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Sanctuary in Sixteenth-Century England
On the eve of the sixteenth century, sanctuary in England operated under the common law in much the same manner as it had done for centuries. ‘Common’ sanctuaries (a customary right pertaining to all churches and churchyards) permitted felons to seek refuge for a maximum of forty days, before they …
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Expression of Status in Sixteenth Century Tlaxcala
… Spanish government in a Hispanized manner. In sixteenth century Tlaxcala traditional ideas about the communication of identity, social rank, and prestige quickly incorporated newly introduced Spanish cultural norms. This thesis examines sources such as The Tlaxcalan Actas, or municipal council …
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Artisans and consumption in sixteenth-century Verona
During the sixteenth century, Verona was a thriving centre with a large population, under Venetian rule in the terraferma. Positioned on the Adige river and controlling the entrance to the Brenner pass, Verona’s advantageous geographical location meant that it acted as an intermediary for trade …
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Italian Heroic Portraits in the Sixteenth Century
… study of heroic portraiture in Italy in the sixteenth century. With the term heroic, which is presented and justified in the introduction to the thesis, I qualify independent portraits in all media in which the sitter is represented in the guise of a mythological, historical or religious …
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Methods of Revision in Sixteenth-Century English Cycle Drama
<p>This dissertation contends that guilds-folk in sixteenth-century England made their own changes to the play-texts of civic drama and that these changes remain visible to us in the manuscripts which preserve the plays. Further, it argues that the actors and pageant-makers themselves often made …
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Love, Lust and Literature in the Late Sixteenth Century
I have chosen to focus on several poets of the long 1590's, since I would argue that together they represent, for the first time, a confluence of literary love traditions that have previously existed independently across multiple centuries, nations and languages. First, I consider Ovid and the …
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North Italian liturgical music in the late sixteenth century
… councils, to the earliest years of the new century, when the economic prosperity of Venice was starting to wane. The prosperity and stability of the Republic, characteristics of Venetian art and architecture, the influence of Humanist ideas through the flourishing intellectual Academies, the …
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The Place of Chaucer in Sixteenth Century English Literature
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Sixteenth Century Morisco Devotional Manuscripts in their Mediterranean Contexts
This thesis examines the religiosities of sixteenth century Morisco communities. By exploring the language, composition and contents of their devotional manuscripts, I demonstrate an alternative perspective from the current historiography. While the predominant narrative tends to focus upon the …
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Native Subordination Through The Franciscan Institutions During The Sixteenth Century
<p>My thesis, building on over two centuries of scholarly research on colonialism and evangelism in Mexico, seeks to heighten the visibility of the Franciscan order in New Spain. I intend to clearly establish how the Virgin de Guadalupe’s influence on native conversions was mediated through, and …
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Venetian Sunk-panel Bindings: A Sixteenth century Structure and Production
… designs and crafts. Within the context of 16th-century bookbinding, this phenomenon produced sumptuous bindings that combined Western book structures, Venetian elements, and Middle Eastern decorative methods. The most striking feature of the decoration is the surface adorned with shallow …
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Sexual Metaphors in the Fifteenth to Sixteenth Century French Farce
… been done on various aspects of 15th and 16th century French farce, its metaphorical obscenity has been largely ignored. Not all farces are sexually oriented, but those which are are by far the funniest and their humor stems primarily from the use of metaphor. I have thus systematically …
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The Hostmen of Newcastle upon Tyne in the Sixteenth Century
… trading in coal at Newcastle upon Tyne in the sixteenth century known as the Hostmen’s Company. The Newcastle hostmen had established an unincorporated guild by 1508 and held the monopoly in the sale of coal from the town’s port during the rapid expansion of the Tyneside coal trade in the …
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Genre and Empire: Historical Romance and Sixteenth-Century Chinese Cultural Fantasies
… historical romance blossomed and matured in the sixteenth century when the Ming empire was increasingly vulnerable at its borders and its people increasingly curious about exotic cultures. The project analyzes three types of historical romances, i.e., military romances Romance of Northern Song …
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Francois Hotman and Jean Bodin. Political Activity in Sixteenth Century France
<p>The sixteenth century was a tumultuous age for Europe. The Habsburg dynasty established its hegemony in Europe. The exploration of the New World provided a new source of wonder and wealth. Dynasties changed in France. England had women rulers. The Reformation exploded, transforming the religion …
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Strategic litigation: Legal culture and daily life in sixteenth-century Normandy
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2020-02-28 without embargo terms
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