Modern History Theses: Recent submissions
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A failed alliance and expanding horizons : relations between the Austrian Habsburgs and the Safavid Persians in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-26) - ThesisThroughout the 16th and 17th centuries, both Austria and Persia were each repeatedly at war with the Ottoman Turks. Diplomats travelled between the two countries in an attempt to forge an alliance against their common ... -
Latin books published in Paris, 1501-1540
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06) - ThesisThis is a study of the Parisian Latin book industry in the first four decades of the sixteenth century. It challenges the assumption that the Reformation brought about a profound change in the European print world. Luther’s ... -
"Monarchy as it should be"? : British perceptions of Poland-Lithuania in the long seventeenth century
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-26) - ThesisEarly modern Poland-Lithuania figured significantly in the political perceptions of Europeans in the long seventeenth century – not only due to its considerable size and enormous commercial and military resources, but also, ... -
A naval travesty : the dismissal of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, 1917
(University of St Andrews, 2014-06-26) - ThesisThis dissertation relates to the dismissal of Admiral Jellicoe, First Sea Lord from November 1916 to December 1917, by Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty, at the behest of the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George. ... -
The Russell administration, 1846-1852
(University of St Andrews, 1962-01) - Thesis