The Scribe: Volume 10
The Scribe of the Ages: Ruminations on History
An Undergraduate Journal produced by The Alpha Xi Psi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society
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Volume 10
May 2024
Editor-in-Chief
Leah Tawil
Editorial Board
Marina Karapetian
Garet Needham
Nektaria Anagnostou
Faculty Advisor
Dr. David Nelson
Table of Contents
Biographies
Contributing Authors.................................................................. 1
Ancient and Medieval World
“Men Walk the Roads to Hel”: The Importance of Social Status in Norse Afterlife Beliefs
Max Thorne................................................................................... 4
The Goddess Persephone and Minoan, Mycenaean, and Archaic Greece
Katie Costanzo......................................................................... 35
The Black Death: Firsthand Accounts of the Disease Throughout Europe and the Islamic World
Garet Needham........................................................................ 38
The Meaning of a Monastery to Orthodox Women Saints of the Byzantine World
Nektaria Anagnostou............................................................ 66
Qing China
Searching for More: The Impact of the Opium Wars on Chinese Immigration
Leah Tawil....................................................................................81
The Qing Dynasty’s Link Between Art and Politics
Camryn O'Neal.......................................................................103
United States of America
Republican Motherhood Rhetoric Woven into Female Education
Janessa Garcia....................................................................... 127
Smith Family Writing History Award 2024
Jihad: An Explanation of Doctrine Over Time
Jacqueline Shaw.................................................................. 142
History Department Awards and Scholarships
O. Fritiof Ander History Award............................................... 158
Smith Family Writing History Award.................................. 159
Acknowledgements of Faculty and Special Thanks
Special Thanks from The Editorial Board....................... 160