History (School of): Recent submissions
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'Take me up on my proposal' : the 'Open Skies' initiative and Dwight D. Eisenhower's efforts to curb the military-industrial complex
(University of St Andrews, 2011) - ThesisThis dissertation examines president Eisenhower’s ‘Open Skies’ policy and its links with American defence strategy of the 1950s. Based principally on archival sources, especially the records of the Eisenhower Presidential ... -
The development of Islamic political thought in relation to the West during the mid-twentieth century
(University of St Andrews, 2011) - ThesisThis research is about the development of Islamic political thought in relation to the West during the mid-twentieth century. It utilizes the ideas and writings of the Islamic thinkers Sayyid Qutb of Egypt, Ali Shariati ... -
Against the tide : resistances to Annales in England, France, Germany, Italy and the United States, 1900-1970
(University of St Andrews, 2011-11-30) - ThesisAgainst the Tide investigates systematically for the first time how resistances to methodologies advanced by historians associated with the Annales School, one of the most influential twentieth-century schools of historical ... -
Charter diplomatics and norms of landholding and lordship between the Humber and Forth, c.1066-c.1250
(University of St Andrews, 2012-06-21) - ThesisThis thesis closely analyses the linguistic forms of aspects of non-royal charters produced c.1066-c.1250 in the north-east of England and the south-east of Scotland, namely, consent, joint grants, separate confirmations, ... -
The unglamorous side of shopping in late medieval Prato and Florence : the Ricordanze of Taddeo di Chello (1341-1408), and Piero Puro di Francesco da Vicchio (1397-1465)
(University of St Andrews, 2011-11) - ThesisThis thesis examines virtually unstudied sources, the ricordanze of a wage-earner, Piero Puro di Francesco da Vicchio of Florence, and the account book of a small tradesman, a rigattiere, Taddeo di Chello of Prato. It ...