Browsing by Subject "Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies (research)"
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A game of power. Courtly influence on the decision-making of emperor Theodosius II (r. 408-450)
(2013)The aim of this thesis is to uncover the workings and levels of courtly influence on Theodosius II's (r. 408-450) decision-making, but also, through analysis of the material by using modern theories, to gain a deeper ... -
"A union not only of Bodies but of Spirits" The Image of the Kiss in the Commentaries on the Song of Songs of Bernard of Clairvaux and William of St. Thierry
(2014)In twelfth-century mysticism, the Song of Songs with its sensual language gained great popularity. The image of the kiss was used to describe the ultimate union of the soul with God. I explain why the Cistercian authors ... -
Amorous adventures and Questionable Meals. Concepts of impurity and pollution in early medieval penitentials.
(2013)This thesis investigates the concepts of purity and impurity in a selection of early medieval penitential handbooks, which were used as some sort of guide books by confessors. Based on the theory of anthropologist Mary ... -
An exploratory expedition. The functions of short enumerations in Middle Dutch manuscripts.
(2014)Short, enumerating texts can be found in many Middle Dutch manuscripts, but have never been the subject of any research so far. The thesis attempts to make these texts somewhat more easily accessible as a group by collecting ... -
Antropologie en de bruidsschat in Klassiek Athene. Een onderzoek naar de toepassing van moderne antropologische theorie op de klassiek Atheense samenleving
(2013)In 1994, Sourvinou-Inwood wrote about the dangers of the direct application of modern anthropological models to the study of Classical Athens, with a focus on women in religion. In my opinion, the same holds good for the ... -
Asklepios' Arrival at Athens. A Perspective on the Athenian Introduction of the Epidaurian Asklepios Cult (420/419 B.C.E.) in the Context of the Peace of Nikias and the Interstate Relations in Classical Greece.
(2013)This thesis offers a new view on the introduction of the cult of Asklepios from Epidauros into Athens, immediately following the Archidamian War. Previous interpretations focused on the significance of Asklepios as a ... -
Busy Rhodes. The island of Rhodes and the development of distribution networks in the eastern Aegean.
(2015)The island of Rhodes was a prosperous state during the Hellenistic period and its power has been the subject of much scholarly debate. In this thesis, I show how this prosperity was already developing during the Archaic ... -
Celtiberian Cities and Roman Rule : Urbanization and Romanization in Celtiberia
(2013)On Celtiberian urbanism there are two discourses: on the one hand, the prehistorical discourse regarding pre-Roman Celtiberia an urban society. On the other, the historical discourse explaining how the Romans created the ... -
Changing representations: Pippin the Hunchback in Carolingian memory
(2015)This thesis is about the changing representations of Pippin the Hunchback in Carolingian memory, focussing especially on Carolingian historiography. -
Chivalry and Politics in Fifteenth-Century Orders of Knighthood
(2014)My thesis examines the relationship between politics and idealistic chivalric notions in the functioning of lay orders of knighthood. The thesis focuses specifically on two orders: the Order of the Golden Fleece under the ... -
Medievalisms and Others: Exploring Knights and Vikings at the Movies
(2014)This thesis deals with medievalism within medieval cinema and how certain social groups are represented within these cultural productions. In my thesis I explore how and what medievalism is, especially in comparison to ... -
Method in the Madness: Vowel length, schwa and the quality of consonants in the orthography of Early Old Irish
(2015)A study of three aspects of the orthography of Early Old Irish; long vowels, the schwa and the glide vowels. How do these orthographical conventions differ from Classical Old Irish, and is there a pattern behind the seemingly ... -
Misbehaved or Misunderstood?: Sir Kay and His Audience in Four Arthurian Romances
(2015)In Arthurian romance, Sir Kay is a controversial character. Usually, it is assumed by scholars that he is an irritant and a failure as a knight. In my thesis, I disprove this assumption, and show that there is more to Kay ... -
Norse loanwords in Old and Middle Irish - a semantic analysis of the Irish-Norse (language) contact situation
(2014)Ever since we found records of the coming of the Norsemen to Ireland, this topic has been a major area of interest within the fields of history, archaeology, literary studies and linguistics. As a result, much research on ... -
'Om den dienst goeds te vermeerren' - Parish liturgy in Leiden St Peter's church 1398-1512
(2013)This thesis explores the usefulness of one particular type of source material (foundation deeds of liturgical services) for the study of liturgical history in a local context, in this thesis exemplified for the case of ... -
Orcain catrach Mael Milscothaig: An edition and partial translation of Airec Menman Uraird maic Coisse
(2015)This thesis presents an edition and partial translation of Airec Menman Uraird maic Coisse ('the Stratagem of Urard mac Coisse'), a medieval Irish text that contains the so-called Tale Lists. The poet Urard mac Coisse goes ...