Browsing 2010 MU theses - Freely available online by Thesis Advisor "Huneycutt, Lois L."
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"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 ... -
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 ...