Browsing by Subject "History, European."
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The Catholic Church and the rebirth of civil society: Elite convergence, mobilization and democratic transitions in east-central Europe.
(1998)In addition to these developments at the elite level, the Church also nurtured moral and religious values at the grassroots level, sometimes in difficult conditions such as in Czechoslovakia. The stronger and more visible ... -
Dachau And Ravensbrück: A Comparative Analysis of Concentration Camps From 1933 to 1945
(2022-05)Comparing and contrasting the two infamous camps, Dachau and Ravensbrück, is fundamental in understanding the true nature of the two camps. Additionally, this research indirectly focuses on the question of ‘what defines a ... -
'Daughter of Zion': Elizabeth I and the relationship of virginity to monarchical power.
(2000)The argument of the dissertation involves the meanings of virginity and the representations of Elizabeth I during her reign and in the century after her death. Elizabeth has long been associated with the term "Virgin Queen, ... -
The exact sciences in Lutheran Germany and Tudor England.
(2005)The final chapters shift focus to England, where a revival of mathematical education was underway by mid-century. In this section, astronomy is defined broadly to include astronomical navigation, since the potential economic ... -
Glory and Empire: The London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews and the Road to the Balfour Declaration
(2016-05)The Balfour Declaration has often been seen as the culmination of the restorationist tradition and Christian Zionism in Britain. The London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews was an Evangelical mission ... -
Incomplete State-Making in a Divided Polity: Habsburg Austria, 1618-1914
(2018-05)Habsburg Austria is a unique case for the study of “state-making:” the creation of means by which a sovereign state asserts its ability to control its territory. Examples of state-making include the creation of a professional ... -
Life and labor in the Isle of Dogs :
(1984)This work is a case study of the origins and evolution of a specific type of urban community known as working-class villages. Such communities are characterized by deprived environments, predominantly proletarian populations, ... -
National stereotypes about Germans in American travel writings, 1815--1914.
(2000)In the early nineteenth century, Americans believed Germans were sluggish, phlegmatic, kind, and devoted to beer-drinking. By the end of the nineteenth century Americans perceived Germans as efficient, hard-working, ... -
"Physicke for Body and Soule": Medicine and Religion in Early Modern England
(2021-05-14)The body and soul were intimately linked in early modern religious thought. This thesis examines one facet of this connection: the relationship between medicine and religion in published sermons, religious tracts, and ... -
The private zone :
(1981)The respondents were asked to consider how freely they discussed news from foreign radio stations with the members of their families, their friends, their co-workers, acquaintances and strangers. The bulk of the respondents ... -
Prologue to imperialism :
(1980)A subsidiary theme in this work concerns the relationship of the Geographical Society of Paris with the expansionists. The Society became a kind of clearinghouse for various views and publications, and it furnished a ... -
A reconsideration of "Christian humanism" in the English Renaissance: Historicizing More, Elyot, and Spenser with a focus on Tudor nationalism.
(1997)Chapter Two addresses Sir Thomas More as a Catholic humanist, who represents English humanism before the Henrician Reformation and nationalism. Henry's break with Rome gave momentum to the development of Tudor dynastic ... -
A Rhetorical analysis of the polular society addresses of Thermidor /
(1998)The encouragement the letters give to violence and further terror are products of their orality. Because they were composed by committees' deliberations and for the specific purpose of being read aloud, the letters are ... -
The Search for an Austrian Nation, 1918-1933
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The social composition of the Nazi Party, 1919-1930 /
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Taylorism in France, 1904-1920 :
(1984)The introduction of Taylorism in France did not represent a complete break in French factory relations. Indeed, efforts by nineteenth-century employers to discipline their employers indicates greater continuity with Taylor's ... -
William of Ockham, Brevis summa libri Physicorum
(2018)A transcription of William of Ockham's "Brevis summa libri Physicorum," from a manuscript contained within Saint-Omer, Bibliothèque d’Agglomération du Pays de Saint-Omer (BA) 317. The Brevis summa is fol. 44ra-61vb.