Mediaeval History

St Andrews is one of the foremost European centres for the study of the Middle Ages. In particular, the Department provides special concentrations of experience in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages; mediaeval British history; twelfth-century studies; and the Mediterranean world of the Middle Ages.
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How Arthurian knights fought : reading late medieval romances with fight books
(University of St Andrews, 2022-06-16) - ThesisThis thesis offers a new and interdisciplinary approach to depictions of fighting in late medieval chivalric romances by combining Arthurian literary studies with the emergent field of Historical European Martial Arts ... -
The career of Robert of Thurnham, 1191-1211
(2007-06-21) - ThesisThis thesis examines the career of Robert II of Thurnham a high ranking curial official, whose career in the royal service spanned the reigns of both Richard I [1189-1199] and John [1199-1216]. The thesis begins by ... -
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 ... -
The development of Kentish society from the Anglo-Saxon invasions to the Norman conquest
(University of St Andrews, 1971) - ThesisBede in 731 recorded the awareness that Kent 'was different from the rest of England, a difference that remained apparent for many centuries, medieval Kent was a land of hamlet settlements measured in sulungs, not of ... -
The Mamluks and the Armenian kingdom during the reigns of King Hetùm II (1289-1307)
(University of St Andrews, 2000) - ThesisThis dissertation describes the history of the Armenian kingdom in Cilicia, and the relations between the Mamluks and the Armenians, especially during the period between 688AH/1289CE and 707/1307. The conflict between the ...