Browsing University of Waterloo by Supervisor "Bednarski, Steven"
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Industrial Waste Management and Urban Environments in Medieval England, 1300 - 1600
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-20)This paper demonstrates how key industries impacted urban environments in late medieval England from 1300-1600CE through an examination of city laws, ordinances, and rulings. It focuses on the municipalities of Bristol, ... -
Intelligentia Spiritualis: Platonism, the Latin Polemical Tradition, and the Renaissance Approach to the Prophetic Sense of History
(University of Waterloo, 2022-07-25)This study sheds light on key figures and trends in the medieval Latin West that influenced the intellectual lives of the humanist theologians Marsilio Ficino (1433–99) and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–94), specifically ... -
Letters from the Boiler House: Conflict and Communication in a Second World War Canadian Internment Camp
(University of Waterloo, 2023-10-30)In March of 1941, two members of the Veterans Guard of Canada were court martialled for conduct “to the prejudice of good order and Military Discipline.” Their crime: passing letters, “illicit correspondence,” between a ... -
Manorial Regulation and Negotiation in a Late Medieval Environment: Land and Community at Herstmonceux, 1308-1440
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-17)This dissertation examines the role that environment played in the negotiation of rights and responsibilities on a fundamental socioeconomic institution of rural communities in late medieval England — the manor. It analyzes ... -
The Medical Practice and Licencing of Women in the Late Medieval Kingdom of Naples
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-21)This paper analyzes the medical licences of women from the Angevin Kingdom of Naples between the late thirteenth to early fifteenth century. While the Kingdom of Naples was home to the first known medical regulatory measures ... -
Natural Disasters and the Crusades: Framing Earthquakes in Historical Narratives, 1095-1170
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-07)This thesis explores perceptions of earthquake causality in the accounts of twelfth-century Syria and the ways that medieval views of natural disasters influenced historical writing. Examining the perceived causes, effects, ... -
The Transformation of a Medieval Sussex Vineyard into a Deer Park, a Case Study: The Arundel "Little Park" 1150-1400
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-24)This thesis examines medieval deer parks in West Sussex from 1150-1400 with a thorough case study of Arundel’s “Little Park”. This paper sheds light on the common medieval English practice of imparking to understand its ... -
The Troubled Life and Loves of Lady Anne Lennard: Illegitimacy, sexuality, and mistressdom at the court of Charles II, 1690-1720
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-20)Despite her infamy, the life of Lady Anne Lennard, formally styled the Countess of Sussex, has never received an in-depth examination. As the natural daughter of King Charles II of England born via his mistress Barbara ... -
Wetland Reclamation in England: Medieval Risk Culture and the 1396 Commission of Sewers for Pevensey Levels
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-24)This paper examines wetland reclamation in England between the eighth and sixteenth centuries, with a special focus on the Pevensey Levels during the fourteenth century. Coastal marsh communities had access to significant ...