Mediaeval History: Recent submissions
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The community of scholars : an analysis of the biographical data from the Taʻrīkh Baghdād
(University of St Andrews, 2005) - ThesisThe biographical details of the 7828 individuals listed in the biographical dictionary known as the Ta'rikh Baghdad were entered in a database and used to create a profile of the hadith community of Baghdad. The ... -
Land assessment and military organisation in the Norse settlements in Scotland, c.900 - 1266 AD
(University of St Andrews, 1997) - ThesisThis thesis examines the origins and purpose of the land assessment units known as ouncelands and pennylands, known from those areas of Scotland which came under Norse rule prior to the Treaty of Perth in 1266. The study ... -
"From water every living thing" : water mills, irrigation and agriculture in the Bilād al-Shām : perspectives on history, architecture, landscape and society, 1100-1850AD
(University of St Andrews, 2006) - ThesisThis work explores the role of the watermill in the history and society of Jordan, Syria and Cyprus from the 12th to the 19th century. Previous studies in this area have been limited, and have usually assumed the watermills ... -
Blessed are those who weep : gratia lacrymarum in thirteenth-century hagiographies
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-26) - ThesisHagiographies and canonisation processes from the thirteenth century are frequently saturated with descriptions of tears. The tears of holy men and women were both the means to, and apex of, spiritual perfection. Using ... -
Convivencia femenina? : the interfaith interactions of women in late mediaeval and early modern Castile, c.1440-1571
(University of St Andrews, 2014) - ThesisSpanish demography was permanently altered when Los Reyes Católicos expelled all Jewish inhabitants from Castile in 1492. Earlier that same year, the last vestiges of Muslim power had disappeared with the full political ...