CMSA thesis awards
On Wednesday 6 February the Center for Medieval Studies Amsterdam (CMSA) has awarded two students for their thesis in Medieval Studies.
Bachelor thesis
Josephine van den Bent wrote as a Bachelor thesis Gewelddadige ongelovigen? Ibn Khaldûns beeldvorming over de Mongolen. She made clear how Ibn Khaldûn's image of Mongols was derived from his own ideas on the future and the ending of cultures and how his thoughts compared to those of contemporary thinkers. Josephine's thesis treats an exiting matter using a complicated Arabic source. This thesis has been written with great skill which makes it enjoyable to read.
Master thesis
The CMSA award for a Master thesis was given to Anna Duijsings for Donec optata veniat. The production and context of two early sixteenth-century illuminated manuscripts with French translations of (Pseudo-)Plutarch Lives. Her research attests to admirable skills reading French, Greek and Latin, proving two manuscripts that are supposed to be humanistic to be firmly rooted in medieval tradition. Using methods from the fields of book history, literature and art history Anna showed the strength of interdisciplinarity in Medieval Studies and her own potential. Her research will be published in Madoc, tijdschrift voor de Middeleeuwen.