Christian Iconography and Medieval Burial Rites
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A 14 page paper discussing the influence of Christian symbolism and iconography in the Middle Ages. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Icon.doc
Essay Title: Christian Iconography and Medieval Burial Rites

Christine De Pizan/Book of the Three Virtues
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A 7 page essay that summarizes and discusses this work by medieval feminist De Pizan, who was a learned and scholarly author during an age (e.g. the fifteenth century) when the vast majority of women, including aristocratic women, were denied formal education. In this text, De Pizan sets herself the goal of teaching women, in all walks of society, how to go about cultivating useful qualities in society, and in the process, become worthy of inhabiting the "City of Ladies," which she described in the first book. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khdepvir.rtf
Essay Title: Christine De Pizan/Book of the Three Virtues

Clendinnen's Ambivalent Conquests
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This 3 page paper provides a book summary and critique. The book focuses on the Yucatan during the sixteenth century. No additional sources cited.
Filename: SA040Cle.wps
Essay Title: Clendinnen's Ambivalent Conquests

Comparing Heroes: Lancelot and Gawain
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(5 pp) Mankind loves stories and their heroes. Some of our first romantic heroes appear in Sir Thomas Malory's (1485) Morte d Arthur. And while Gawain may have survived in literature it is Lancelot that has survived in language. He has become a symbol of unbounded and illicit love. But does that make him a hero in the symbology of this new century. This discussion will compare hero status of Lancelot and Gawain.
Filename: BBcomher.doc
Essay Title: Comparing Heroes: Lancelot and Gawain

Comparison of Internet Sites on Medieval History
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A 6 page research paper that examines and critiques three internet sites that deal with medieval history. The writer evaluates each site according to graphics, usability and the quality of information. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khcommed.rtf
Essay Title: Comparison of Internet Sites on Medieval History

Comparison of Two Societies
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This 5 page paper compares the society as it appears in the Mediaeval work Beowulf to that of Ancient Greece. Expectations that the societies have for its citizens are discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: SA 116Beo.wps
Essay Title: Comparison of Two Societies

Corin Corley/Lancelot of the Lake
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A 3 page essay that explores the ramifications of the ceremony that makes the young Lancelot into a full knight. Because the ceremony is performed by two different people -- Guenevere and Arthur -- the writer argues that this divides Lancelot's allegiance and makes the subsequent events of the saga more consistent with the image of Lancelot as a superlative knight. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: khcorlan.rtf
Essay Title: Corin Corley/Lancelot of the Lake