Scottish History Theses: Recent submissions
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Broadly speaking : Scots language and British imperialism.
(University of St Andrews, 2017-01) - ThesisThis thesis offers a three-pronged perspective on the historical interconnections between Lowland Scots language(s) and British imperialism. Through analyses of the manifestation of Scots linguistic varieties outwith ... -
The political role of the Three Estates in Parliament and General Council in Scotland, 1424-1488
(University of St Andrews, 1999) - ThesisThis thesis examines the political role of the three estates in the Scottish parliament and general council between 1424 and 1488. Previous histories of the Scottish parliament have judged it to be weak and constitutionally ... -
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 ... -
Community and public authority in later fifteenth-century Scotland
(University of St Andrews, 2015-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis offers a reassessment of the political culture of Scotland in the later fifteenth century, from c. 1440 to c. 1490, through an examination of communitarian discourses and practices. It argues that the current ... -
The Glasgow City Improvement Trust : an analysis of its genesis, impact and legacy and an inventory of its buildings, 1866-1910
(University of St Andrews, 2003-09) - ThesisThis dissertation comprises a descriptive and analytical account of the workings of the Glasgow City Improvement Trust (from 1895, the Glasgow City Improvement Department), together with a comprehensive inventory of its ...