Rape and its impact on medieval women, as conceived by society and the law, have yet to receive extensive treatment. By analyzing not only rape cases, but evolving laws and the impact of the Church on views of sexuality and marriage and thus its influence on attitudes towards rape, this study shows that women were much more than victims and society, or the courts, reacted accordingly. Covering the years 1200 to 1250, this thesis examines secular court cases taken from the general eyre records of Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, Warwickshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire. Cases taken from the King's Bench and canon courts, including Canterbury, also provide an illustration of the process of rape litigation. Legal treatises, both canon and secular, serve as the foundation for the procedures required in either court system and show that rape was a punishable offense. However, society had difficulty viewing rape as a personal crime against a woman as opposed to a crime against her family and that is when it actually thought that sexual violence occurred. While still available to them, women used the rape laws to push their agendas and concerns onto the court - revenge, choice of marriage, justice. In court records, the heavy burden of proof and the high rate of dismissals support this conclusion. Women persevered through the inherent disadvantages presented by a patriarchal system and achieved a measure of control over their lives. This is evidenced by the nearly equal success and failure rates in the records examined; 33 percent ended in acquittal or dismissal, while 31 percent provided women with some closure. The passage of the Statutes of Westminster, by removing a woman's right to prosecute rape and marry the accused, also convincingly illustrated that women held a degree of power that was unacceptable to society.

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The rocks of the Appalachian orogen are world-class examples of collisional and extensional tectonics, where multiple episodes of mountain building and rifting from the pre-Cambrian to the present are preserved in the geologic record. These orogenic events produced plutonic rocks, which can be used as probes of the thermal state of the source region. SIMS (secondary ion mass spectrometry) U/Pb ages of zircons were obtained for ten plutons (Leatherwood, Rich Acres, Melrose, Buckingham, Diana Mills, Columbia, Poore Creek, Green Springs, Lahore and Ellisville) within Virginia. These plutons are distinct chemically, isotopically, and show an age distribution where felsic rocks are approximately 440 Ma, and Mafic rocks are approximately 430 Ma. Initial strontium isotopic ratios and bulk geochemical analyses were also performed. These analyses show the bimodal nature of magmatism within this region. In order to facilitate management of geologic data, including radiometric ages, strontium isotope initial ratios and major element geochemistry, a GIS based approach has been developed. Geospatially references sample locations, and associated attribute data allow for analysis of the data, and an assessment of the accuracy of field locations of plutons at both regional and local scales. The GIS based assessment of plutons also allows for the incorporation of other multidisciplinary databases to enhance analysis of regional and local geologic processes. Extending such coverage to the central Appalachians (distribution of lithotectonic belts, plutons, and their ages and compositions) will enable a rapid assessment of tectonic models. / Master of Science

<p>U-Pb zircon results are presented with a U-Pb zircon Datatables for Bedrock Samples excel data sheet that have information for location (GPS and Geographic) and sample information. In addition, raw data formats of each individual sample is included that have additional information about laser settings per analysis.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Note the raw dataset for sample 062618WA-01 is included with two other analyses that are NOT bedrock samples. Use caution.</p> <p><br></p> <p>All analyses were conduction at the University of Arizona LaserChron Center ( <strong>NSF-EAR 1649254 </strong> )</p>

<p>U-Pb zircon datasets for Plutonic Clasts collected from conglomerate are presented first as a summary that includes sample name, GPS location, and datatables for each sample.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Additionally, raw datasets for each sample are included that includes detailed information on laser settings for each analyses</p> <p><br></p> <p>Note: Sample 062618WA-01 is included in one raw dataset as three igneous samples were analyzed on the same sample mount. This particular sample is a bedrock sample. Use caution</p> <p><br></p> <p>All analyses were completed at the University of Arizona Laserchron Center (NSF-EAR 1649254)</p>

<p>This dataset includes a summary excel file that details all the datatables for each detrital zircon sample and their location relative to each site and depth collected.</p> <p><br></p> <p>In addition to this summary, raw datasets for each individual analyses is included that have detailed information regarding the laser settings used for analyses.</p> <p><br></p> <p>All datasets were analyzed at the University of Arizona LaserChron Center (NSF-EAR 1649254)</p>