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The development of religious education in the Baptist Sunday schools of the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
The purpose of this study is to find out how the Sunday school in the Baptist churches in the United States has developed in religious education. The main features with regard to which the study is made are 1) the purpose ...
The western abolitionists
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
diligently. Before 1820, the slave-trade was the object of antagonism generally and when it ceased, the system as a whole, was attacked. Opposition took definite shape in the attempts of the churches and abolition societies to arouse public sentiment...
The history of Bithynia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
If the true test of a culture lies in the men of learning that it produces, Bithynia, though not so fast in development as the other states of a Hellenistic pattern, attained a standard equal to any and deserves a position ...
The origin of the new monarchy : a study of Edward IV's reign
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
It is the purpose of this thesis to show that the so-called "New Monarchy", commonly ascribed to the Tudor period, had its beginnings when Edward IV - strong in hereditary rights, successful in battle, and relying for ...
Mediaeval student life
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
To understand the origin and development of the mediaeval universities we must turn to those great social, political and religious movements which characterize that period of European history known as the Twelfth Century Renaissance. At the close...
Art as an interpretation of history during the Hellenistic Age
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
In this work, I have not been concerned so much with the trivial events and facts of art in history, as I have desired to interpret in a broader sense the political and social condition of the age through the medium of its sculpture and its...
The origin, growth, and characteristics of English medieval libraries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
A narrative of libraries falls, as normally, into the four periods usually known as Oriental, Classical, Medieval, and Modern, as does a narrative of political events. There are certain distinguishing characteristics ...
A study of the origin and development of the English baronial boroughs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
, in the following pages, to do some justice to this portion of English institutional history. The origins of the baronial boroughs and the different classes into which they may be arranged will be first taken up."...
The English towns and the War of the Roses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
Text from page 5: "The growth, material progress and political power of the English towns in the fifteenth century may claim some attention. In this study nothing is more noticeable than the gradual breaking up of the ...
Hamilton R. Gamble and the provisional government of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
In order to present an intelligible account of the necessity of a Provisional Government in Missouri; and the policies, actions, and results of such a government, it will be necessary to devote attention, to the political ...
The development of railroads in Missouri to 1860
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
Railroad construction in Missouri was undertaken by private companies who expected to finance the roads by subscriptions to the capital stock by individuals, towns and counties. Early in 1851 the people realized that the ...
Opposition to the reelection of Thomas Hart Benton in 1844
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
In February, 1850, Thomas Hart Benton was defeated for reelection to the Senate of the United States. This defeat of Benton marked the culmination of one of the most exciting senatorial campaigns ever waged in the state. ...
Antony's oriental policy until the defeat of the Parthian expedition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
Text from page 1: "For a comprehensive study of Antony's relations to the Orient, it is necessary to take up in some detail the proconsulship of Gabinius in Syria, for it was as commander of the cavalry that Antony first ...