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Competing Models of Hegemonic Masculinity in English Civil War Memoirs by Women

Description: This thesis examines the descriptions of Royalist and Parliamentarian masculinity in English Civil War memoirs by women through a close reading of three biographical memoirs written by Margaret Cavendish, duchess of Newcastle; Lady Ann Fanshawe; and Lucy Hutchinson. Descriptions of masculinity are evaluated through the lens of Raewyn Connell's theory of hegemonic masculinity to understand the impact two competing models of masculinity had on the social and political culture of the period. The… more
Date: December 2015
Creator: Du Bon-Atmai, Evelyn
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Partner: UNT Libraries

British Library Access Policies: Challenges and Approaches

Description: Presentation for the 2019 International Internet Preservation Consortium General Assembly and Web Archiving Conference. This presentation discusses access policies for the British Library web archives in light of the current legal framework and their impact on the user experience.
Date: June 7, 2019
Creator: Bingham, Nicola
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Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium

Creating an archive of European Union law for Brexit

Description: Presentation for the 2019 International Internet Preservation Consortium General Assembly and Web Archiving Conference. This presentation discussions The National Archives' (UK) process for creating a public web archive of European Union law at the time of Brexit.
Date: June 7, 2019
Creator: Storrar, Tom
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Partner: International Internet Preservation Consortium
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Lollardy and Eschatology: English Literature c. 1380-1430

Description: In this dissertation, I examine the various ways in which medieval authors used the term "lollard" to mean something other than "Wycliffite." In the case of William Langland's Piers Plowman, I trace the usage of the lollard-trope through the C-text and link it to Langland's dependence on the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares. Regarding Chaucer's Parson's Tale, I establish the orthodoxy of the tale's speaker by comparing his tale to contemporaneous texts of varying orthodoxy, and I link the Par… more
Date: December 2018
Creator: Regetz, Timothy
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The Power of Perception: Women and Politics at the Early Georgian Court

Description: The early Georgian period illustrates how the familial dynamic at court affected women’s opportunity to exert political influence. The court represented an important venue that allowed women to declare a political affiliation and to participate in political issues that suited their interests. Appearances often at variance with reality allowed women to manipulate and test their political abilities in order to have the capability to exercise any possible power. Moreover, some women developed pol… more
Date: August 2014
Creator: Stewart, Hailey A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries
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John Playford's The Division Violin: Improvisation and Variation Practice in English Violin Music of the Seventeenth Century

Description: English publisher John Playford (1623-1686/1687) first published his "The Division Violin: Containing a Collection of Divisions Upon Several Grounds for the Treble-Violin" in 1684. The first edition of this violin collection contains 26 written-out examples of improvisation, serving as a living snapshot of the performance practice of the time. This research is based on the second edition, which Playford had expanded into 30 pieces for the violin, published in 1685. The purpose of this study is … more
Date: August 2017
Creator: Chan, Tzu-Ying
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Partner: UNT Libraries
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Quia Emptores, Subinfeudation, and the Decline of Feudalism in Medieval England: Feudalism, it is Your Count that Votes

Description: The focus of this thesis is threefold. First, Edward I enacted the Statute of Westminster III, Quia Emptores in 1290, at the insistence of his leading barons. Secondly, there were precedents for the king of England doing something against his will. Finally, there were unintended consequences once parliament passed this statute. The passage of the statute effectively outlawed subinfeudation in all fee simple estates. It also detailed how land was able to be transferred from one possessor to ano… more
Date: August 2017
Creator: Garofalo, Michael D.
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British-Style Brass Bands in U.S. Colleges and Universities

Description: Since the 1980s, British-style brass bands - community ensembles modeled after the all-brass and percussion bands of Great Britain - have enjoyed a modest regeneration in the United States. During this same period, as many as 23 colleges and universities in the U.S. have founded their own curricular or extra-curricular brass band. The purpose of this research study was: to discover which schools sponsor a brass band currently; to discover which schools formerly sponsored a brass band but have s… more
Date: December 2016
Creator: Taylor, Mark A. (Mark Amdahl)
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Partner: UNT Libraries
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Food and the Master-Servant Relationship in Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Britain

Description: This thesis serves to highlight the significance of food and diet in the servant problem narrative of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Britain and the role of food in master-servant relationships as a source of conflict. The study also shows how attitudes towards servant labor, wages, and perquisites resulted in food-related theft. Employers customarily provided regular meals, food, drink, or board wages and tea money to their domestic servants in addition to an annual salary, yet food and m… more
Date: May 2017
Creator: Weiss, Victoria A.
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Capital Ships, Commerce, and Coalition: British Strategy in the Mediterranean Theater, 1793

Description: In 1793, Great Britain embarked on a war against Revolutionary France to reestablish a balance of power in Europe. Traditional assessments among historians consider British war planning at the ministerial level during the First Coalition to be incompetent and haphazard. This work reassesses decision making of the leading strategists in the British Cabinet in the development of a theater in the Mediterranean by examining political, diplomatic, and military influences. William Pitt the Younger… more
Date: August 2014
Creator: Baker, William Casey
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Dress

Description: Tunic-style dress of orange polyester crepe with black net design and digitally printed sports-themed figurative panel down center front. Full length, sleeveless. Crew neckline and armseyes in black with three light blue stripes. Drawstring of light blue cord across back below bustline; ties at sides. Deep side slits from hips to hemline. Designer's label: "Mary Katrantzou" Content/care tags at left side seam.
Date: Spring 2015
Creator: Katrantzou, Mary
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Brocade pants

Description: Pants of silk/nylon blend moire effect brocade in royal blue and black. Tapered leg with double welt zippered hem; sewn pleats. Elastic waist with double welt zippered pockets at front hips. Lined in black acetate. Designer's label: "Christopher Kane"
Date: 2012
Creator: Kane, Christopher
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

"Talon" dress

Description: "Talon" evening dress of polyester-silk jacquard. Digital weaving and pattern scaling to replicate natural patterns in feathers. Sleeveless with wide, slightly squared neckline; midi length. Side slit pockets. Lined in black silk. Center back zipper closure.
Date: 2018
Creator: Katrantzou, Mary
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

John Dryden Works Volume 2

Description: 3D scanned models miniature book of poetry. One volume in part of a collection of miniature volumes of poetry, essays, novels, and stories. Volumes are bound in publisher's embossed and textured blue cloth with blind-stamped rules and gilt urn device on front covers, same design on back covers without gilt, and ornately gilt spines with foliate forms and titles.
Date: 2016
Creator: Dryden, John
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Statue of James Prescott Joule

Description: Front cover of the spring 2011 issue of the Hexagon, which features a statue James Joule wearing a coat and sitting in a chair. The inside cover includes a table of contents, a list of staff, an editorial, and a description of the cover.
Date: Spring 2011
Creator: Marshall, James L., 1940- & Marshall, Virginia R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences

Sequin jumpsuit

Description: Jumpsuit of multicolored, hand embroidered sequins in trompe l'oeil textile appearing as crocheted wool yarn squares. Sequin work accomplished through sequin sequencing, which is accomplished partially through digital technology. Long, flared sleeves; bell bottom pant legs. Rounded neckline. Center back zipper closure. Designer label: Ashish
Date: Autumn 2019
Creator: ASHISH & Gupta, Ashish
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Kimono-inspired dress

Description: Kimono inspired dress. Main body of viscose rayon in ivory and brown spots on black background; hem, sleeve cuffs and bodice detail of silk in red and ivory floral pattern on pink background. Long kimono sleeves; knee length. Center back zipper closure. Label at center back neckline: "Duro Olowu / London"
Date: Spring 2017
Creator: Olowu, Duro
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Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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