History (School of): Recent submissions

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    • Early Umayyad Syria : a study of its origins and early development 

      O'Sullivan, Shaun (University of St Andrews, 2003-02) - Thesis
      This is a study dealing with the origins and early development of Early Umayyad Syria to the early 660s, including a description of Syria at the end of the preceding period. Late Roman Syria's continuing material prosperity, ...

    • The origins and development of the Scottish Parliament, 1249-1329 

      McQueen, Alison A.B. (University of St Andrews, 2002-11) - Thesis
      This thesis examines the origins and development of Scottish parliaments between 1124 and 1329. Previous historians have judged that parliaments formed no place within Scotland before 1290 and no frequent roIe until the ...

    • The feudal nobility of Cyprus, 1192 - 1400 

      Edbury, Peter W. (University of St Andrews, 1974) - Thesis
      This dissertation is a study of the lay nobility in Cyprus during the first two centuries of Lusignan rule . The first part begins with a chapter in which the term "feudal nobility" is defined with reference to Cyprus and ...

    • Conflict of law and the methodology of Tarjīẖ : a study in Islamic legal theory 

      Bakar, Mohd Daud (University of St Andrews, 1993-11) - Thesis
      Islamic law never achieved unity but expressed itself in, at least, four surviving schools. More interestingly, contemporary Muslim communities are still divided among themselves on a number of issues related to their ...

    • Employment of the steamship in the Scottish east coast trades to 1850 

      Bain, Joseph Colin (University of St Andrews, 1996) - Thesis
      The importance of the east of Scotland in the early use and development of the steamship appears to have been undervalued by most writers. A general description of the development of steam navigation before about 1850 ...