Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1932. / Vita. Bibliography: p. 365-370.

City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries hold a substantial collection of artefacts and record books donated in 1909 by the office bearers of the Royal Ancient Order of St Crispin. This organisation was the final reincarnation of the Royal St Crispin Society established around 1817. From 1932 the display of a selection of these objects erroneously attributed their provenance to the Incorporation of Cordiners of Canongate with no interpretation of the meaning and use of this regalia. The association of shoemakers (cordiners in Scotland) with St Crispin their patron saint remained such that at least until the early twentieth century a shoemaker was popularly called a ‘Crispin' and collectively ‘sons of Crispin'. In medieval Scotland cordiners maintained altars to St Crispin and his brother St Crispianus and their cult can be traced to France in the sixth century. In the late sixteenth century an English rewriting of the legend achieved immediate popularity and St Crispin's Day continued to be remembered in England throughout the seventeenth century. Journeymen shoemakers in Scotland in the early eighteenth century commemorated their patron with processions; and the appellation ‘St Crispin Society' appeared in 1763. This thesis investigates the longevity of the shoemakers' attachment to St Crispin prior to the nineteenth century and analyses the origin, creation, organisation, development and demise of the Royal St Crispin Society and the network of lodges it created in Scotland in the period 1817-1909. Although showing the influence of freemasonry, the Royal St Crispin Society devised and practised rituals based on shoemaking legends and traditions. An interpretation of these rituals is given as well as an examination of the celebration of the saint's day and the organisation and significance of King Crispin processions. The interconnection of St Crispin artefacts and archival material held by Scottish museums and archives is demonstrated throughout the thesis.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-05T19:14:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 29 / Nenhuma / O objetivo do estudo é a avaliação do desempenho econômico e financeiro de empresas calçadistas brasileiras. O estudo contextualiza-se no ambiente caracterizado a partir dos anos 1980, quando o mercado competitivo ultrapassou as fronteiras domésticas, exigindo das empresas maior eficiência na gestão de suas atividades, tendo na contabilidade uma das fontes de informações necessárias para orientar a adequada utilização dos recursos. A pesquisa se caracteriza como de natureza exploratória, quantitativa e documental. Para o desenvolvimento do estudo coletaram-se demonstrações contábeis correspondentes aos anos de 2000 a 2006 e relativas a 15 indústrias do setor calçadista brasileiro localizadas nas regiões Sul, Sudeste e Nordeste. O estudo, com base em 30 indicadores selecionados, possibilitou a análise do conjunto das empresas, por meio do índice-padrão de cada indicador. Em seguida, efetuou-se a análise dos indicadores por empresa. Visando testar o significado dos resultados da análise, foram aplicadas as técn / The objective of this study is to evaluate the economic and financial performance of the Footwear Industry from the 1980’s on, when the competitive market crossed the domestic frontier, demanding more efficiency from shoemaking companies regarding the management of their activities. Within this context, accountancy is seen as one of the necessary information sources to guide the proper use of resources. The study is exploratory, quantitative and documental in nature. Statements of financial accounting from 15 Brazilian shoemaking companies located in the South, Southeast and Northeast regions were collected from the year 2000 to 2006. The study was based on 30 selected indexes, which made possible to analyze the group of companies by the standard-index of each indicator. Following that, the index analysis of each company was made. In order to check the analysis results, typical value techniques were used as a comparative measure of the standard indexes and the statistical correlation tests. The companies ran