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"I was sick and you visited me" : the hospital of Saint John in Brussels and its patrons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
To understand medieval urban, societal, and economic changes, one only has to look to hospitals, which were the recipients of donations from medieval burgenses, refuges for the sick and poor, and places where local churchmen ...
Advocacy, human rights, and foreign policy : the case of Rwanda
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The United States, uniquely positioned as a world leader, has the ability and the wherewithal to encourage and promote acceptance and adherence to ...
"The kingdom of the English is of God" : the effects of the Norman conquest on the cult of the saints in England
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This thesis looks at the process of saint-making in England after the Norman Conquest, examining both new saints whose cults were accepted and potential saints who did not succeed in becoming officially canonized. In chapter ...
Kachinas are snowmakers : United States public land management and the Hopi quest for religious freedom, 1962-2008
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This study constitutes an original in-depth look at the first federal judicial case to test the scope of religious protections offered to Native American sacred places on public lands by the Religious Freedom Restoration ...
Foreign occupation and the development of Filipino nationalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The history of the Philippines is one defined by its regional, ethnic and geographical division. Since its settlement by the earliest Malay immigrants, the over 7,000 islands have hosted a multitude of cultures, languages, ...
Scandinavians and settlement in the eastern Irish sea region during the Viking age
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The Viking Age in England has long been a source of intellectual curiosity that has often been shrouded in obscurity. Although it is a known fact that the Viking Age (ca. 800-1100) included much activity in England, there ...
An unintended order : the centrality of character and circumstance in the twelfth-century Gilbertine communities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This thesis examines questions related to the emergence of the Gilbertine Order in twelfth-century England. While scholars have noted the importance of circumstantial necessity in the order's early history, I believe that ...
Under the big top : big tent revivalism and American culture, 1880-1925
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] What was the relationship between itinerate evangelism and the rapidly changing American society and culture at the turn of the twentieth-century? The ...