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William Thomas Sutherlin, patriarch of Danville
William Thomas Sutherlin was born on April 7, 1822 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He worked in tobacco on his father's farm until 1843. He then moved to Danville and embarked on a career in tobacco manufacturing. Sutherlin's ventures in the tobacco industry allowed him to become the second …
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William E. P. Hartnell A California Patriarch, 1820-1854
<p>California was founded and settled by Spanish Catholics and hence its background and culture, its place names and festivals, reflect Catholicism. The laws of the Church forbidding Catholics to intermarry with non-Catholics were strictly enforced. Consequently many who came as traders remained as …
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Byzantium and beyond: the Medieval Roman Empire and its world through the letters of patriarch Nicholas I Mystikos, 901-925 CE
… uses the approximately 200 extant letters of Patriarch Nicholas I Mystikos (901 – 907, 912 – 925), to form a composite mosaic of the Medieval Roman Empire (i.e., Byzantium) and its world in the early tenth century. From social relationships and the ways gifts sustained them, to efforts to …
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"I'm not going to let the patriarch stop me!": Examining the Obsession with Muslim Women's Bodies, Voices and Veils in Cinema, Television & Popular Culture
… been a key focus of attention in colonial and patriarchal discursive practices. This colonial and patriarchal desire to control Muslim women's bodies ± and, by extension, their voice ± is rooted in Orientalism. Today, Orientalist modes of representation are sustained via consumer culture as …
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The Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the Ethiopian State and the Alexandrian See: Indigenizing the Episcopacy and Forging National Identity, 1926--1991
… conflicts, and how the presence of a de jure patriarch and synod in the country and a de facto patriarch and synod in exile brought the unity of the national church into question.
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The Development Of Auricular Confession In The Coptic Tradition: A Theological And Historical Study In The Book Of Confession By Kyrillus Iii, Patriarch Of Alexandria (+ 1243 A.D.)
… ibn Laqlaq (+ 1243 A.D.), a controversial patriarch who was judged by his own bishops in an official synod. Although both attempts had faced fierce opposition from the ecclesiastical hierarchy, their literary works have promoted the practice of confession among the Copts, especially …
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The Conflict over the Patriarchate of Constantinople under Eutychios and John Scholastikos (552-582) and its Impact on Imperial Religious Policy
… light on two relatively unknown and understudied patriarchs of Constantinople in the second half of the sixth century. It analyses the challenges faced by the patriarchs Eutychios (552-565; 577-582) and John Scholastikos (565-577) and examines how these challenges influenced the religious policy …
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The Madisons Lost at Sea
… and the way their story was co-opted by family patriarch John Madison. Drawn back into her fathers orbit by his plans for a stage adaptation of their tale, oldest daughter Winifred Madison struggles to take control of her story and confront the truth about her past on the island.
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Great Expectations: The Role of Myth in 1980s Films with Child Heroes
… pass judgment on Reagan as a dubious national patriarch, and that it is possible that this is a function that many myths with child heroes fulfill.
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Nursery of the Nation: Mothers, Midwives and National Identity on the Eighteenth-Century Comedic Stage
… Sir Patient Fancy (1678). Sir Patient, an absurd patriarch, falls victim to two mother figures who subvert his control in order to secure happiness for their families. In doing so, they ensure the perpetuation of a more appropriate version of masculine authority. These positive representations of …
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Remolding Mexican Identity: The Wax Art of Francisco Vargas in 19th Century New Orleans
… Times-Picayune reported on the death of the patriarch of four generations of Mexican wax figure artists whose artworks demonstrated a century of change in the city of New Orleans. The family's artworks included religious sculptures, representations of indigenous and peasant populations of …
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Producing a Past: Cyrus Mccormick's Reaper from Heritage to History
… created a useable past about their departed patriarch, Cyrus McCormick, and his role in producing civilization through advertising and the emerging historical profession. The McCormick narrative of the past which was peddled in advertising and supported in scholarship justified the family's …
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Portrayal of women in SiSwati drama
… and African culture to women. It is found that patriarch dominates over women. It also looks at the views of different people about the portrayal of women in siSwati culture.
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Eastern Orthodox theological and ecclesiological thought on Islam and Christian-Muslim relations in the contemporary world (1975-2008)
… Schmemann, Staniloae, and Zizioulas – Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Metropolitan Georges (Khodr), Dr. Tarek Mitri, Archbishop Anastasios (Yannoulatos), and others have reframed the discussion within the Church, and within ecumenical circles, about Christian-Muslim relations. By creatively …
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Erotic Love and the Development of Proto -Capitalist Ideology in Early Modern Comedy
… in turn, works to lessen the power of the patriarch of the extended house, to strengthen the authority of the crown, and to pair the gratification of desires with social stability. After the king in The Shoemaker's Holiday divorces and remarries Lacey and Rose, he then challenges the …
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A BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COURTNEY-ANDERSON CEMETERY
… with him being Elisha Anderson, the family patriarch who died of stomach cancer; the barium was possibly from an x-ray procedure. The other individual identified was a likely middle-aged female who had an extensive injury to both tibiae; she also wore dentures. Both individuals were quite …
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ΤΑ ΣΧΕΤΙΚΑ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗ ΑΧΡΙΔΑΣ ΣΙΓΙΛΛΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΥ Β'
… BENEFIT HIS ARCHBISHOPRIC. BUT THE REACTION OF PATRIARCH EFTHYMIOS OF CONSTANTINOPLE WAS IMMEDIATE AND VIGOROUS, AS IT CAN BE SEEN IN HIS LETTER, WHICH WAS DIRECTED TO MATTEW. IN THIS LETTER HE WRITES THAT: "PRIVILEGES USED IN ORDERTO SUPPORT HIS DEMANDS ARE NOT ORIGINAL BUT FALSE". AS A RESULT …
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Spilling everything that threatens: a collection of poems that explores the role of the black matriarch in the nuclear family in South Africa
… to uphold the respectability and dignity of the patriarch, and the ways in which this “increase[s] alienation” and abuse, according to bell hooks (130). My project will represent the voices of three generations of women: mother, daughter and granddaughter. My intention is to give these women …
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Weaving with words: Recording women’s experiences in feminist revisionary adaptations of Greek myth
… the beginning, mythmaking has been profoundly patriarchal, and with the emergence of feminist movements came feminist revisionary adaptations of ancient myth. In this thesis, I argue Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad (2005) and Madeline Miller’s Circe (2018) both stand as examples of feminist …
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Duty and Dependency: The Life and Career of Edward James Jarvis, 1788-1852
… as well as professional life: as household patriarch he supported his family and other dependents, who in turn gave him emotional support, loyalty, and deference. The private world of family enabled him to function in the “public” sphere, but also brought bereavement and practical …
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