The development and proliferation of colleges in sixteenth-century France can be largely attributed to the growth and power of the French bourgeois who founded and funded most of these schools. In order to educate their sons to become successful, disciplined young men, college f…
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The City and the Word examines how early modern writers depicted London in the guise of various iterations of Jerusalem and thereby shaped their readers as subjects of a uniquely privileged nation. I argue that discursive parallels between these two capital cities contributed to…
The thesis is a study of the first Greek printing house established in Constantinople in 1627‐1628 by the Greek monk Nikodemos Metaxas, who began his printing venture in London's Fleet Street in 1625. The aim of the thesis is to explore the history of Metaxas's press and examine…
This study examined the influence of John Calvin in education, as well as those influences that affected him. It examined his writings to determine if his vision, as to the scope of education and its purpose, made him an innovator. The research searched for reforms in the areas …
This thesis examines the written debate that occurred in 1525-1526 between Balthasar Hubmaier and Ulrich Zwingli on the proper candidate of baptism. Both pastors held to the reformation principle of sola scriptura yet came to different conclusions as to what the Bible teaches ab…
Europe's history is marked by consistent tension between orthodox institutions and non-conformist communities, radical groups seeking to create new autonomous religious movements. What make the heresies I am studying significant are their shared objections, and the extent to whi…
The historiography on western European Holy Land pilgrimage effectively ends with the fifteenth century, giving the inaccurate impression that early modern western Christians either did not visit Jerusalem or, if they did, they were not true pilgrims. Though pilgrim numbers cert…
Although rarely studied by art historians today, automata, or self-propelled mimetic objects, were among the most important art forms of the sixteenth century; created by artisans and commissioned and collected by the most prominent patrons in early modern Europe. The majority o…
John Hooper, a Cistercian monk turned Zurich-inspired reformer and Bishop of Gloucester under King Edward VI, went to the stake in 1555 as one of the first Protestant martyrs under Queen Mary. Despite this, historians frequently consider Hooper outside the Church of England, pri…
The life of Caritas Pirckheimer spanned revolutionary times in the history of the Church. She is best-known for her response to Lutheranism, a compendium of writings known as the Denkwürdigkeiten. In it, she forcefully repudiated efforts to convert her to Protestantism and to cl…
In 1534 Martin Luther (1483–1546) completed his German translation of the Bible, a work that became one of the most important texts produced in Early Modern Europe. This thesis studies Luther’s Bible in order to argue that Luther utilized both literal, or ad verbum, and free, or…
In 1519, after the death of Emperor Maximilian, the citizens of Vienna revolted against the emperor’s regency government and seized control of the city. This uprising soon expanded to the aristocratic estates, who joined forces with the urban rebels to challenge the authority of…
This dissertation will focus on the development of China’s contemporary foreign policy towards the U.S. and Africa in the context of global governance. Due to China’s history during the first half of the 20th century and the “reform and opening-up” policy, dialogue and cooperati…
This dissertation builds on a Reformed understanding of the Lord’s Supper but at the same time brings the historical context of the Last Supper to bear on it and critique it. All four Gospel accounts of the Last Supper highlight its Passover context. While in the Synoptic accoun…
This thesis offers the first sustained study of the various ways that English-language authors represented the voice of God during the early modern period. By situating the idea of God’s voice in the context of Protestant anxiety over scriptural usage, I consider how writers wor…
The purpose of the current research is to propose a biblical and practical position about how modern church relates to a secular state through the comparative research of Luther, Menno Simons, and Calvin’s position during the reformation period. By referring to the theological p…
This dissertation explores the role of music and visual art in commemorative events in Europe throughout the seventeenth century. Following the lead of medievalists, I look beyond disciplinary boundaries and consider the full range of media including written documents, visual ar…
Religion in the 16th century was an all-encompassing, facet of daily life for monarchs and laymen alike. Given the change brought by the Reformation, Mary and Elizabeth Tudor as well as Mary Stuart had to cope with unique challenges in regards to their religious policies, and ho…