Mickey Abel: To Sea and Be Seen: Land Reclamation, Canal Navigation, and the Strategic Building Program at Maillezais Abbey

Physical evidence of a land reclamation process at Maillezais Abbey in the Gulf of Picton of Western France during the ninth to eleventh centuries indicates that in building an intricate drainage system, the monks availed themselves of valuable farm and pasture land and created lucrative fisheries and salt farms. Combining this drainage with a set of canals, locks, and levies, the Duke and Abbot worked together to control access to the inland waterways, thus curtailing destructive incursions at the port, enhancing commercial exchange, and producing tax revenues. The location of the abbey itself was moved to a high hill on the island overlooking the gulf and rebuilt with a tall tower that announced the powerful presence of local defenders to naval intruders.https://thekeep.eiu.edu/humanitiescenter_meaningfulwork1011/1001/thumbnail.jp

Mickey Abel: To Sea and Be Seen: Land Reclamation, Canal Navigation, and the Strategic Building Program at Maillezais Abbey

Physical evidence of a land reclamation process at Maillezais Abbey in the Gulf of Picton of Western France during the ninth to eleventh centuries indicates that in building an intricate drainage system, the monks availed themselves of valuable farm and pasture land and created lucrative fisheries and salt farms. Combining this drainage with a set of canals, locks, and levies, the Duke and Abbot worked together to control access to the inland waterways, thus curtailing destructive incursions at the port, enhancing commercial exchange, and producing tax revenues. The location of the abbey itself was moved to a high hill on the island overlooking the gulf and rebuilt with a tall tower that announced the powerful presence of local defenders to naval intruders.https://thekeep.eiu.edu/humanitiescenter_meaningfulwork1011/1001/thumbnail.jp

Relevant Interdisciplinarity: Taking the Art History Classroom to the Field

This article situates Medieval Studies in the ever-evolving education environment that has linked the public rhetoric of the academy to business models

University Scholars Day

This paper discusses Francisco de Goya. Employing Foucault's discourse to specific works reveals Goya's ability to represent visually the fundamental tension between Romantic and Classical ideas, especially the ambiguous line between reason and madness

Book Review: Elizabeth Valdez del Álamo, Palace of the Mind: The Cloister of Silos and Spanish Sculpture of the Twelfth Century

Review of the book "Palace of the Mind: The Cloister of Silos and Spanish Sculpture of the Twelfth Century" by Elizabeth Valdez del Álamo