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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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Freedom and Unfreedom in the Visigothic Kingdoms: Evidence from the Formulae Visigothicae

Publication Date
2023-April-28
Authors
Beloney, Tao
Department or Program
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

The late antique and early medieval period is typically thought of as a time of change. In slavery studies, Marxist historiography argues that the period marks the shift from the "slave" to the "feudal" mode of production, and its detractors...

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Speaking to the Silences: Black Women's Mediation of Historical Trauma and Healing

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Pétigny, Naimah Zulmadelle
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Black women's trauma, which is largely unclaimed, un-mediated and unrecognized, is transgenerational. The physical, social, and psychological effects of holding on to a racialized history of trauma, caused by systematic and structural racism and sexism, continue to effect the identity...

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Temporal Exploration of the Proceedings of Old Bailey

Publication Date
2020-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Charlotte J. Lambert
Department or Program
Computer Science
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674–1913 (Hitchcock et al., 2012b) is a published record of criminal proceedings at London's central criminal court. The Proceedings primarily depict the lives of the "non-elite" population of London. This project explores these proceedings...

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