The Scribe: Volume 3
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 3
May 2017
Editor-in-Chief
Morgan West
Editorial Board
Michaela Bunker
Justin Freeman
Faculty Advisor
Dr. David Nelson
Table of Contents
Biographies
Contributing Authors................................................................. 1
Medieval Europe
Nomadic Art from the 6th to the 7th Centuries
Allie Kuritani....................................................................... 3
Mirages & Manifestations: Examining Schizophrenia in Women of the Middle Ages
Danielle Jacoby.................................................................. 13
The Camouflaging and Tragic Dilution of Jewish Art in Medieval Spain
Morgan West..................................................................... 20
Colonial Latin America
Women Who Challenged Institutional Principles in Colonial Latin America
Ellie Barker........................................................................ 29
U.S. Civil War
Why They Fought
Sally Hy............................................................................. 43
Modern Europe
A Summer’s Day: Norwegian Women in the Turn of the Century
Erin Sommers..................................................................... 49
Smith Family Writing History Award 2016
Native Death in New England and Spanish Florida: A Comparative Analysis
Jessica McClellan............................................................... 58
History Department Awards and Scholarships
O. Fritiof Ander Award & Smith Family HIstory Writing Award 72
Acknowledgements of Faculty and Special Thanks
Special Thanks from The Editorial Board............. 73