EC71-820 Nebraska Farm Management : Summary and Analysis Report 1970

Extension Circular 71-820 is the Nebraska Farm Management summary and analysis report for 197

Complementary contexts for the life of Saint-Queen Radegunde.

As a queen, nun, cult leader, and patron saint, Radegunde (A.D. 520-587) takes her place in history from three narrative texts about her life written between 575 and 610 by Gregory of Tours, a senatorial Gallo-Roman bishop and historian; Venantius Fortunatus, a provincial Italian poet-priest; and, Baudonivia, a Frankish nun and scribe. Each writer was closely associated with Radegunde and the Sainte Croix nunnery she established for two hundred women in Poitiers. The activities surrounding Radegunde, the three writers, and the Sainte Croix nuns generated a dominant influence during the christianization of Frankish Gaul. In this historiographical study, my critical triangulation of Gregory\u27s Historia Francorum, Fortunatus\u27 Vita Sanctae Radegundis, Liber I, and Baudonivia\u27s Vita Sanctae Radegundis, Liber II, demonstrates that each writer created a specific context to interpret Radegunde\u27s example and that each context, in turn, revealed the different social circumstances and personal experiences of the writer. Bishop Gregory favored Radegunde\u27s compliance with the episcopal hierarchy. Fortunatus praised Radegunde\u27s contemplative retreat from the world. Baudonivia emphasized the benefits of a separatist community for women. In 590-591, a faction of Sainte Croix nuns broke their Rule and crossed the forbidden convent walls. The kings appointed six bishops, including the Bishop of Poitiers, to judge the nuns. However, the central issue of this trial was to award jurisdiction over nunnery property. The bishops\u27 verdict reversed the independent status of Sainte Croix, placing the nunnery under the control of the Bishop of Poitiers. Although each writer\u27s context was different, all were compatible with the male dominant goals of christianization. The writers\u27 three-fold image of Radegunde simultaneously confirmed women\u27s roles in the supportive spheres of teaching, care-taking, and peace-making; denounced women\u27s participation in the ruling hierarchies of the court, the military, and the Church; and, stipulated that women\u27s activities be subject to the authority of the ruling hierarchies. Adding a feminist perspective to the Merovingian writers\u27 contexts reveals how Radegunde\u27s textual image distorted contemporary understanding and perpetuated historical prejudices about women\u27s full participation in society

The development of the concept of the responsible society: Stockholm to Evanston

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Boston UniversityThe central problem of this study is to trace the development of the idea of the responsible society in the discussions within the Ecumenical movement and to analyze its nature, content, and usefulness. The idea of the responsible society emerged following the Second World War in the discussions focused upon the search for a resolution of the problems of the social and international orders. The idea of the responsible society as formally conceptualized in the "Report of Section III" of the Amsterdam Assembly incorporates the polarity of the social order between freedom and equality under the normative ideal of responsibility. [TRUNCATED

EC71-844 The What, Why and Who of Rural Zoning

Extension Circular 71-844 discusses the what, why and who of rural zoning

EC71-844 The What, Why and Who of Rural Zoning

Extension Circular 71-844 discusses the what, why and who of rural zoning