St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies Theses: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Looking beyond Guinevere : depictions of women in Chrétien de Troyes’ Arthurian romances, the cult of saints, and religious texts of the twelfth century
(University of St Andrews, 2017-12-08) - ThesisThis thesis provides a reading of Chrétien de Troyes’ Arthurian romances that reflects the cultural and intellectual context of twelfth-century Christianity. The impact of this context on Chrétien’s romances is examined ... -
Abbatial elections : the case of the Loire Valley in the eleventh century
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06-25) - ThesisThis thesis examines a series of documents described as electoral charters, produced in monastic institutions of the Loire Valley from the late tenth to late eleventh centuries. By considering the variations in the formulas ... -
Italian queens in the ninth and tenth centuries
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-26) - ThesisThis thesis investigates the role of queens in ninth and tenth century Italy. During the Carolingian period the Italian kingdom saw significant involvement of royal women in political affairs. This trend continued after ...