History (School of): Recent submissions
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The mirror broken anew : the manuscript evidence for opposition to Marguerite Porete's Latin 'Mirror of simple souls' in the later Middle Ages
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06-25) - ThesisThis thesis examines three manuscripts which demonstrate negative attitudes towards the Latin translation of the fourteenth-century Old French mystical work The Mirror of Simple Souls, written by Marguerite Porete. Marguerite ... -
Aspects of English law concerning piracy and privateering, 1603-1760
(University of St Andrews, 1990) - ThesisPiracy and privateering are certainly much written about subjects, and there is indeed extensive literature concerning many aspects and facets of the complicated history of the subjects. A glance at the Gosse Collection ... -
"Monarchy as it should be"? : British perceptions of Poland-Lithuania in the long seventeenth century
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-26) - ThesisEarly modern Poland-Lithuania figured significantly in the political perceptions of Europeans in the long seventeenth century – not only due to its considerable size and enormous commercial and military resources, but also, ... -
Diplomacy & deception : King James VI of Scotland's foreign relations with Europe (c.1584-1603)
(University of St Andrews, 2014-10-23) - ThesisThis thesis is the first attempt to provide an assessment of Scottish-Jacobean foreign relations within a European context in the years before 1603. Moreover, it represents the only cohesive study of the events that formed ... -
To walk upon the grass : the impact of the University of St Andrews' Lady Literate in Arts, 1877-1892
(University of St Andrews, 2014) - ThesisIn 1877 the University of St Andrews initiated a unique qualification, the Lady Literate in Arts, which came into existence initially as the LA, the Literate in Arts, a higher certificate available to women only. Awarded ...