Scottish History: Recent submissions
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The Forfeited Estates Papers, 1745: a study of the work of the Commissioners for the Forfeited Annexed Estates, 1755-1784, with particular reference to their contribution to the development of communications in Scotland in the eighteenth century
(University of St Andrews, 1975) - ThesisThe Scottish Record Office collection of the Forfeited Estates Papers, 1745, is voluminous, including the documents of the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland concerning all those estates forfeited in 1747 as well as ... -
The image of the Highland Clearances, c. 1880-1990
(University of St Andrews, 1994) - ThesisThe Highland Clearances have featured in many historical analyses over the past thirty years and have particularly attracted the attention of socio-economic historians interested in the study of agricultural changes, ... -
Authority and discipline in Aberdeen, 1650-1700
(University of St Andrews, 1989) - ThesisThis study is concerned with aspects of urban society in the Scottish city of Aberdeen in the second half of the seventeenth century. The principal aim is to examine the multi-faceted nature and workings of civic ... -
Law and order on the Anglo-Scottish Border 1603-1707
(University of St Andrews, 1981) - ThesisFor centuries the Borders were notorious for their lawlessness and were regarded as beyond redemption by those in London and Edinburgh. Undisturbed, the landowners had assumed extensive powers and the population ... -
Scotland and the United Provinces, c. 1680-1730 : a study in intellectual and educational relations
(University of St Andrews, 2002) - ThesisThis thesis looks at some of the intellectual and educational relations between Scotland and the Netherlands in the period 1680-1730. Although the importance of such an exchange has been a long acknowledged fact, an overview ...