Modern History Theses: Recent submissions
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The Gondi family : strategy and survival in late sixteenth-century France
(University of St Andrews, 2011-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis details the rise to power of one of the great families of late sixteenth-century France, the Gondi. Antoine de Gondi, the last of fifteen children, left his native Florence to settle permanently in France in ... -
Martin Broszat, Saul Friedländer and the historicisation of the Third Reich
(University of St Andrews, 2011-11-30) - ThesisIn 1987, Martin Broszat (1926-1989) and Saul Friedländer (born 1932) debated the concept of “historicisation” in an exchange of letters. These letters were first published in the German premier journal Vierteljahrshefte ... -
Publishing in Paris, 1570-1590 : a bibliometric analysis
(University of St Andrews, 2011-06-23) - ThesisThis thesis is an examination of the printing industry in Paris between 1570 and 1590. These years represent a relatively under-researched period in the history of Parisian print. This period is of importance because of ... -
Family, ambition and service : the French nobility and the emergence of the standing army, c. 1598-1635
(University of St Andrews, 2011-06) - ThesisThis thesis will contend that a permanent body of military force under royal command, a ‘standing army’, arose during the first three decades of the seventeenth century in France. Such a development constituted a transformation ... -
Culture from the midnight hour : a critical reassessment of the black power movement in twentieth century America
(University of St Andrews, 2011-06-23) - ThesisThe thesis seeks to develop a more sophisticated view of the black power movement in twentieth century America by analysing the movement’s cultural legacy. The rise, maturation and decline of black power as a political ...