Mediaeval History: Recent submissions
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Looking East and West : the reception and dissemination of the Topographia Hibernica and the Itinerarium ad partes Orientales in England [1185-c.1500]
(University of St Andrews, 2009-06-25) - ThesisIn this study the manuscript transmission, dissemination and reception of Gerald of Wales’ Topographia Hibernica (TH) and William of Rubruck’s Itinerarium ad partes Orientales (Itinerary) in England c.1185-1500 have been ... -
Grasping schemer or hostage to fortune: the life and career of Stigand, last Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury
(University of St Andrews, 2009-06-25) - ThesisStigand occupied a place in or near power for at least fifty years and yet has only been studied very peripherally and in reference to others. He has been vilified or lauded by historians ever since the Conquest. His ... -
An analysis of the correspondence and hagiographical works of Philip of Harvengt
(University of St Andrews, 2008-06) - ThesisFor every famous author of the twelfth-century renaissance, there are numerous lesser-known writers. Despite being overshadowed by more brilliant scholars or those closer to the centre of important events, their voices add ... -
Conrad III and the Second Crusade in the Byzantine Empire and Anatolia, 1147
(University of St Andrews, 2008) - ThesisThis thesis aims to revise the established history of the passage of the Second Crusade through the Byzantine Empire and Anatolia in 1147. In particular, it seeks to readdress the ill-fated advance of the army nominally ... -
The monastic patronage of King Henry II in England, 1154-1189
(University of St Andrews, 2008-06-26) - ThesisThe subject of this study is Henry II’s monastic patronage in England 1154-1189. Past studies have examined aspects of Henry II’s patronage but an in-depth survey of Henry’s support of the religious houses throughout his ...