P. J. Taylor

In the first part, I analyze three typologically uncommon sound changes from Anatolian languages: Eichner's lenition, Čop's Law, and Melchert's limited Proto-Anatolian Čop's Law. Eichner proposed the lenition of obstruents between two unaccented vowels as well as after an accent…

This project analyzes the first attempt in the Middle Ages to conduct a crusade for the purposes of converting the enemy. In 1147 an army of soldiers from Central and Northern Europe invaded an area roughly corresponding to the current German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommem. Seve…