Scottish History: Recent submissions
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The impact of the Union of 1707 on early eighteenth-century Fife electoral politics, 1707-1747
(University of St Andrews, 2006) - ThesisIn an unprecedented act of peaceful, albeit contentious, statesmanship, the 1707 Treaty of Union joined Scotland and England into one sovereign country. Now governed by the Parliament of Great Britain, Scotland was allowed ... -
A biographical and critical study of the life and writings of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes
(University of St Andrews, 1954) - ThesisThe name of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes has always been known to students of Scottish history by reason of his "Annals of Scotland", long accepted as a fundamental reference book for that period of Scottish history ... -
The apocalyptic tradition in Scotland, 1588-1688
(University of St Andrews, 2013-06) - ThesisThroughout the seventeenth century, numerous Scots became convinced that the major political and religious upheavals of their age signified the fulfillment of, or further unfolding of, the vivid prophecies described in the ... -
The minority of King James V, 1513-1528
(University of St Andrews, 1989) - ThesisThe thesis is a detailed study of Scottish central government institutions, personnel and policies during the long and politically complex minority of James V 1513-1528. Research has been undertaken principally in the ... -
Whales, dolphins and porpoises in the economy and culture of peasant fishermen in Norway, Orkney, Shetland, Faroe Islands and Iceland, ca.900 - 1900 A.D., and Norse Greenland, ca.1000 - 1500 A.D.
(University of St Andrews, 1994) - ThesisBy way of introduction the thesis considers Norse whaling history, in general, concepts like 'whaling tradition', 'whaling culture', and describes the approach to the divers studies of cetaceans in Norse peasant ...