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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"rulership"”.
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Ruling the Dead: Rulership, Spirit Pacification, and the Water-Land Retreat in Fourteenth-Century East Asia
… same purpose; and what does this tell us about rulership at a regional level? In investigating these questions, this dissertation first establishes that spirit pacification was a paradigm, shared across East Asia, for understanding the relationship between the living and the dead, and …
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A comparative study of Urraca of León-Castilla (d. 1126), Melisende of Jerusalem (d. 1161), and Empress Matilda of England (d. 1167) as royal heiresses
… to keep power, and the unique variations of rulership that are specific to each queen regnant. In general, medieval society expected royal power would be held by men, but in the absence of a male heir, women, on occasion, held royal office. This study observes how royal heiresses could …
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Child Kingship in England, Scotland, France, and Germany, c.1050 - c.1250
… and legal approach to the study of the nature of rulership and royal administrative practices. Part I provides vital context of how royal fathers prepared their underage sons for kingship. I argue for the importance of maternal involvement in association, demonstrate the significant benefits a …
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The Body of Christ and the Law: A Comparative Study of Romans 7:4 and Galatians 2:19
… spiritual in nature, consisting of a change in rulership. The believer's death to sin terminates the rule of sin but does not do away with sin’s existence in the believer's life. Furthermore, the believer's death to sin has soteriological significance; therefore it cannot be metaphorical. The …
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Christus Regnat: Inauguration and images of kingship in England, France and the Empire c.1050-c.1250
… or ‘law-centred’ interpretations of rulership. By taking an interdisciplinary and transnational approach, and by bringing together types of source material that have traditionally been studied in isolation, a continued flourishing of Christ-centred kingship in the twelfth and early …
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Pictish Mounds and Norse Assembly Sites: Norse Settlement and Landscapes in the Orkney Islands from the 9th to 11th century
… Orkney built upon it, adapting their beliefs and rulership to meet new realities. By the 11th century, what emerged was a distinctly Orcadian identity: rooted in Norse heritage but shaped by generations of adaptation, cultural blending, and lived experience on the islands.
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Reading Servius in Context and Reception
… Royal entry poems and the Fall of Princes define rulership authorised by references to the past. They re-imagine cities and rulers by projecting an imagined Roman model onto the mediaeval world. Servius can be seen as an outstanding example of why reception studies should also consider the teacher …
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The lioness roared: The problems of female rule in English history
… I's efforts to create a viable model of female rulership in her anomalous position as a single woman are explored. The fourth chapter examines the marriage of Queen Anne and her husband, Prince George of Denmark, and suggests how precedent and personality contributed to the further evolution of …
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The Ritualisation of Political Power in Early Rus (10th-12th centuries)
… iconographic artefacts—as rituals of triumphal rulership reflecting both Byzantine and wider medieval culture. This study concludes with a discussion of the themes explored in its three chapters and offers further considerations about the influence of the Church and monastic culture inherited …
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Resurrection in Daniel 12 and its Contribution to the Theology of the Book of Daniel
… of God's power, sovereignty, and glory, His rulership over history, and His Lordship over life and death.</p> <p>The presence of the motifs of death, resurrection, retribution, eternal life, and judgment in the resurrection passages and their connection and considerable contribution to such …
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Ghazal Poetry and the Marwanids: A study of Kuthayyir Azza
… performance of the Hajj) and rightful claims to rulership, and between cognate motifs in Umayyad poetry and the Qur'an. The interpretation of the life and work of Kuthayyir sets Hijazi love poetry of the first Islamic century within the historical context of political contexts and patronage …
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Gender as a resource of power at the early modern court of Württemberg, c. 1580-1630
… these two differently structured approaches to rulership allows for the investigation of the power dynamics of monogamy and polygamy in one coherent case study. Württemberg is an interesting location for this research since it was a large and important territory of southern Germany, which came …
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Like Life: Royal Portraits of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) in Ritual Context
… halls, it also examines the Joseon concepts of “rulership” embodied by the portraits displayed in them and the way the visual formulas for these portraits changed over the course of the dynasty. For the latter, I use the history of the imperial portraits of the Ming Dynasty as a foil. The fifth …
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A Descriptive Analysis of Creation Concepts and Themes in the Book of Psalms
… degrees of emphasis: Perfection and redemption, rulership and sovereignty, creativity and generativity, clashes of forces and conquests, protection and providence, proclamation and praise.</p> <p>The discussion of Old Testament Creation, beyond the Psalms, includes passages and poetry in Genesis, …
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Function and Nature of the Heavenly Sanctuary/Temple and its Earthly Counterparts in the New Testament Gospels, Acts, and the Epistles: A Motif Study of Major Passages
… to exercise authority, power, sovereignty, and rulership; it is where judgment and vindication are made, the new covenant is ratified. It is a place to present praise and worship to God, celebrating Christ's victory over evil. The heavenly sanctuary/temple is where Christ presents His …
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Soft power and the Qing state: publishing, book collection, and political legitimacy in eighteenth-century China
I explore the process by which the Qianlong emperor, who ruled China from 1736 to 1799, and his officials attempted to consolidate the political legitimacy of the Manchu ruling house over the Han Chinese populace through using institutions inside and outside the state to distribute imperial …
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Cypriot Donor Portraiture: Constructing the Ideal Family
… through time that indicate the shifting foreign rulership faced by the population. Part of the Byzantine Empire until captured by Richard the Lionheart in 1191, Cyprus came under Frankish domain when it was transferred in 1192 to Guy de Lusignan, the dispossessed King of Jerusalem. For years …
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Dominion Shifts in Biblical Apocalyptic Literature: a Narrative Reading of Daniel 7 and Revelation 12-14 Vis-À-Vis Genesis 1-3
… the issues of dominion shifts (changes in rulership/administration) and divine legislation.</p> <p>Methodology</p> <p>This dissertation focuses on three crucial texts of the biblical metanarrative (Gen 1–3; Dan 7; Rev 12–14) in order to better understand their narrative function or …