History (School of): Recent submissions
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'Oradores' and 'defensores' : death in fifteenth-century Castile
(University of St Andrews, 2001) - ThesisIn this thesis I have sought to investigate the attitudes towards death held by the elite of Castilian secular and ecclesiastical society in fifteenth-century Castile, the defensores and oradores. Although many wide-ranging ... -
The coastal defence in Scandinavia : the role and composition of the military organisation in the Viking and early Middle Ages
(University of St Andrews, 2003) - ThesisThis thesis sets out to examine the coastal defence in Scandinavia in the Viking and early middle ages, with main emphasis on Norway, the organisation and the elements' level of co-existence. The idea is that the military ... -
'Preparing for government?' : Wilhelm Frick as Thuringia's Nazi Minister of the Interior and of Education, 23 January 1930 - 1 April 1931
(University of St Andrews, 2002) - Thesis -
Industrialisation, residential mobility and the changing social morphology of Edinburgh and Perth, c. 1850-1900
(University of St Andrews, 2002) - ThesisThe aim of this research is to advance the understanding of the impacts of the industrial revolution on urban space during the period 1850-1900. This was a period of great dynamism with high levels of social and economic ... -
Solving the 'Highland problem' : Frank Fraser Darling and the West Highland Survey, 1943-1955
(University of St Andrews, 2004) - ThesisBetween 1944 and 1951, Dr. Frank Fraser Darling conducted the West Highland Survey for the Department of Agriculture for Scotland with grants from the Development Commission. He sought to solve die 'Highland problem', a ...