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Roman tonsure (Catholicism) Tonsure (/ ˈ t ɒ n ʃ ər /) is the practice of cutting or shaving some or all of the hair on the scalp as a sign of religious devotion or humility.. The term originates from the Latin word tonsura (meaning "clipping" or "shearing" [1]) and referred to a specific practice in medieval Catholicism, abandoned by papal order in 19
The Synod of Whitby was a Christian administrative gathering held in Northumbria in 664, wherein King Oswiu ruled that his kingdom would calculate Easter and observe the monastic tonsure according to the customs of Rome rather than the customs practised by Irish monks at Iona and its satellite institutions.
The Women's History Research Center collected nearly one million documents on microfilm, and provided resources and records of the Women's liberation movement that are now available through the National Women's History Alliance, which carried on their ideas, including successfully petitioning Congress to declare March as Women's History Month. [7]
The first commemorative month was the US Black History Month, which first was commemorated at Kent State University from January 2 to February 28, 1970, [2] and recognized by President Gerald Ford in 1976, during the celebration of the United States Bicentennial. [3] The observance had begun at a smaller scale in 1926 as "Negro History Week".
Women's history (16 C, 39 P) Women by period (12 C, 7 P) A. Ancient women (43 C, 4 P) Women and the arts (9 C, 28 P) B. ... Women in World History; Women's History Month
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Women's History Month; Women's medicine in antiquity; World Center for Women's Archives This page was last edited on 24 April 2020, at 16:49 (UTC). Text ...