Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Signalling Beliefs in Ogilby's AFRICA: Representations of Religion and Group Identities in West-Central Africa

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): McGill, Michael Timothy, Thesis advisor (ths): Elbl, Ivana, Degree committee member (dgc): Keefer, Katrina, Degree committee member (dgc): Siena, Kevin, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This study analyzes Christian European perceptions of group identity and beliefs in early modern geographic literature, as exemplified by John Ogilby's Africa (1670), a selective translation of Olfert Dapper's 1668 work, and its descriptions of West-Central Africa. Ogilby's work, congruently with contemporary geographic literature, employed the Christian religion as a key… more
Full Text: SIGNALLING BELIEFS IN OGILBY’S AFRICA: REPRESENTATIONS OF RELIGION AND GROUP IDENTITIES IN WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the …

A knight and his horse: The social impact of horses in medieval France, 1150-1300

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Seabolt, Amanda Peyton, Thesis advisor (ths): Harris-Stoertz, Fiona, Degree committee member (dgc): Findon, Joanne, Degree committee member (dgc): Elbl, Ivana, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This thesis examines the social impact of horses on French elites between 1150 and 1300. Using courtly literature, a veterinary treatise, manuscript illuminations, archeological studies, material artefacts, and account books, it explores the place of horses in elite society—practical and symbolic—and assesses the social costs of elite use and ownership of horses. While horses served… more
Full Text: A KNIGHT AND HIS HORSE: THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF HORSES IN MEDIEVAL FRANCE, 1150-1300 A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …