Scottish History Theses: Recent submissions

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    • People and parliament in Scotland, 1689-1702 

      Patrick, Derek J. (University of St Andrews, 2002) - Thesis
      In Scotland the Revolution of 1688 - 1689 has received little academic attention - considered little more than an adjunct of events in England. Traditionally, the political elite have been seen as reluctant to rebel, the ...

    • Broadly speaking : Scots language and British imperialism. 

      Murphy, Sean (University of St Andrews, 2017-01) - Thesis
      This 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 

      Tanner, Roland J. (University of St Andrews, 1999) - Thesis
      This 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 

      Iwazumi, Kino (University of St Andrews, 1996) - Thesis
      In 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 

      Hawes, Claire (University of St Andrews, 2015-11-30) - Thesis
      This 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 ...