History (School of): Recent submissions
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'Those scandalous prints' : caricatures of the elite in France and Britain, c.1740-1795
(University of St Andrews, 2022-06-16) - ThesisThis thesis explores caricatures of elite individuals produced in France and Britain between 1740 and 1795. It argues that the urban public spheres of France and Britain were increasingly critical of the elite in this ... -
The typewriter trade in Scotland, from the 1870s to 1920s
(2023-06-15) - ThesisThis thesis explores the typewriter trade in Scotland from the 1870s to the 1920s. It analyses the businesses and individuals involved in the marketing, sale and use of writing machines, revealing the processes by which ... -
Living with the burden of illegitimacy in the society Mediaeval England in the Late Twelfth – Early Fourteenth Century
(2022-06-15) - ThesisThis thesis examines how those who were considered bastards by the society of England in the period ca. 1200 – 1350 were affected by their birth status, by seeking answers to questions about the place illegitimates had ... -
Via brocardica : the development of brocards and the Western European legal tradition (c. 1160 - c. 1215)
(University of St Andrews, 2022-06-16) - ThesisThis thesis examines the historical development and the significance of a legal literary genre, brocards, from its birth in the 1160s until the stabilisation of brocardic collections around 1215. In particular, this work ... -
Anglo-papal relations, c.1066-c.1135
(2022-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis examines the relationship between the kingdom of England and the papacy during the reigns of William the Conqueror and his sons. It will act as the first comprehensive reconsideration of Anglo-papal relations ...