Mediaeval History
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Intellectual exchange and the reception of classical literature at early medieval Fulda
(2025-07-02) - ThesisThis thesis studies the inheritance of classical literature at the monastery of Fulda in the ninth century. An examination of two writers, Rudolf of Fulda and Brun Candidus, provides a kind of case study of the broader ... -
The grief of the kings of England, 1154-1216
(2024-12-04) - ThesisAt the end of May 1183, Henry the Young King, Henry II’s eldest surviving son and heir, contracted dysentery in the midst of a rebellion against his father. It quickly became clear that his illness was serious and, aged ... -
Philippe de Mézières and the Order of the Passion : crusade ideology, propaganda, and strategy in the late fourteenth century
(2019-12-04) - ThesisThis thesis offers an account of the role of Philippe de Mézières, a soldier, servant of kings, and prolific writer, as an important but far from fully understood figure of the fourteenth-century crusade movement. The ... -
Intersecting views on the Franco-Scottish alliance : representation of the other and identity in the making, 13th-16th century
(University of St Andrews, 2022-06-16) - ThesisL’alliance entre la France et l’Écosse fut instaurée à la fin du XIIIe siècle, dans un climat de tensions croissantes avec l’Angleterre. Des guerres d’indépendance écossaises à la longue période de conflits associée à la ... -
Voices of medieval English maritime towns : petitions concerning the Cinque Ports, 1272-1377
(University of St Andrews, 2021-06) - ThesisThis thesis explores the political communication between royal and local governments in late medieval England. It focuses on the petitionary language used by medieval English maritime towns, especially by the confederation ...
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