Brown University Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Universities were among the most consequential institutions of the later middle ages, but in their formative years their success was threatened by the vehement critiques …
Year:: 2019
Contributor:: Carroll, Charles Scott (creator); Remensnyder, Amy (Advisor); Conant, Jonathan (Reader); Castiglione, Caroline (Reader); Brown University. Department of History (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Gender; Masculinity; Middle Ages; Rhetoric; Higher Education; France--Paris
Collection:: History; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: This dissertation treats the Cistercian Order's colonial practices over the long twelfth century through diplomatic sources.
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Grigoli, Leland Renato (creator); Remensnyder, Amy (Advisor); Conant, Jonathan (Reader); Bonde, Sheila (Reader); Kienzle, Beverly (Reader); Brown University. Department of History (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: History; religion; Middle Ages
Collection:: History; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: What was the secret life of concubines? Modern media defines concubines by their private sexual roles and depicts concubinage as a deeply emotional act that …
Year:: 2024
Contributor:: Murrell, Stacey E (creator); Remensnyder, Amy (Advisor); Conant, Jonathan (Reader); Castiglione, Caroline (Reader); Brown University. Department of History (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Gender; Middle Ages; power; Motherhood; concubines; Europe--Iberian Peninsula; Italy--Sicily; Spain--Andalusia; Mediterranean Region
Collection:: History; Theses and Dissertations

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