Modern History
The Department of Modern History offers a range of degree programmes and other study opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate students covering the period from the Renaissance (the late 15th century) to the present day.
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Catholic print networks in Restoration England, 1660-1688
(2020-12-02) - ThesisThis thesis explores the activities of those who engaged in the Catholic print trade, primarily in London, throughout the reigns of Charles II and James VII & II. It proposes that there persisted a small, but thriving, ... -
The business of ideas : the Franco-Dutch book trade and the Republic of Letters (1700-1720)
(2025-07-02) - ThesisThe following research has been undertaken in order to explore libraire culture, which surrounded and supported the Republic of Letters, via the personal correspondence of a group who operated out of the Netherlands during ... -
Local internationalists : Polish and Central European Esperantist networks between the local, national, and global, c. 1890s-1910s
(2024-12-04) - ThesisThis doctoral thesis examines the early Esperanto movement, its entanglements, and actors among Polish supporters of the language. The chronological framework takes the publication of the language in 1887 as the starting ... -
Meanings and uses of numeracy in Scotland and northern England, c.1660–c.1800
(2024-12-04) - ThesisThis thesis examines the practical uses and social meanings of numeracy among lower- and middle-ranking people in Scotland and northern England from 1660 to 1800. Abilities such as counting, calculating, weighing, measuring ... -
Cultures, practices and politics of cannabis consumption in 20th century colonial and dictatorial Spain (1920-1980)
(2024-12-04) - ThesisThis thesis explores the use of cannabis, and the politics that surrounded it, in Spain and Spanish Morocco between 1920 and 1980. It takes a cultural-constructivist approach to drugs, viewing them as culturally contingent, ...
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