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The dissertation examines royal biographies composed during the Hundred Years War—those of Hugh Capet (anonymous, c. 1358), Pierre I of Cyprus (Guillaume de Machaut, 1369–77), Edward, the Black Prince (Herald Chandos, c. 1385), and Charles V (Christine de Pizan, 1405)—and how th…

The site of Abydos in Middle Egypt was the location of the burials of the kings of the Early Dynastic period. At that time, the tradition of rulers' burials at Abydos was already ancient. In addition to tombs, the rulers of the First and Second Dynasties built large, open-air, m…

The subject of this dissertation is "Royal Ancestor Worship in Deir el-Medina during the New Kingdom." This work attempts to increase our understanding of why this form of ancestor worship was adopted by the inhabitants of Deir el-Medina, the status of the royal ancestors relati…