History (School of): Recent submissions
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The Habsburg Empire under foreign eyes : experiences and encounters of nineteenth-century travellers, c. 1815-1869
(University of St Andrews, 2017) - ThesisIn his seminal 1994 study ‘Inventing Eastern Europe’, Larry Wolff argued that Eastern Europe was created in the Enlightenment era and conceptualised along a dividing line stretching from Szczecin at the Baltic to Trieste ... -
The Bourbon monarchy and the cult of Saint Louis, 1589-1792
(University of St Andrews, 2017) - ThesisThis thesis examines the relationship between religion and politics in France by looking at the cult of Saint Louis under the bourbon kings of the ‘ancien regime’, from the accession of Henri IV in 1589 to the abolition ... -
Fighting the last war : Britain, the lost generation and the Second World War
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisConcerted efforts to debunk popular myths about the Great War have resulted in cant attention being paid to the purpose and value of the lost generation myth within British society, particularly during times of further ... -
Oaths, kings and subjects : a study of the oaths sworn to kings by subjects in England, c.870-c,1200
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisThis thesis is a study of the oaths sworn by subjects to kings of England between c. 870 and c. 1200. Who swore oaths to the king? When did they swear? What sorts of oaths were sworn? What commitments did swearing lead ... -
Divergent timescapes : tracking a temporal revolution through the long nineteenth century (1750-1914)
(University of St Andrews, 2017) - ThesisDid nineteenth-century Britain experience a temporal revolution? If so, how can the course and impact of such a complex, primarily mental upheaval be effectively analysed from a focused, historical perspective? This ...