During the eighteenth-century Grand Tour, Rome attracted a lot of young noblemen from all over Europe. They hoped to see the revived glory of ancient Rome, but were often disappointed in seeing the state of its ruins. This ...

This thesis examines how the National Socialist regime in Germany between the years 1933 and 1945 interacted with the figure of Arminius, the German tribal leader who transformed during the nineteenth century into Hermann, ...

Op welke wijze probeerde Aurelianus de zonnecultus succesvol te (her)introduceren in het Romeinse Rijk? Aan de hand van het concept 'anchoring innovation' wordt onderzocht langs welke bestaande denkbeelden in het Romeinse ...

This thesis explores the role that emotions played during the outbreak of anti-Jewish violence that coincided with the Black Death. It does this by subjecting several eyewitness accounts to methods developed in the ...

Many studies have explored papal-Jewish relations in the period between the eleventh and thirteenth century. However, less attention has been devoted to the fourteenth century, which is curious given the fact that whole ...

Gender, Crisis, Literary Representation, Morality, Immorality.

The ways in which emotions were described and used as a frame to portray different social groups in the Albigensian Crusade.

The systematic assignment and use of official street names and house numbers is a modern phenomenon, which was only developed since the eighteenth century. Before the creation of street addresses people had to rely on other ...

Publius Aelius Hadrianus, better known as emperor Hadrian, was one of the adoptive emperors in the Nerva-Antonine dynasty. He ruled the Roman Empire from 117 until his death in 138 AD. The emperorship, developed under ...

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the way the image of Rome is represented in 4th century Thessaloniki, by examining the archaeological evidence. For this it is important to identify the characteristics of imperial ...