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Instigating Victorian Morality: The Clapham Sect And The Reformation of Manners Campaign (thesis)
In the reformation of manners campaign the Clapham sect attempted to apply universal moral principles to the different classes of British society in different ways. Bifurcated methods of engagement with the upper and lower ...
A Cowardly Lion?: The German Catholic Episcopate and the Third Reich (thesis)
Since the publication of Rolf Hochhuth's drama, Der Stellvertreter, in 1963 through the publication of John Cornwell's book, Hitler's Pope, in 1999 and Besier's The Holy See and Hitler's Germany in 2007, the Catholic Church ...
Pius IX and papal infallibility : La tradizione son' Io! (thesis)
Pius IX was undoubtedly one of the most remarkable men ever to occupy the chair of Saint Peter. He was one of the most devout, beloved popes in history, but also one of the most controversial and detested. He promoted ...
From Brown to Green: School Desegregation in Roanoke, Virginia (thesis)
This thesis examines the trajectory of desegregation between 1952 and 1970. The
first chapter looks at the early years: the establishment of black schools in the city from the late nineteenth century through the years ...
Feraoun and the Algerian Revolution: The Identities of the Algerian Revolution and the Ways in which an Algerian Writer Interprets These Identities (thesis)
The Algerian revolution was a war fought not only for the independence of Algeria but for the preservation of Arab identity as well. The French had spent over one hundred years attempting to change Algerian identity; they ...
Creating the Ideal English Catholic: Martyrs and Their Scripts in Elizabethan England (thesis)
. . . My analysis does use quotes and stories from various martyrdom accounts, but the purpose of this thesis is to look specifically at how martyrdom and martyrs
were framed and described at different times and in different ...
Jerome's Jewish Asceticism The Targum of Qohelet's Influence on Jerome's Theology of Asceticism in the "Commentary on Ecclesiastes" (thesis)
This thesis examines Jerome’s engagement with Aramaic targumim, specifically the Targum of Qohelet. I survey the state of Hieronymian studies. I argue that Jerome’s theological work has been unfairly subordinated to his ...
The President's Other Half: Power, Politics, and America's First Ladies (thesis)
While traditional scholarly literature has neglected the office, the First Lady has tremendous power and plays a pivotal role during her husband's administration. In the public/private and masculine/feminine dualities, ...