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Henry IV: Faith's Power in Politics Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Until the Protestant Reformation, the Catholic faith of the kings and queens of Europe was an assumption, not a debate. As the fragment grenade of the reformation exploded across Europe, however, what was once assumed was ... -
Heterogeneous Exiliados, Permanent Exilios, and Imagined Patrias: Modern Exile from Argentina and Chile Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Arthur Dixon’s “Heterogeneous Exiliados, Permanent Exilios, and Imagined Patrias: Modern Exile from Argentina and Chile” sheds new light on a subject well known to scholars of Latin America. His detailed analysis demonstrates ... -
Hugo Falcandus, the History of Tyrants, and the Normalization of Norman Sicily Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)In “Hugo Falcandus, the History of the Tyrants, and the Normalization of Norman Sicily,” Arthur Dixon tackles a complex period in history with concise analysis and provides unexpected insight. He elucidates the ways in ... -
The Impact of Failed Lesbian Feminist Ideology and Rhetoric Undergraduate
(2013-10-01)"The Impact of Failed Lesbian Feminist Ideology and Rhetoric" is a sophisticated analysis of the politics of lesbian feminism. Lesbian feminism, a radical feminist separatist movement that emerged as part of second-wave ... -
The Influence of Indigenous Artistis in the Maps of the Relaciones Geográficas Undergraduate
(2012-10-01)In the late sixteenth century the Spanish cosmographer López de Velasco ordered maps of cities and towns in America to be produced and returned to Spain to gain a more accurate understanding of Spanish territory in the New ... -
Intersections of Anarcho-Feminism: Emma Goldman, Mujeras Libres, and the Spanish Civil War Undergraduate
(2013-10-01)In this paper, Alexandra Wright evokes a feminist movement that flared to life in 1930’s Spain, burned brightly amid the political chaos of the Spanish Civil War, and just as quickly burned out. Emma Goldman’s sexually ... -
The King and I?: An Analysis of Social Class and Loyalty in the Sagas of the Icelanders Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)Caleb Farris’s The King and I?: An Analysis of Social Class and Loyalty in the Sagas of the Icelanders, describes the role of social hierarchies in Viking society. It is not only brilliantly written, but underscores the ... -
The Legacy of Honor in War Undergraduate
(2012-10-01)From the earliest accounts of warfare, honor has been central to the warrior ethos. But is honor today the same as it was thousands of years ago? From the Iliad to the Peloponnesian War, from the Romans to the Crusaders, ... -
A Lengend in the Making: The Evolution of the Conquest Accounts of Al-Andalus Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Kiley Foster’s paper, A Legend in the Making: The Evolution of the Conquest Accounts of Al-Andalus, on the conquest accounts of Al-Andalus is well constructed, consistently interesting, and unique vis-à-vis the other ... -
The Liberal Libertine: Gender and Revolution in the Writings of Francisco de Miranda Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)Francisco de Miranda's life embodied the contradiction which was central to the Age of Democratic Revolution: to what extent could the liberal ideologies emerging from the Enlightenment replace the old order? Just as other ... -
The Lie in the Teapot: China, China Export Porcelain, and the Construction of Orientalism during the American Republic Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)The Lie in The Teapot: China, China Export Porcelain, and the Construction of Orientalism during the American Republic, by Kiersten Strachan is an original and provocative contribution to our understanding of early American ... -
Much to Lose by Revolution: Nothing to Dread from Reform: Education Reform as a Means of Class Alliance in Victorian England Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Many historians agree that the Victorian period was crucial in the development of education in England. In fact Dinah Birch, in her 2008 book Our Victorian Education goes so far as to say that it was the genesis of the ... -
Mussolini the Revolutionary: The March on Rome Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)The English language press appears to have been fascinated by the “March on Rome” – the peaceful Italian revolution – which is highly convenient, as it gives us a day by day account of the event, allowing us to see how the ... -
The National and International Responses to the Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)“The National and International Responses to the Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg,” by Mallory Hogan, analyzes a controversial episode in American history from a global perspective, discussing the reactions of the public ... -
Navigating the Revolution Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)“I believe that, regrettable though it is, our defeat in war is imminent and inevitable.” – Prince Konoe. By February 14th, 1945 the Japanese war position had become untenable. The Japanese military had been suffering ... -
Night of Broken Glass Remembered: How the New York Times Reported Kristallnacht in a Historical Context Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)It is often said that news organizations write the first draft of history. However, news organizations are not just recording history and filing it away. They distribute this draft to the public, whose world perceptions ... -
Out of the Ashes: African American Responses to the Second Italo-Ethiopian War Undergraduate
(He has few)Writing in 1938, two years after Fascist Italy conquered Ethiopia, the eminent African American intellectual and columnist George S. Schuyler proclaimed the Rise of the Black Internationale. Having faced the travails of ... -
Outrage at Oklahoma: Campus Protests in the Weeks after the Kent State Shootings Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)“Outrage at Oklahoma: Campus Protests in the Weeks after the Kent State Shootings,” by Dominic Granello, uses deep research in memoirs, campus newspapers, and oral history to paint a nuanced portrait of OU in the tumultuous ... -
Plague and Population in Early Medieval Europe Undergraduate
(2013-10-01)This meticulous and compelling paper shows that late antiquity and the incipient dark ages glimmered with more prosperity than most scholars have realized. Even as plague decimated the Mediterranean world, certain areas ... -
The Political Marginalization of Arab Christians in the British Mandatory Period Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)The Arab/Israeli conflict has been addressed as an ethnic conflict to a simple conflict over land. The use of a religious framework receives a lot of attention in the popular imagination, pitting Islam against Judaism. ...