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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Heart-work: emotion, empowerment and authority in covenanting times
(University of St Andrews, 1991) - Thesis'Heart-work' is an examination of the inner world of the covenanters; particularly with regard to authority, empowerment and affective experience. It examines the covenanting phenomenon of conversion, which placed believers ... -
The Scottish timber trade, 1680 to 1800
(University of St Andrews, 1991) - Thesis'The Scottish timber trade, 1680 to 1800' examines the structural change in the source, level and form of Scotland's imports of softwood timber between 1680 and 1800. The thesis is divided into geographical and chronological ... -
Crown-magnate relations in the personal rule of James I of Scotland (1424-1437)
(University of St Andrews, 1992) - ThesisThis thesis is a study of the relations between James I and his most important landed subjects during the thirteen years of his personal reign. The King's active and aggressive approach to monarchy contrasted with 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 ... -
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, ... -
Crown-magnate relations in the personal rule of James V, 1528-1542
(University of St Andrews, 1995) - ThesisIn terms of general interest, James V has suffered by comparison with his more famous father, James IV, and his internationally renowned daughter, Mary Queen of Scots. Yet his reign is an important one, embracing ... -
The 'Chronicle of Perth': an historical and archaeological study
(University of St Andrews, 1995) - ThesisThis thesis features a full transcript of NLS Advocates MS. 35.4.4, The "Chronicle of Perth". The manuscript volume was edited and published by James Maidment in 1831 for the Maitland Club of Glasgow; however, Maidment's ... -
Employment of the steamship in the Scottish east coast trades to 1850
(University of St Andrews, 1996) - ThesisThe importance of the east of Scotland in the early use and development of the steamship appears to have been undervalued by most writers. A general description of the development of steam navigation before about 1850 ... -
The Union of 1707 in Scottish historiography, ca.1800 - 1914
(University of St Andrews, 1996) - ThesisIn the nineteenth century, Scottish patriotic aspirations, unlike other nationalist movements in Europe, were not defined as a demand for the re-establishment of a nation-state. Rather, Scots considered that the most ...