History, Classics and Archaeology, School of: Recent submissions
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Hardest conflict: morale in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-15)This thesis carries out an in-depth study of Umberto Eco’s novel The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (2004) and highlights its contribution to two fundamental yet inadequately explored aspects of Eco’s oeuvre: its links ... -
Polybius' characterisation of Hannibal. A study on personality, character and narrative identity in the Histories
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-15)This research offers a re-evaluation of Polybius’ literary style through an analysis of his characterisations. Using narratology, psychology, and philosophy I study the depiction of Hannibal Barca to illustrate some ... -
Educating slaves: a comparative approach to education in Roman slavery
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-15)The purpose of this thesis is to explore the role of education in Roman slavery. In doing so, it seeks to establish how Roman slavers, primarily of elite status, conceptualised their willingness to educate (some of) ... -
Itinerary of William of Malmesbury: a study of a Benedictine Monk’s mobility in the Early Twelfth Century
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-14)As one of the most famous English monastic historians in the early twelfth century, William of Malmesbury is believed to have travelled widely in order to collect information and materials for his writings. Despite ... -
Carmina Magica: reading magic and ritual in Latin love elegy
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-02-13)Carmina Magica: Reading Magic and Ritual in Latin Love Elegy focuses on the relationship between magic, ritual, and poetics in the works of each of the major extant Latin elegists — Tibullus, Propertius, and Ovid — with ... -
Doubtful disputations: controversies in philosophical theology circa 1700
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-02-08)This research examines how controversial culture shaped philosophical theology in England circa 1700. This period saw numerous debates at the intersection of philosophy (including natural philosophy) and theology. Works ... -
Provincial capital in its territorial context: reassessing the environs and funerary evidence of Augusta Emerita (1st century BC – 3rd century AD)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-02-15)Colonia Augusta Emerita was a Roman colony located in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in modern-day Mérida (Spain). It was founded in 25 BC by the veterans of Legio V Alaudae and Legio X Gemina. This foundation ... -
Parliament, the parties and the Scottish question, 1974-1979
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-01-18)This thesis investigates the rise and fall of the Scottish assembly project of the 1970s. It provides the first full-length historical study to focus on the devolution debate of the 1974-1979 Parliament. At the heart ... -
Slave ‘crime and punishment’: management, authority and discretion in Roman law and literature
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-01-18)This thesis investigates elite approximations to ‘crime and punishment’ in Roman slavery. ‘Crime’ and ‘punishment’ are understood here in a malleable sense, including delicts and crimes known in Roman law (and their ... -
Loyalty in captivity: ideas and identity among Ulster Loyalist paramilitary prisoners, 1972 - 1988
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-01-10)This study explores the prison experience of Ulster loyalist paramilitary prisoners during the 'Troubles' conflict, those belonging to the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Ulster Defence Association (UDA), who waged ... -
Orange Order in Belfast and Glasgow, 1910 - 1914
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-12-21)This PhD thesis examines the Orange Order in Belfast and Glasgow during the years of the third Home Rule crisis, 1910 to 1914. It argues that Orangeism was a remarkably flexible construction and that during this period the ... -
Jacobite Diaspora, the Stuart Court and the Greater Caribbean, 1688-c.1750
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-12-19)This thesis examines the Jacobite diaspora across the Greater Caribbean and its relations with the Stuart court and Jacobite exiles in Europe in the period 1688 to c.1750. The Jacobites were the supporters of the Catholic ... -
Text as political weapon: the legacy of the Attic orators in Early Hellenistic Athens (322-261 BCE)
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-12-13)This thesis investigates the transmission and political reception of fourth-century Athenian political oratory in early Hellenistic Athens (henceforth EHA) – viz. the period spanning from the Lamian War (322 BCE) to the ... -
Revolutionary reverberations: Russia and Ireland in war and revolution, 1905-1923
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-12-08)The period between 1905 and 1923 was one of immense political instability around the world, but particularly in Russia and Ireland. Both countries emerged from this period with new state structures: Russia as part of the ... -
Growing up in al-Andalus: an osteological analysis of non-adult skeletal material in Écija, Spain
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-12-05)The Islamic conquest of the Iberian Peninsula brought new religion, language, and economies to the region. The aim of this research is to detect how the non-adult skeleton reacts to religious change. Religious doctrines ... -
From the Adriatic to the Alps: an examination of inland trade in Northern Italy between the First Century BC and Fifth Century AD
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-11-23)Within the Italian peninsula, Northern Italy has previously been maligned as a marginal and unimportant inland region during the Roman era. Inland areas are assumed to have been difficult to access, with long-distance ... -
Electoral truce and party politics in Scotland during the Second World War
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-11-21)This thesis focuses on Scottish politics during the Second World War and argues that the electoral truce, which was agreed at the outbreak of war, had a significant impact on the dynamics of party-politics in Scotland. ... -
Hellenistic Galatians: representation and self-presentation
(The University of Edinburgh, 2018-07-03)This thesis explores Greek and Roman representations of the Hellenistic Galatians with a focus on how the concepts of the ‘barbarian’ and ‘Hellenisation’ influenced the creation, development and persistence of perceptions. ... -
Negotiation and mobility in Early Modern Venice: Armenian, Jewish, and Ottoman Turkish merchants and the Cinque Savii alla Mercanzia, c.1541-1700
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-11-15)This thesis provides a new analysis of negotiations between foreign merchants and Venice’s board of trade, the Cinque Savii alla Mercanzia, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In the last two decades, ... -
8th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, East Belfast and the Great War
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-10-13)The 8th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles was formed in Belfast in September 1914, part of the 36th (Ulster) Division, and participated in several major battles on the Western Front. This is a socio-military study, placing the ...
