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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"plunder"”.
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"Butchery and Plunder in God's Name": The Causes of Oliver Cromwell's 1649-1650 Irish Campaign
<p>This thesis proposes to examine the campaign of Oliver Cromwell against the Irish in the years 1649-1650, and its immediate and long-range causes. This will be done by examining the campaign itself and the history of the English and Irish from their first meeting to the final confrontation …
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Ancient Art, Modern Tech: Experiencing the Digital Reinvention of the Mogao Grottoes
… threats from natural disasters to imperialistic plunder. But now it must confront the greatest challenge to its continued existence: modern-day tourism. The sheer volume of visitors seeking a direct experience of this unique but delicate site has resulted in an increasingly rapid process of …
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Mosby's Rangers: the 43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion, C.S.A.
… tactic. The Partisan Ranger Law authorized plunder as the spoils of war. The battalion had no formal camp. Rangers boarded in the homes of Southern sympathizers or in crude lean-tos. They performed scout and reconnaissance duties in the enemy's rear. Mosby's men harassed the Federal lines of …
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Synoikism : people, power and poleis
… 'colonising' process) was considerable. War and plunder are argued to have been the most important sources of income. (iii) The consequences of the expansion and intensification of slavery were qualitatively far greater than commonly allowed. Historical literature usually fails to take proper …
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MADE IN RURAL CHINA--The analysis and redesign of the urbanization trajectory for e-commerce villages in rural China
… by the communities. They benefit not by the plunder of capital, but by the elimination of the social subjectivity of those who have created value. E-commerce villages are one of those communities. They seized the opportunity of e-commerce development to make profit and support the online …
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Subjecthood and Sovereignty among the ‘Real’ and ‘Imagined’ Pirates of a ‘Golden Age’, 1690–1705
… and representations of specific incidents of plunder. By placing the emphasis upon piracy as an imagined phenomenon, this thesis challenges the binary often drawn between the ‘real pirates of history and the history of piracy in popular culture’. Throughout the thesis, the life of James Kelly, …
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English privateering during the Spanish and French wars, 1625-1630
… in packs of three or four, English privateers plundered in the English Channel, the Bay of Biscay, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. While the fortunes of the King's fleet, waned those of the privateers waxed, as prize upon prize was seized and returned to England. The success of many …
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The image of art spoliation in France, 1796–1830
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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Die Bibliothek von Leo Baeck
This study presents the results of the search for Leo Baeck’s private library that was looted by the Nazis in 1943. It shows that the current state of research is failing to provide methods to conduct this search, and demonstrates how to overcome this lack by adopting a bibliometric approach to …