History, Classics and Archaeology, School of: Recent submissions
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Sole rule and the Greek polis: legitimising monocratic power from the Archaic Period to the Early Hellenistic Period
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-04)My thesis investigates the discourse of sole rule in the Greek polis from the Archaic Period to the Early Hellenistic Period. In particular, the thesis analyses how sole rulers were able to legitimise their position ... -
Claudian, Bellum Geticum: a literary and historical commentary (Preface and ll. 1 - 123)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-04)This thesis contains a literary and historical commentary on the preface and on the first 123 verses of the poem Bellum Geticum, composed by the Latin poet Claudian to celebrate Stilicho’s defeat of Alaric’s Gothic ... -
Elite laywomen and the Ideals of Crusade support in England, c.1187-1291
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-04)Defining exactly what crusade was and what it meant to participate in it has become an archetypal quandary of medieval study. Scholars have increasingly sought to examine the ideals of crusade, typically focusing on the ... -
Sicily and Crete between Byzantium and the Dar Al-Islam (Late 7th - Mid 10th Century): an archaeological contribution
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-04)Focusing on the Byzantine-Islamic transitions of Sicily and Crete, the aim of this thesis is to contribute to the archaeological debate surrounding the development of both islands between the late 7th and mid-10th century. ... -
Comparative projectile trauma: an examination of the differences in skeletal trauma inflicted by firearms and archery weapons
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-04)In recent years, the defining characteristics of cranial projectile trauma have been reported extensively in experimental studies as well as forensic case reports. The existing literature, however, focuses on trauma ... -
Life and work of James McCune Smith (1813-1865)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-04)James McCune Smith (1813-1865) was the first African American physician to practice in the United States with a medical degree. He was among the most educated African Americans of his day, having earned three degrees at ... -
Cowboys and indians? A biocultural study of violence and conflict in south-east Scotland c. AD 400 to c. AD 800
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-04)This thesis considers the skeletal evidence for violence in south-east Scotland during the early medieval period and includes analysis of human remains not previously examined alongside biomolecular analyses of selected ... -
Child and adolescent psychiatry in France and Scotland, 1870-1914
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)This thesis argues that child and adolescent psychiatry emerged as a relevant medical specialty in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in both France and Scotland. The psychiatric study of the child and ... -
Fragmentation of the Labour Party right, c. 1970-1983
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)The purpose of this thesis is to explore the differences that emerged among the social-democratic ‘right’ wing of the British Labour Party in the 1970s and early 1980s. For most of the early post-war period, the Labour ... -
Reception of John Chrysostom in the Middle Byzantine period (9th–13th centuries): a study of the Catechetical homily on Pascha (CPG 4605)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)John Chrysostom was the most prolific Byzantine Church father, reaching high levels of prominence in the Byzantine Church for both his rhetorical prowess and spiritual instruction. Nevertheless, the process itself of the ... -
Quarries of Hadrian's Wall: materials and logistics of a large-scale Imperial building project
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)This work examines the geo-archaeological landscape around Hadrian’s Wall, one of Rome’s best-preserved frontiers, and the only monument of its kind in Great Britain. Within the area surrounding Hadrian’s Wall, over ... -
Oria Kastro, an insular medieval settlement and fortress on Kythnos: an architectural, archaeological, and historical investigation
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)The thesis concerns Oria Kastro a medieval fortified settlement on the island of Kythnos in the western Cyclades. Nested on top of a remote cliff on the north-western coast the Kastro (kastro meaning castle in Greek) ... -
Slaughter was commenced: a study of American Revolutionary War massacres
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)This thesis examines massacres that were committed during the American Revolutionary War, seeking to recontextualise their importance within the broader frame of the study of violence while building a narrative that ... -
Quantitative analysis of the Early Christian churches of Central Lycia
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)Since the publication of R. Martin Harrison’s seminal work, ‘Churches and chapels of Central Lycia’ in 1963, numerous scholars have focused on the region, attracted by the large number of extant remains. From large-scale ... -
That barbarous and mountainous country: the Highlands and government 1745-1760
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)This thesis examines the distribution and exercise of power within the Highlands in the fifteen years that followed the Jacobite rising of 1745-6. Critical aspects of the Highlands’ status within the United Kingdom were ... -
Hate or glory: a categorical and experimental consideration of Bronze Age halberds in Scotland in relation to MBA weaponry
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)Despite being one of the largest collections of their type in Europe, the Early Bronze Age halberds in Scotland have not been catalogued or analysed since Coles’ 1968-9 work. Accordingly, every halberd in Scotland was ... -
Potential of mechanical and physicochemical analysis of human cortical bone for forensic age estimation
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)Age estimation remains one of the most challenging tasks for forensic practitioners when establishing the biological profile of unknown skeletonised remains. Morphological methods based on developmental markers of bones ... -
Iconoclast imperial authority and its contested legacy: from the Arab siege (717/18) until the death of Michael III (867)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)The thesis studies the first two iconoclast Byzantine emperors, Leo III (r. 717-41) and his son Constantine V (r. 741-75), and their highly-contested legacy. It first revisits the evidence for the reigns of Leo III and ... -
Negotiating violence: public discourses about political violence in Interwar Britain and German
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)This thesis analyses public discourses about political violence in interwar Britain and Germany. Much of the existing work on political violence in the aftermath of the First World War has focused on the defeated countries ... -
Emotional politics in the Iliad
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-07-31)This thesis constitutes a systematic analysis of emotion’s role in Iliadic politics. I hereby argue that emotions, which the evidence of Homer’s Iliad reveals as shaping and shaped by communal norms, are constitutive ...
