Qubbat al-Sakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem); Jerusalem--Buildings, structures, etc.; Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Caliph, 642-705
This thesis provides a hypothesis as to why the Dome of the Rock
was built. I examine various scholarly theories concerning the
construction of the first notable work of Islamic architecture, which was
built in Jerusalem during the last decade of...
Clement VI, Pope, ca 1291-1352; Popes--Primacy--History; Popes--Temporal power--History
The papacy of Clement VI (1342-1352) was distinguished by
its political activism, its attempt to resurrect the impetus
for crusading, and its efforts to attract the best and
brightest talents to Avignon. The attributes which
characterize his...
Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818--Criticism and interpretation; Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818. The monk
When Ambrosio in Matthew Lewis's 1796 gothic masterpiece, The Monk , signs a contract relegating his soul to Satan and eternal damnation, he has reached the culmination of 442 pages of mental anguish, of his self wrestling with his conscience to...
St. Irene (Church : Istanbul, Turkey); Irene, Empress of the East, 752?-803; Constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of the East, 718-775; Apses (Architecture)--Turkey--Istanbul; Art patronage--Turkey--Istanbul--History--8th century
The mosaic of the cross in the apse of Hagia Eirene in Constantinople is examined in order to determine the imperial patron responsible for it's construction. Key points in this study are Orthodox image veneration, Iconoclast doctrine and the...
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Art; Breastfeeding in art
This dissertation is an analysis of Italian late medieval and Renaissance peoples’ response to the Madonna lactans image. Although the images that comprise this type are similar in that Mary holds Christ at her breast, they vary widely in...
This study is a historical analysis of reasons and dynamics behind the emergence of fundamentalist religious movements. Its purpose is to develop a new conceptual apparatus to the approach toward religious fundamentalist movements that would...
English ballads and songs--Religious aspects; Scottish ballads and songs--Religious aspects; Religion in literature
The present study of the religious element in the popular ballads is based largely on Mr. George L. Kittredge's edition of Mr. Francis J. Child's collection of English and Scottish popular ballads, the completeness of which, up to this time, has...
The conversion of Scandinavia, Iceland and Finland occurred over many years and resulted in the formation of Scandinavian monarchies, a strong Icelandic parliament, and an loosely organized Finnish nation. The conversion of Northern Europe was...
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol 7. No. 18. but is actually Vol. 7. No. 19.
This work seeks to fill a gap in the academic literature concerning the study of the Ilkhanid Mongols of the Middle East during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries CE using Armenian, Persian, Arabic, and Syriac primary sources in English...
This critical inquiry into the social constructions of "black" and "white" identities analyzes the roles of the three "western" monotheisms (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) in the cognitive and sociohistorical...
Students; Schools; Group portraits; Religious facilities; Buildings; People
Address: 3136 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Students dressed in white uniforms stand on the front steps of Holy Cross Church. The girls wear ribbons in their hair and the boys where dark bow ties. A man in the back is holding the United States...
School children; Schools; Group portraits; Religious facilities; Priests; Graduation ceremonies; Buildings; People
Address: 3136 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Students stand on the front steps of Holy Cross Church. The girls wear dresses and hold a bouquet of flowers. The boys are dressed in white with long ties. All the students hold scrolls of paper. Two...
School children; Schools; Group portraits; Religious facilities; Graduation ceremonies; Buildings; People
Address: 3136 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Students stand on the front steps of Holy Cross Church. The girls wear dresses and hold bouquets of flowers. The boys are dressed in white with long ties. All the students hold scrolls of paper. The...
School children; Schools; Group portraits; Religious facilities; Bands; Percussion instruments; People
Address: 3136 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Students stand on the front steps of Holy Cross Church in band uniforms. Each holds an instrument (drum, triangle or tambourine), except the girl in the middle who holds a baton. The entry to the...
School children; Schools; Group portraits; Religious facilities; Priests; Nuns; Graduation ceremonies; People
Address: 3136 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Students dressed in white uniforms stand on the front steps of Holy Cross School. A priest stands in the back and a nun stands to one side of the group. On the front of the picture is written,...
School children; Schools; Group portraits; Religious facilities; Priests; Nuns; Graduation ceremonies; People
Address: 3136 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Students stand on the front steps of Holy Cross Church. The girls wear dresses and corsages. The boys are dressed in white with long ties. All the students hold scrolls of paper. On either side of...
School children; Schools; Group portraits; Religious facilities; Priests; Nuns; Graduation ceremonies; People
Address: 3136 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. Students pose on the front steps of Holy Cross School. The girls wear white dresses and hats and sit with hands in lap and ankles crossed. The boys stand in the back dressed in white with long ties....
Church buildings--Spain; Church architecture--Spain; Spain--History--711-1516
This dissertation examines the architectural evidence in the ongoing debate surrounding the demographical and political value of the shifting Iberian frontier of the tenth through twelfth centuries. In particular, it seeks to problematize the...
In the year 1573 when Shakespeare and Marlowe were already boys of nine, Chapman in adolescence, Spenser, Lyly and Richard Hooker men of twenty, John Donne, then important to only a few but destined to the company of royalty, was born. Walton...
