The Journal of Historical Studies publishes the best history essays submitted each year by Towson University students. The journal is edited by Towson history majors who are part of the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society. All Towson University students are encouraged to submit papers they have written for history courses at Towson. To submit your paper to the journal, please contact: Chief Editor Lisa Girardi (lgirar1@students.towson.edu) or
Faculty Advisor
Allaire Stallsmith (astallsmith@towson.edu).
Current Issue: Vol. 8, Spring 2011
Table of Contents:
1. Time of Transition: From Battleships to Airpower
By: William Wauschek .......................................................................................................... 6
2. Origins and Consequences of Canossa: the evolution of imperial-papal
relations through the 11th century
By: Nicolas Galiffa ............................................................................................................... 22
3. Forces of the 1890s and the Philippine Solution
By: Adam Gertz .................................................................................................................... 51
4. “Or Does it Explode”; Collective Rage and Domestic Terror