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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Treason"”.
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Treason, passion and power in England, 1660 – 1685.
… in political and print culture surrounding treason trials, from the first decade of the king’s reign to the infamous plots of the Exclusion period. The connection between the king and his people became increasingly fraught as a result of the decreasing popularity of the Stuarts, in …
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Is There a Secular Tradition? On Treason, Government, and Truth
… of much contention in our political present: <em>treason. </em>Taking the failed coup of July 16and the ensuing purge against the Gülen movement in Turkey as its points of departure, it seeks to broach some of the constitutive and operative logics of the modern nation-state. Inquiring into the …
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Law and Politics in the Norwegian 'Treason Trials', 1941-1964
This thesis is a political history of the trials of wartime collaborators in Norway after 1945. It offers a first scholarly investigation into the central actors behind these trials, looking at the ways in which Norwegian authorities planned, implemented and interpreted the ‘reckoning’ with wartime …
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Gender and treason laws in Early Modern England : an analysis of elite and noble women’s agency and changing perceptions of treason in the reign of Henry VIII : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand
… and one peeress were all found guilty of high treason and their downfalls effectively widened the scope of treason, with significant consequences for successive noble and elite women. This thesis adds further to the scholarship on gender and queenship studies, but also adds to English legal …
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A riotous black man from way down south: an historical novel, exegesis and response to examiners
… first man of thirteen prisoners tried for High treason following the Eureka Stockade uprising.
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The application of the Death penalty law in Zambia: What is the justification
… the offence of Murder, Aggravated Robbery and Treason attract a death sentence.This death sentence is allowable by the Zambian Constitution if it is in execution of a sentence of a Court for an offence for which a person has been convicted. This study established that the application of the …
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Capital punishment in the state of Indiana, 1816-1971
… of these called for the death penalty, namely: treason, murder and arson resulting in death. After Indiana became state in 1816, the number of crimes punishable by death was changed several times, but only three have been in effect the past hundred years. These are, murder in the first degree, …
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Home under siege: Bab al-Hara, televising morality and everyday life in the Levant
… patriotism as the binaries to sectarianism and treason, have not succeeded in protecting the inner domain of the house from external invasions or internal divisions. In fact, accusations of treason, instead of forcing the outsider to the outside and building solidarity within, accentuates …
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Invention? Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Nature of De Gestis Britonum
… iconic aspects of the Arthurian legend—Modred’s treason—and evidence that Geoffrey’s account is actually based on Welsh traditions despite the fact that no corroborating sources survive. The overall conclusion is that Geoffrey did not invent as much as he’s credited with, and further critique of …
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Subversive speech acts? An evaluation of an imperial-critical reading of Ephesians
… context of Ephesians, with a focus on maiestas [treason] charges, imperial cults, and Roman imperial eschatology, are examined in light of the two major theories of the date of the epistle. New proposals for the epistle’s implied elements are then explored in light of the possibilities offered …
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Family, followers and friends : the socio-political dynamics of the Anglo-Norman aristocracy, 1100-1204
… created through homage and oaths. Concepts of 'treason' and 'defiance' are also examined. Five types of friendship are identified: friendship as courtesy, formal friendship, emotional friendship, company and companionship. Calling someone 'friend' was a sign of politeness. Political agreements, …
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Printing Politics: The Emergence of Political Parties in Florida, 1821-1861
… Democratic party and accused their opposition of treason against the South leading Florida and the nation to Civil War. Yet, throughout these political changes, editors and their newspapers remained central to political success, becoming the voice of political parties and critical to attracting …
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Courtly mirrors: the politics of Chapman's drama
… argues that this often results in allegations of treason which Chapman shows to originate in the paranoia or suspicions of the monarch. Finally, it looks at the concept of virtue in the plays, arguing that Chapman viewed virtue as fundamentally unsustainable in a corrupt court setting, but that he …
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Building Coercive Capacity: Three Essays
… for agency problems such as collusion and treason. Thus, leaders must balance their efforts to empower collective action among security officials while managing this principal-agent problem and undermining adverse collective action. The chapter "Fending Off Shield and Sword: How Strategic …
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By hotter winds : the road to Samarkand
… set off. Along the way we ran into some trouble: treason in Croatia; psychosis in Serbia; sedition in Azerbaijan; starvation on the Caspian. And we weren’t even in Central Asia yet. We still had to negotiate desert roads and traverse the Pamir Highway, second-highest in the world. Before reaching …
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Contesting the past in the present: a critique of transitional justice scheme in Taiwan
… reconcile only with those who were ‘innocent’ of treason. By the same token, the identity of White Terror victims is de-politicised, distorting the content of their trauma and shame and their survivorhood in present-day Taiwan. Informants’ non-official discourses, which point up the contradictions …
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