <p>V. Patriotism. Mrs. …
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Complex twists of becoming: debates about elementary education in English periodicals, 1833 -1880
… representations and non-fiction discourses in English periodicals from 1833 to 1880. The nature and purpose of elementary education featured prominently and constantly in periodicals throughout the nineteenth-century. However, relatively little scholarly attention has been given to the …
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