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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Queen Elizabeth"”.
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Representations of Queen Elizabeth I in Edmund Spenser's Pastoral Poetry
… (1595) to uncover allegorical representations of Queen Elizabeth I. The psychoanalytical theories of Jacques Lacan and Julia Kristeva will be appropriated to construct a methodological model termed the 'Lacanian Pastoral'. This model will be used to examine Spenser's poetic unconscious that maps …
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Women who served Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth : Ladies, Gentlewomen and Maids of the Privy Chamber, 1553-1603.
… turns to the criteria used by the queens in selecting their women and discusses specialised duties (laundry, dancing etc.), the use by the queens of service as a form of house arrest, the eager pursuit of places in the Privy Chamber by women and their families and the alternatives …
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Child sexual abuse in Malawi a retrospective audit of documented cases at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, in 2009
Child abuse in different forms, ranging from domestic violence against children to sexual abuse, is a worldwide phenomenon with a dramatic influence on the future of the abused child. In African countries, the number of reported cases is rising which may be a result of increased awareness amongst …
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An exploration of patients' preferences and priorities for end-of-life care at Titanjane Clinic for Palliative Care, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
… care at Tiyanjane Clinic for palliative care, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi. The topic is regarded as sensitive and taboo in Malawi because discussing end-of-life care preferences and priorities is taken as prophesying death. Methodology This was a qualitative, descriptive …
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A Qualitative exploration Of A Support Group Intervention Among Women With Cervical Cancer At Tiyanjane Clinic For Palliative Care, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi.
Background: Cancer of the cervix is a common malignancy among women and is one of the leading causes of cancer morbidity and mortality in Malawi. The majority of women with cervical cancer present with advanced disease where cure is not possible. These women face many challenges that affect their …
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Displacing Mother, Fashioning Father: Elizabeth, Spenser, and the Politics of Parenthood
A study of the Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene and how it both affects and reflects early modern conceptions of parenthood, with special emphasis on the presentation of Queen Elizabeth I as a figurative and political mother.
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Networks, News and Communication: Political Elites and Community Relations in Elizabethan Devon, 1588-1603
Focusing on the ‘second reign’ of Queen Elizabeth I (1588-1603), this thesis constitutes the first significant socio-political examination of Elizabethan Devon – a geographically peripheral county, yet strategically central in matters pertaining to national defence and security. A complex web of …
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The Queen's Poets
THE QUEEN’S POETS A History of MonarchicalMystique and Literary Development in the Age of Elizabeth Thesis under the direction of Olga Valbuena, Ph.D., Professor of English During the second half of her reign, Queen Elizabeth I of England used what would, in the current century, be considered …
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Heroines of Spenser.
In the Faerie Queene Spenser has created numerous women worthy of study. Though this particular aspect of the poem has been largely overlooked, the creations of Una, Britomart, Florimel, and even the unsavory Duessa are among Spenser's strongest legacy. Since the Faerie Queene is dedicated to Queen …
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Elizabeth I And The Policy Of Marriage: The Anjou Match, 1572-1582
<p>This thesis will explore how Queen Elizabeth I of England's use of interdynastic marriage negotiations as an essential component to the successful implementation of her foreign policy objectives. Many historians continue to debate whether a distinct foreign policy actually existed from the onset …
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Behold These English Dogs!: Englishmen in the Atlantic World Before the Holy Office of the Inquisition, 1560-1630
… off a chain reaction of events that infuriated Queen Elizabeth I of England and brought about her conflict with King Philip II of Spain which challenged his Grand Strategy for World domination. Elizabeth’s status as a heretic provoked Philip to use the Spanish Inquisition’s severity against all …
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Healthcare infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships in Developing Countries : the Queen 'Mamohato Hospital in Lesotho
… infrastructure, finance, new hospital, Queen 'Mamohato Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, developing countries, emerging markets, World Bank Group, International Finance Corporation, IFC, Oxfam, Tsepong, Netcare, Maseru, Lesotho, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
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Anglicanism, anti-communism and Cold War Australia
… stance. The visits of Dean Hewlett Johnson, Queen Elizabeth II and Dr Billy Graham throughout the 1950s saw the reinforcement of that stance. The next Lambeth Conference, in 1958, displayed a realisation that some form of negotiation with the communist nations was necessary to circumvent …
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Corpus callosum morphology in retinopathy-positive and retinopathy-negative Malawian children diagnosed with cerebral malaria
… were 20 children who were admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, and satisfied the clinical case definition of CM. There were two groups: retinopathy-positive CM (n = 16) and retinopathy-negative CM (n = 4). Analysis of covariance and multivariate analysis of …
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Protection of private land under the Reserves Act 1977 : with case studies and examples of protected private land in the Taranaki Land District : [dissertation, Diploma in Parks and Recreation, Lincoln College]
… public access to the countryside; - the Queen Elizabeth the Second National Trust Act 1977 set up the National Trust for open space in New Zealand; - the Reserves Act 1977, in addition to dealing with the establishment and management of public reserves, provides a variety of means by …
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'The East End is the new West End': London 2012 and resident experiences of the urban changes in a post-Olympic landscape.
… resident interactions and experiences with the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (QEOP) and its surrounding urban and infrastructural developments; a greater understanding of the convergence across local communities and their ‘lived’ experience was developed. By using an integrated methodological …
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Shakespeare’s Cosmology on the Supernatural: All Is Illusion
… were colored by the foreign threats against Queen Elizabeth I by the Catholic powers of continental Europe. I examine the topics of ghosts, witches, and madness because they represent the three main ways in which the Reformation caused society to reinterpret the supernatural. I am interested …
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The emergence of landscape urbanism in London: a critical landscape analysis of urban nature under the Anthropocene
… River Lea, London, focusing on sites such as the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the Royal Docks. I engage closely with material urban landscapes to foreground how landscape urbanism mobilizes managerialist and technical renderings of ecology which exists in tension with site- specific, material …
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An investigation of the symptom burden of paediatric cardiology outpatients in Blantyre, Malawi: The patient perspective
… 8 years and 18 years) and was conducted at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH)'s Paediatric Cardiac Clinic. Findings: Pain was a common physical symptom in all the participants. Only 2 participants received analgesia aimed at treating the pain. Other common physical symptoms were …
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