Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Author "Springer, Michael S."
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Elis Gruffydd and Welsh identity in the sixteenth century.
Riley-Adams, Ann Dobbs (2018)In 1552, Welsh soldier and chronicler Elis Gruffydd (c.1490-c.1552) completed a 2500-folio manuscript, which is little known and rarely studied. Its obscurity belies its importance. This document can tell us much about ... -
English Catholics & anti-Catholicism in the mid-Victorian era : anti-papal or anti-imperialist?.
Chaple, Alan G. (2016)The primary intent of this research is to evaluate and deduce events, leading up to, during, and after, the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in Great Britain. The culmination of this work questions the perception of ... -
Footprints of the missionary : the road of General Conference Mennonites in Oklahoma.
Buller, Kevin R. (2010)"General Conference Mennonites in the United States are prevalent in the states of Pennsylvania on the east coast, and in Kansas on the central plains. The state of Oklahoma too has its share of the denomination as well. ... -
From milk cans to toilet paper : the story of Jewish resistance in the Warsaw, ?o?dz?, and Krako?w ghettos, 1940-1944.
Hadley, Jason Michael (2017)The fate of European Jewry was still unwritten when Adolph Hitler and his Nazi party came into power in January 1933; however, over the course of twelve years he and his followers attempted to eradicate the continent's 9.5 ... -
Head or heart? : The Richardson-Fanning Controversy and its effect on spirituality in the Stone-Campbell movement.
Adams, Keven Kent (2015)Dr. Robert Richardson, a leader in the early Stone-Campbell Movement, an indigenous American church, challenged the theology of the sect, which consubstantiated Spirit and scripture. The group highly regarded enlightened ... -
Irish female criminality in nineteenth century London.
Dahl, Elizabeth R. (2018)As a consequence of the Great Famine, many Irish were forced to migrate to London in the hopes of finding gainful employment and relief from starvation. A large percentage of these immigrants moved to impoverished neighborhoods ... -
Men are cheaper than gold : English sailors and their irreligiousness towards society, 1560-1642
Savill, Dennis Ray (2015)The English common sailor rose from his humble beginnings to the pinnacle of renown and fame during the repulsion of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Afterwards, with the rise of the privateer and the merchant ships, the Royal ... -
Orientalism in British policymaking: Gertrude Bell and the Iraq Mandate, 1921-1932
Mannis, Kaitlyn L. (2024)In the wake of the First World War, the League of Nations established the mandate system to stabilize the territories that had, until recently, been under the control of Germany or the Ottoman Empire. It did so by assigning ... -
Queen's women : the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1866 and 1869.
Bettes, Melissa N. (2017)This thesis will examine the implementation of the Contagious Diseases Acts (CDA) of 1866 and 1869 and the process undertaken by those in and out of Parliament to repeal the legislation. This task will be accomplished by ... -
Religion and politics in the career of William Cecil : an evaluation of Elizabeth I's chief minister.
Alleman, Jennifer Lauren (2010)While most historians argue William Cecil's ultimate aim was either to build a Protestant England or a powerful government, my thesis concludes that a stable country, both religiously and politically, was his primary ... -
Revolution, imperialism, and the Hawaiian monarchy : reconsidering American-Hawaiian affairs during the late nineteenth century.
Paige, Forrest W. L. (2014)After 100 years, the Hawaiian kingdom's collapse continues to garner not only academic debate, but also long-standing hostilities rooted in deep-seated sentiments of Pacific Nativism and American Nationalism. From this ... -
The changing visual identity of churches : from symbols to branding.
Fuller, Corey Lee (2009)This study, titled "The Changing Visual Identity of Churches: From Symbols to Branding", follows the evolution from simple symbols to modern visual identity systems being used by churches. This research explores when the ... -
The Glorious Revolution in Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Evans, Richard A. (2014)This thesis focuses on the political relationship between the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the English Crown between 1630 and 1691. It begins with the establishment of the colony and how the Puritans who settled in ... -
The inherent influence of travel on an emerging feminist icon : Florence Nightingale abroad.
Riepl, Lauren M. (2017)The primary intent of this research is to evaluate and deduce events leading up to, during, and after the travels of Florence Nightingale abroad in Europe and the near East. This work examines the perception of how enforced ... -
"Who will protect the working girl?" : the effect of the 1909 shirtwaist strike and triangle factory fire on early twentieth century labor organizations.
Beasley, Kate Lynn (2017)Organized labor through unions was prominent as part of the Progressive Era in the early twentieth century. Under the influence of the American Federation of Labor, groups such as the Women's Trade Union League and ...