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Showing 1 to 20 of 173 for “"fifteenth-century"”.
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St. Joseph Iconography In Fifteenth Century Florentine Painting
… items to Florentine nativities in the 15th century is understated at best, if not ignored all together. These items appear during the rise of the Medici family, as an indication of the shift in culture towards the patriarchal society endorsed by this prominent family. The use of the saddle …
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Fraternity and Governance in Fifteenth-Century English Literature
… between fraternity and governance within fifteenth-century English literature, arguing that the familial relationships in these texts go beyond the interpersonal and are used by the authors to think through questions of both self-governance and the governing of the polity. Drawing on …
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Fifteenth century literary culture with particular reference to the patterns of patronage, focussing on the patronage of the Stafford family during the fifteenth century.
… role played by literary patronage in fostering fifteenth century English literature. The topic is approached by means of a detailed examination of the books and patronage of the Stafford family. The fifteenth century witnessed the "triumph of English" and its acceptance as a prestigious literary …
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"Imagined crusaders: the ""Livre d'Eracles"" in fifteenth century Burgundian collections"
… as it was conceived and collected in the fifteenth-century court of Burgundy, centered in the Burgundian Netherlands. It considers four individuals, Jean V of Créquy, Wolfert VI of Borssele, Louis of Gruuthuse, and King Edward IV of England, all of whom moved in the orbit of the …
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The Literary Lives of Intention in Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century England
… coherent narratives. Late fourteenth- and early fifteenth-century writers, however, not only draw on contemporary discussions of morality but also reshape them, applying theories of intention but nuancing and transforming them in the process. These discussions of intention inform our …
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Reconsidering institutional collapse and social transformation at Moundville during the Fifteenth century
… of produced and consumed objects during the fifteenth century indicates that there were structural shifts, not collapse, in materiality and monumentality during the fifteenth century in the Black Warrior Valley.
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The Question of the 'Standardisation' of Written English in the Fifteenth Century
… of the English language which occurred in the fifteenth century. The thesis considers how the standardisation of the English language is presently described in a number of textbooks. It questions the role of the late medieval English Chancery as an agent of standardisation, and the status of …
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En/gendering representations of childbirth in fifteenth-century Franco-Flemish devotional manuscripts
Representationso f childbirth in fifteenth-century devotional and historical manuscripts are invariably depicted as postpartum confinement scenes in a domestic interior. These images appear to show a `gendered space' in which women care for each other and men are marginalized. Neglected by medieval …
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Simple books for devout readers: Recovering a fifteenth-century middle English genre
This project recovers an overlooked fifteenth-century genre using a methodology informed by Object-Oriented Ontology. I collected fourteen manuscripts based on shared core features—portable size, small text box, textualis-leaning script, simple layout, primarily black ink with sparse yet helpful …
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Tokusei: The Causes and Motivations of Rural Unrest in Fifteenth Century Japan
This dissertation examines the origins of the popularly led tokusei revolt in Daigo, near Kyoto, in the ninth month of 1428. Described by contemporary commentators as ‘the first peasant uprising since the genesis of Japan’, the revolt culminated in commoners storming the temple of Daigoji, seizing …
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"Virtuous love: messages for brides and grooms in the fifteenth-century ""Otto Prints"""
… “Otto prints” within the extensive network of fifteenth-century marriage art by comparing the style and content of the engravings to other objects exchanged during the betrothal period. The engravings display subject matter and inscriptions that can be found on cassoni, mirrors, maiolica …
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Precarity and pastoral care : nuns and bishops in the fifteenth-century diocese of Lincoln.
… Taken together, these chapters reveal that 15th-century bishops of Lincoln adapted pastoral care to the specific needs of women religious. However, their care also reinforced gendered ideology and inequities that did little to alleviate the precarity of medieval English nuns.
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The Issue of Antitrinitarianism in the Fifteenth-Century Novgorod-Moscow Movement: Analysis and Evaluation
… to examine the trinitarian beliefs of the fifteenth-century Novgorod-Moscow movement, analyzing both their own writings and the polemical writings of those who considered their teaching antitrinitarian.</p> <p>The main objective of the present research is to contribute to the restoration of …
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The Fifteenth-Century French Chanson: A Computer-Aided Study of Styles and Style Change
… examination of general style change during the fifteenth century, the identification of specific changes in the styles of Binchois and Dufay through comparative analysis of chronologically grouped compositions, and the resolution of several questions of authorship on the basis of style …
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The Influence of Italian Renaissance Civilization in Fifteenth Century Spain: A Study in Cultural Transmission
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