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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Domestic slavery in Syria and Egypt, 1200-1500
(University of St Andrews, 2019-12-04) - ThesisThis study investigates domestic slavery in Syrian and Egyptian society from the thirteenth century to the fifteenth century. It focuses on the agency of slaves in the context of master-slave relationships within households ... -
Welsh contacts with the papacy before the Edwardian conquest, c. 1283
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-25) - ThesisThis thesis attempts to explain the papacy’s significance to Welsh polities and the Welsh Church prior to the Edwardian Conquest of Wales. Though there has been little sustained consideration of Wales and the papacy ... -
The Fenland monasteries during the reign of King Stephen
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-27) - ThesisThis thesis considers the experience of the Fenland houses during the reign of Stephen, 1135-1154. It particularly focuses on wrongs committed against the houses during those years and the degree to which prelates helped ... -
Patronage of the Knights Hospitaller in Britain and Ireland, 1291-1400
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-27) - ThesisThis study examines what motivated donors to the Knights Hospitaller throughout the British Isles from 1291 to 1400. The Hospitallers, a military-religious order which fought in the crusades, came to Britain and Ireland ... -
Negotiating the past in medieval Iceland, c. 1250-1500 : cultural memory and royal authority in the Icelandic legal tradition
(University of St Andrews, 2018-12-07) - ThesisThis thesis examines the memorial meaning attributed to royal power in the Icelandic legal tradition, as it is textually negotiated in sources extant from the period c. 1250-1500. It discusses the significance and functions ...
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