Indicators of craft specialisation in medieval ceramics from north-west Russia
Indicators of craft specialisation in medieval ceramics from north-west Russia By Clive Orton The Archaeology of Medieval Novgorod in its Wider Context: A…
Castle for Sale in Belgium
The castle of Veulen, located in Heers in the province of Limburg in Belgium, has recently been put up for sale. The castle…
Death and remembrance: the Durham Liber Vitæ
Death and remembrance: the Durham Liber Vitæ By William Aird Cardiff Historical Papers, Vol.6 (2007) Introduction: In a late sixteenth-century description of the…
Texts and contexts : women’s dedicated life from Caesarius to Benedict
Texts and contexts : women’s dedicated life from Caesarius to Benedict Rudge, Lindsay University of St Andrews, 21-Jun-2007 Abstract The history of western…
Seville : between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, 1248-1492 : pre-Columbus commercial routes from and to Seville
The following study attempts to show how the city of this river, Seville, became an important international port between the years 1248 and 1492, well before Spain’s Golden Age and the arrival of silver from the Americas.
Be rihtre æwe: legislating and regulating marital morality in late Anglo-Saxon England
This thesis examines some projects of moral regulation, implemented by the agents of the church and king in the late Anglo-Saxon period, which sought to modify and govern marital conduct.
The Nature-Nurture Debate in Thirteenth-Century France
It relates the story of a young woman, named Silence, raised by her parents and later guardians as a boy, in order to protect her from a new, unjust inheritance law, which forbade inheritance by women. Her training is quite successful, and she soon proves the equal, indeed the superior, of any male peers in riding, hunting, wrestling, skill at arms, and musical talent.
Phenomenology of the past: Pain and illness in the 12th Century
A study of pain in the twelfth century reveals pain to have been embedded in culture. Pain had sense as a natural, social, and spiritual experience.
Ceramic and cultural change in the Hebrides AD 500-1300
Ceramic and cultural change in the Hebrides AD 500-1300 By Alan Lane Cardiff Studies in Archaeology, No.29 (2007) Introduction: The Hebrides have long…
British historiography on the Crusades and Military Orders: from Barker and Smail to contemporary historians
Medieval historians in Britain are, on the whole, not as insular in their outlook as they once were, but even now the task of persuading them of the significance of crusading in the political life and social fabric of the time does sometimes seem an uphill struggle.
Anxieties of Attachment: The Dynamics of Courtship in Medieval India
Anxieties of Attachment: The Dynamics of Courtship in Medieval India By Daud Ali Modern Asian Studies, Vol.36:1 (2002) Introduction: The copious literature on…
Renaissance Florence on Five Florins a Day
Renaissance Florence on Five Florins a Day By Charles FitzRoy Thames & Hudson, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-500-25162-1 This fact-packed guide provides all the practical…
Rewriting history in the cult of St Cuthbert from the ninth to the twelfth centuries
Rewriting history in the cult of St Cuthbert from the ninth to the twelfth centuries Crumplin, Sally University of St Andrews, 2005 Abstract…
Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War: The Golden Age of Private Ransoms
My investigations hinge around three different themes: the status of prisoners of war, the ransoming process and the networks of assistance.
The myth of minority : cultural change in Valencia in the thirteenth century at the time of the conquests of James I of Aragon
The myth of minority : cultural change in Valencia in the thirteenth century at the time of the conquests of James I of…
The monastic patronage of King Henry II in England, 1154-1189
The monastic patronage of King Henry II in England, 1154-1189 Martinson, Amanda M. University of St Andrews, 26-Jun-2008 Abstract The subject of this…
Looking East and West : the reception and dissemination of the Topographia Hibernica and the Itinerarium ad partes Orientales in England [1185-c.1500]
Looking East and West : the reception and dissemination of the Topographia Hibernica and the Itinerarium ad partes Orientales in England [1185-c.1500] David,…
Hagiography and the cult of saints in the diocese of Liège, c. 700-980
Hagiography and the cult of saints in the diocese of Liège, c. 700-980 Zimmern, Matthew University of St Andrews, 2007 Abstract This thesis…
The Water Supply of Byzantine Constantinople
The Water Supply of Byzantine Constantinople By James Crow, Jonathan Bardill and Richard Bayliss Journal of Roman Studies Monographs, No.11 (2008) ISBN 978…
Grasping schemer or hostage to fortune: the life and career of Stigand, last Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury
Stigand occupied a place in or near power for at least fifty years and yet has only been studied very peripherally and in reference to others.
Earl Rognvaldr Kali: crisis and development in twelfth-century Orkney
Earl Rognvaldr Kali: crisis and development in twelfth-century Orkney By Joshua Prescott M.Phil Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2009 Abstract: In this thesis…
An Anthology of Ismaili Literature – A Shi’i Vision of Islam
An Anthology of Ismaili Literature – A Shi’i Vision of Islam Edited by Hermann Landolt, Samira Sheikh and Kutub Kassam London, I.B.Tauris Publishers,…
Patrons and painters on Cyprus : the frescoes in the Royal Chapel at Pyrga
Patrons and painters on Cyprus : the frescoes in the Royal Chapel at Pyrga By Jens T. Wollesen Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval…
‘Dyvers kyndes of religion in sondry partes of the Ilande’: the geography of pastoral care in thirteenth-century England
‘Dyvers kyndes of religion in sondry partes of the Ilande’: the geography of pastoral care in thirteenth-century England By William Hopkins Campbell PhD…
Conrad III and the Second Crusade in the Byzantine Empire and Anatolia, 1147
Conrad III and the Second Crusade in the Byzantine Empire and Anatolia, 1147 By Jason T. Roche PhD Dissertation, University of St Andrews,…