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Inaug.-Diss.--Halle. / Vita.

Inaug.-Diss.--Halle. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

M.A.

D.Litt. et Phil. (Greek) / At this point we finish our journey through the history of one of the most important orders of the catholic church, during the middle ages and in more recent times, as well as the monastic institutions maintained by the order on the island of Santorini. The question that arises is: what is the contribution of our thesis to research and to the order’s history, in Greece in general, and more specifically in Santorini. The answer to the above question is to be found in the eight chapters of this thesis, and for its compilation we have made use of extant bibliography in the greek as well as in other languages and a great amount of previously unpublished material from the archives of the catholic bishopric of Thera (AKES) and the archives of the Dargentas family, founder and proprietor of the Skaros monastery. The first chapters of this thesis are introductory and introduce us to the inner workings of the domenican family, in order to better comprehend the establishment and the journey through time of the monastic institutions, founded by the domenican order at Skaros, Emporio and Fira, where apart from the nunnery there used to exist also a male cenobiotic convent , during the second half of the 19th century. The first of the three chapters concerns the founding, the operation and structure of the order since the first centuries of its existence as well as the life of its founder, Saint Domenic The second chapter deals mainly with the presence of domenicans in European universities during the 13th century but also with one of the more sinister practices of the order, the Holy Inquisition. In this chapter we begin by presenting the activity of the domenicans in big civic centers, their presence in medieval universities and their contribution to the introduction to the curriculum of the works of Aristoteles and the study of his teachings. Then we concern ourselves with the part played by the order in the organization and operation of the Holy Inquisition. We present the reasons which necessitated the creation of the Holy Inquisition and we analyse in detail its role in the entrenchment and protection of the official dogma of the Catholic Church. Alongside all this we project the reasons behind the papal decision to entrust the organising of this institution (the Holy Inquisition) at first to the mendicant orders of the Domenicans and the Franciscans and then solely to the Domenicans. The Holy Inquisition may have constituted a dark page in the history of the order but on the other hand its contribution to rescuing the spirit of classical Greece and the introduction of the ancient greek texts to the European universities was one of its greatest achievements. From this order have originated the most terrible and hateful persecutors of any deviation in theological behavior but also some of the more enlightened minds of their time, like Albert the great, Thomas Aquinas, Meister Erckhart, Beato Angelico and others. Through the work of these men we have the manifestation of another, luminous side of the order, which should not be forgotten. The last of the three introductory chapters deals with the history of the monasteries as well as the local history of the order throughout the greek territory. Relying mainly on secondary sources but also on material from archives of the area, we present the operating and activities of the order’s monasteries which were established and still existed by the end of the 17th century.

Given the long history of research within the Aegean, the Middle Bronze Age (MBA) of the Cyclades is surprisingly poorly understood. This region is often considered within the context of other ‘worlds’, particularly in the quest to understand ‘Minoanisation’. Prominent Middle Cycladic sites such as Ayia Irini (Kea), Phylakopi (Melos) and Akrotiri (Thera) have played a dominant role towards informing the perceived Cycladic ‘response’ to growing Minoan influence within the Aegean sphere, often at the expense of considering the interactions between these important settlements. However, the recent 2000-2001 pillar pit excavations at Akrotiri have allowed a whole new phasing for the MBA ceramic deposits and offer great potential for characterising these neglected interactions. The ceramic material studied here, from Phases B and C of the MBA assemblage at Akrotiri, corresponds to the introduction of imported and ‘Minoanised’ material traits, both compositional and technological, to the local ceramic repertoire. This material is contextualised within previous research in the Cyclades, including Phylakopi, Ayia Irini and Mikre Vigla. Scale is considered an important theme and provides a key structure throughout this thesis. Three scales were defined for considering all aspects of the ceramic assemblage at Akrotiri: a) the potters at Akrotiri, the technological choices they make, the social practices they participate in and perpetuate and the character of the local ceramic production sequence (the micro-scale of individuals); b) the character and significance of the Akrotiri ceramic assemblage within the Cyclades (the meso-scale of group interaction); c) the role that Akrotiri played as a node within larger social and exchange networks throughout the Aegean (the macro-scale of community interactions). From a theoretical standpoint, four explanatory frameworks are employed to tackle and integrate these various scales: the chaîne opératoire, dynamic systems framework, network theory and communities of practice. In combination, these frameworks have the potential to bridge the structure-agency divide, by acknowledging the fundamentally social nature of artefact production and consumption, and to integrate recent considerations of human and non-human agency within dynamic processes. Ultimately, by considering the socially constituted processes that drive the learning and practice of a craft or technique, and how these processes contribute to and perpetuate communities of practice, archaeologists can begin to meaningfully characterise the contact between different groups of people in the past. Therefore, this technological study of the late Middle Cycladic ceramic assemblage of Akrotiri, integrates macroscopic, petrographic and QEMSCAN analyses to characterise and explore the interactions within and between the many communities of practice operating within the late MBA Cyclades. In addition, this methodology allows a better understanding of the choices the communities in the Cyclades were making in the lead up to ‘Minoanisation’ so we can approach these material phenomena from a more localised, site-based perspective rather than a traditional Creto-centric viewpoint.

Zugl.: Würzburg, Univ., Diss., 2009

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Though distant in space and time, there are certain similarities between the processes of Warification and Minoanisation, the latter describing the uptake of Cretan (Minoan) materials and technologies across the Bronze Age southern Aegean. In both cases, recent scholarship challenges the assumption of an active core and passive periphery. Crucial to this challenge in the Minoan case is the recognition of the considerable variability concealed within the single term ‘Minoanisation’, with many regional and temporal differences in the degree of influence. In the Wari case, it appears that more work is needed to establish exactly if and how Warification was a complex, multi-stranded set of processes rather than a single, monolithic radiating influence. I argue that in both cases, regardless of the state of the evidence, we badly need new ways of tackling regional interaction and cultural transmission, and suggest that networks, learning, and communities of practice represent promising ways forward. / A pesar de estar distante en tiempo y espacio, existen ciertas similitudes entre los procesos de warificación y de minoanización, el último describe el consumo de material y tecnología cretense a través de la Edad de Bronce del sur del Egeo. En ambos casos, recientes investigaciones desafían la suposición de un núcleo activo y una periferia pasiva. Crucial para este desafío en el caso de Minoa, es el reconocimiento de una considerable variabilidad oculta dentro del único término «minoanización», con muchas diferencias regionales y temporales en el grado de influencia. En el caso de los wari, parece que es necesario más exploración para establecer exactamente, si y como, la warificación fue un conjunto de procesos complicados y aislados en vez de una única influencia monolítica irradiada. Sostengo que en ambos casos, independiente del estado de la evidencia, es necesario nuevas maneras deabordar la interacción regional y la transmisión cultural. Sugiero también que redes de trabajo, aprendizaje y comunidades de prácticas representan auspiciosas maneras de seguir avanzando.

Title Influence of dynamic and static warm-up on muscle strength in climbers. Objective The aim of the thesis is to assess the influence of dynamic warm-up with Thera-Band and static stretching on maximal muscle strength and its time parameters of finger flexors in dominant upper extremity in climbers. Methods Eight active climbers participated in this testing (age 32.4 ± 5.5, body weight 69.4 ± 6.5, height 176 ± 6.4). Actual performance RP was according to the French scale ranging 6b to 8a. Probands' measurements proceeded in three different days. After a specific warm-up on "boulder wall" and static stretching and dynamic warm-up with Thera-Band without stretching, there was maximal muscle strength of fingers flexors on dominant (preferred) upper limb measured by using a specific climbing test on hangboard. The second measurement assessed maximal strength of finger flexors muscle and its time parameters while proceeding of the maximum hand-grip using a hand dynamometer. Results In the experiment, none of the hypotheses came to be confirmed. There was no significant influence of static stretching and dynamic warm-up with Thera-Band on maximal muscle strength of finger flexors and the time parameters in climbers. Conclusion Despite the failure to prove the influence of the static stretching and...