Browsing Scottish History Theses by Issue Date
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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 ... -
A study of Anglo-Scottish relations, 1637-43
(University of St Andrews, 1954-12) - Thesis -
The administration of the Scottish borders in the sixteenth century
(University of St Andrews, 1961) - Thesis -
The linen industry of Fife in the later eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
(University of St Andrews, 1975) - Thesis -
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 fishing industry and the development of tourism in St. Andrews and the East Neuk Burghs of Fife, c. 1785-1914
(University of St Andrews, 1977) - ThesisThe thesis traces the development, between 1790 and 1914, of the two industries of fishing and tourism, which, by the end of the 19th century, dominated the economies of the Fife coastal burghs, stretching from St. Andrews ... -
The Glasgow tobacco merchants and the American Revolution, 1770-1800
(University of St Andrews, 1978-03) - ThesisThe tobacco trade formed the basis of the Chesapeake economy during the Eighteenth Century. Tobacco was shipped to Britain during the -colonial period, in accordance with the Navigation Acts, and then sold in European ... -
Scottish royal marriages and marriage alliances from David I to Alexander III
(University of St Andrews, 1979) - ThesisThis thesis consists of five chapters embodying research on Scottish royal marriages and marriage alliances from the marriage of King David I and Matilda de Senlis in 1113 or 1114 to the marriage of King Alexander III ... -
Some aspects of early castle-building in Scotland
(University of St Andrews, 1979-12) - ThesisThis thesis consists of an examination of the origins and development, of various forms of castle erected in Scotland between c 1052 and c 1330. It is arranged in two sections. In the first part, I have examined critically ... -
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 ... -
The development of the Scottish railway system to 1844
(University of St Andrews, 1982-07) - ThesisThis thesis traces the development of the Scottish railway system from the horse-drawn waggonways of the eighteenth century to the eve of the railway mania of the mid-1840s. It includes discussion of most aspect, of railway ... -
The Scottish export trade, 1460-1599 : from the Exchequer Rolls
(University of St Andrews, 1983) - ThesisThis thesis presents a quantitative examination of the Scottish export trade, 1460-1599, using the custumars’ accounts which form part of the ‘Exchequer Rolls of Scotland’. The Exchequer rolls are one of the most accessible ... -
Law and order in Stirlingshire, 1637-1747
(University of St Andrews, 1984) - ThesisScotland in the early modern period was an overwhelmingly rural society, made of largely self-sufficient communities based on the unit of the estate. This society had a legal system which was decentralised, had a large ... -
Crown-magnate relations, 1437-1460
(University of St Andrews, 1988) - ThesisThis thesis examines the relations between James II and those magnates who were active in politics during his reign, which lasted from 1437-1460. The Black Douglas family were of particular importance during both the ... -
Saints, dedications and cults in mediaeval Fife
(University of St Andrews, 1988) - ThesisA good deal has been written about the history of the Scottish Church, about Scottish saints and about church dedications in Scotland. Much of this has, however, been written by antiquarians who have often had a denominational ... -
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 ... -
Gateside Mills : the Scottish bobbin and shuttle trade in its British and international setting, 1860-1960
(University of St Andrews, 1989) - ThesisWithin these 100 years, 1860-1960, in the east of Scotland, a highly specialised woodworking industry closely associated with flax and jute manufacturing, grew from modest beginnings to a position of some importance in ... -
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 ... -
The control of infectious diseases in Fife, c. 1855-1950
(University of St Andrews, 1989) - ThesisThis thesis is a study-of the contribution of public health administration to the control of Infectious diseases in Fife during the period c. 1855-1950. It is a local study in the social history of medicine which attempts ... -
Politics and the feud in late mediaeval Scotland
(University of St Andrews, 1990) - ThesisFrom the mid-fifteenth century onwards, the Scottish aristocratic community made increasing use of formal bonds of lordship, service and friendship. The first section of this thesis examines the relationship between formal ...