Browsing Mediaeval History Theses by Title
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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 ... -
Neither Scotland nor England : Middle Britain, c.850–1150
(University of St Andrews, 2015-11-30) - ThesisIn and around the 870s, Britain was transformed dramatically by the campaigns and settlements of the Great Army and its allies. Some pre-existing political communities suffered less than others, and in hindsight the process ... -
Norse settlement in the Inner Hebrides ca. 800-1300; with special reference to the islands of Mull, Coll and Tiree
(University of St Andrews, 1991) - ThesisThe thesis aims to elucidate the form, extent and chronological development of Norse colonial settlement in the Inner Hebridean islands of Mull, Coll, Thee and Lismore in the period ca 800-1300. Tiree, Coll and Lismore ... -
The Norse settlement of Shetland and Faroe, c.800-c.1500: a comparative study
(University of St Andrews, 1987) - ThesisThis thesis provides detailed studies of settlement on four Faroese islands and in four districts of Shetland in order to isolate and explain differences and similarities between the two island groups. These studies examine ... -
Oaths, Kings and subjects: A study of the oaths sworn to Kings by subjects in England, c.870-c,1200
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisThis thesis is a study of the oaths sworn by subjects to kings of England between c. 870 and c. 1200. Who swore oaths to the king? When did they swear? What sorts of oaths were sworn? What commitments did swearing lead ... -
The 'Passiones' of St. Kilian : cult, politics and society in the Carolingian and Ottonian worlds
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06-25) - ThesisThe subject of this thesis is the relationship between hagiography and cult in the early medieval west taken through the example of the Passiones of St. Kilian of Würzburg († 689) in the period from circa 700 to circa 1000 ... -
The patronage of the Spiritual Franciscans: the roles of the Orsini and Colonna cardinals, key lay patrons and their patronage networks
(University of St Andrews, 2009-11-30) - ThesisThe survival and success of religious reform groups in the late medieval period was often due to the efforts of an ecclesiastical patron, a powerful and often wealthy individual who exerted their influence on behalf of the ... -
The patronage of the Templars and of the Order of St. Lazarus in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
(University of St Andrews, 1991) - ThesisThe main focus of this study is the patronage of the Templars and of the Order of St.Lazarus, two of the Holy Land orders who came to England in the twelfth century. They were thought to be connected, and afford interesting ... -
Perfecting prevention : the medical writings of Maino de Maineri (d.c. 1368)
(University of St Andrews, 2006) - ThesisThis thesis provides evidence of the centrality of prevention to learned medicine as well as wider social interest in and demand for this type of advice in the fourteenth century. It is based on the four major medical ... -
The "Philomena" of John Bradmore and its Middle English derivative : a perspective on surgery in Late Medieval England
(University of St Andrews, 1998) - ThesisThis thesis is a study of two related surgical texts produced in England in the fifteenth century. The Latin treatise entitled Philomena, British Library MS. Sloane 2272, was compiled by a London surgeon, John Bradmore, ... -
Politics and legislation in England in the early fifteenth century : the Parliament of 1406
(University of St Andrews, 2001) - ThesisThis thesis examines the 'Long Parliament' of 1406 as an example of politics and legislation in England during the early fifteenth century. It is based on a wide range of government sources, including manuscripts from ... -
The port of London in the fourteenth century : its topography, administration, and trade
(University of St Andrews, 1983) - ThesisThe port of London in the 14th century accommodated a wide range of activities and interests, several important aspects of which are considered here.The first part of the thesis looks successively at the general topography ... -
Power, lordship, and landholding in Anjou, c.1000-c.1150
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-26) - ThesisThis thesis explores the relationship between lordship and landholding in Anjou, from c.1000 to c.1150, focussing specifically on the effects of power upon that relationship. I consider questions central to lordship: how ... -
Preachers and governance in fifteenth-century Italian towns : a comparative investigation of three case studies
(University of St Andrews, 2012) - ThesisThis thesis examines the sermons of three conventual mendicant preachers in three 15th-century Italian cities: the Easter Sunday sermons of 1416 and 1417 of a Franciscan, Giovanni Coltellini; a 1446 sermon for the feast-day ... -
Prisoners of war in the Hundred Years War : the golden age of private ransoms
(University of St Andrews, 2009-11-30) - ThesisIf the issue of prisoners of war has given rise to numerous studies in recent years, nevertheless, this topic is far from exhausted. Built on a large corpus of archival sources, this study fuels the debate on ransoms and ... -
Procedure and legal arguments in the court of Canterbury, c. 1193-1300
(University of St Andrews, 2018-06-28) - ThesisThis thesis examines the construction of legal arguments in the English ecclesiastical courts, 1193-1300. The primary source materials used are the records of the thirteenth-century provincial Court of Canterbury, the ... -
Prostitution and subjectivity in late mediaeval Germany and Switzerland
(University of St Andrews, 2013-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis is a study of the problem of subjectivity and prostitution in the Middle Ages. Three legal case studies of unpublished archival material and one chapter focussing on fictional texts from late mediaeval Germany ... -
Protestant polemic and the nature of evangelical dissent, 1538-1553
(University of St Andrews, 1998) - ThesisThis study explores how Protestant writers during the period 1538-1553 dealt with the threats and opportunities that were offered to Protestant reform in England by the Royal Supremacy. Though initially propagandists ... -
Reading Paul and Dante in the fourteenth century
(University of St Andrews, 2015-09) - ThesisGiven the importance of Paul for Dante’s characterization of the pilgrim, and his invocation of the Pauline Epistles throughout the Commedia, this thesis began by asking how important Paul was to Dante’s fourteenth-century ... -
The reign of Leo VI (886-912) : personal relationships and political ideologies
(University of St Andrews, 1994-07) - ThesisLeo VI (886-912) is an emperor who has suffered from a hostile and inadequate press. He has been portrayed as a weak and careless emperor, known mainly for his dubious parentage and marital exploits. This thesis questions ...