Browsing 2015 Dissertations (UMKC) by Thesis Advisor "Mitchell, Linda Elizabeth"
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The Basset Family: Marriage Connections and Socio-Political Networks in Medieval Staffordshire and Beyond
(2015-06-19)The political turmoil of the eleventh to fourteenth centuries in England had far reaching consequences for nearly everyone. Noble families especially had the added pressure of ensuring wise pol ... -
Elegit Domum sibi Placabilem: Choice and the Twelfth-Century Religious Woman
(2015)This dissertation probes medieval sources to identify how and why women made transformative choices in their own lives and analyzes the consequences of those choices. The major case study investigates the life of Marie ...