St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies Theses
The study of the Middle Ages has long been a major research and teaching interest at the University of St Andrews. The Department of Mediaeval History was founded in 1955, expanding to be the largest of its kind in the world, with a long and illustrious history of excellence in the field. The inter-disciplinary Institute of Mediaeval Studies brings together over thirty full-time academic staff of international standing and a number of research associates. Subjects taught include History (political, religious, social, cultural, legal), Mediaeval languages and Literatures (Arabic, French, Old and Middle English, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Old Norse and Welsh), Art History and Theology.
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Recent Submissions
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Look at the Sky : the bird Simurgh in text and image in Iran (1010-1650)
(2023-11-29) - ThesisThis research focuses on the mythological bird Sīmurgh and her representations in literature and art in the Persianate world from 1010 to 1650. Sīmurgh is generally overlooked in both art and literature, and she has not ... -
Early English genealogies : the evolution of their content, form, and function
(2022-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis traces, for the first time in detail, the evolution of early English genealogical literary forms in pre-Conquest texts, from the short pedigrees written in Latin in Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum in the ... -
Patterns of commemoration in central Italy : manuscript calendars and social time in Perugia, Assisi and Gubbio, c. 1100–1500
(2022-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis examines the use of medieval calendars as commemorative devices. Medieval calendars were practical and open-ended texts that could remain in use for several generations, accumulating layers of modification ... -
Livery and dule : dressing life and death in the late medieval Scottish royal household
(University of St Andrews, 2021-07-01) - ThesisThis thesis examines the use of meaningful and symbolic dress at the late medieval Scottish royal court, arguing that group displays of colour-coded clothing, exemplified by livery and mourning dress, played key political ...
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