Browsing History (Theses and Dissertations) by Subject "Medieval History, Ph.D."
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Anglo-Irish and Gaelic women in Ireland c. 1277-1534 : a study of the conditions and rights of single women, wives, widows and nuns in late medieval Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2005)This thesis is a study of how women's legal, economic, social and political rights were profoundly affected by their marital state. The aim is firstly to provide a coherent picture of the lives of women in medieval Ireland ... -
Anglo-Norman castles and religious foundations in Counties Louth and Down : a comparison with examples in England and Wales
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2009)This aim of this thesis is to prove that in the aftermath of the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, the buildings constructed by the first wave of settlers reflected the architectural influences of contemporary ... -
Biography, romance and chivalry : Barbour's The Bruce and Chandos Herald's La vie du Prince Noir
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2007)The aim of this thesis is to establish the form and function of two late fourteenth- century biographies of royal subjects in Britain: John Barbour’s The Bruce, which was written circa 1375, and Chandos Herald’s La vie du ... -
Classical erudition in the letters of Peter of Blois
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2010)Peter of Blois (c. 1135-1212) is best known for the collection of letters dedicated by him to King Henry II of England. Regarded as a model of the art of medieval letter-writing, his collection influenced subsequent ... -
Crown and community on the royal manors of the Liffey valley
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2010)This thesis investigates the relationship between the English crown and the four royal manors of Crumlin, Esker, Saggart and Newcastle Lyons in the later Middle Ages. These manors were situated in south County Dublin and ... -
Furnished insular Scandinavian burial : artefacts & landscape in the early Viking age
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Gendered symbolism as a medium to negotiate power as evidenced in the furnished Viking burials of Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2017)This thesis is an examination of the gendered symbolism of grave goods as evident in the furnished burials of Ireland. The practice in Ireland is dated to between 840 and 950 CE, a period also marked by violence and warfare ... -
Gendered symbolism as a medium to negotiate power as evidenced in the furnished Viking burials of Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2017)This thesis is an examination of the gendered symbolism of grave goods as evident in the furnished burials of Ireland. The practice in Ireland is dated to between 840 and 950 CE, a period also marked by violence and warfare ... -
Imaging the Byzantines : Latin perceptions, representations, and memory, c.1095-c.1230
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2009)On 16 April 1204, Constantinople fell to the armies of the Fourth Crusade and the Byzantine Empire was dismembered among its conquerors. More than six hundred years later, a controversy over the diversion of the Fourth ... -
Materialising Ireland : archaeology, identity and modernity in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2007)This thesis explores the role of archaeology in the development of modern conceptions of the past in Ireland. The approach contextualises archaeological studies in Ireland within broader psychoanalytic, anthropological and ... -
Nobility and crown. The de Lacy family in Ireland, England and Normandy 1172-1241
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2010)This study of the interplay between magnate and crown in the political careers of Hugh and Walter de Lacy involves a fresh look at the high politics of the Plantagenet Empire from 1172 to 1241. It is hoped, however, that ... -
Papacy and church : the assertion and reception of Papal authority and justice in the Papal letters, 1143-53
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2007)The subject of this thesis is papal authority and administrative practice in the period 1143-53, and how they are reflected through the letters of the papacy. Accordingly, the focus here is on the everyday business of the ... -
The archaeology of medieval ecclesiastical settlement in the barony of Lower Dundalk, Co. Louth
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2010)This thesis is a regional study of the archaeology of medieval ecclesiastical settlement in the barony of Lower Dundalk, Co. Louth, from c. 1000-1650. In the absence of excavation, the primary aim of this thesis was to ... -
The castle in the social and geographical landscape of Cumbria, 1066-1250 A.D.
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2010)The aim of this thesis, ‘The Castle in the Social and Geographical Landscape of Cumbria, 1066-1250 A.D.’, was to examine the medieval castle within the confines of the county of Cumbria, as defined in 1974. The areas of ... -
The concept and practice of pilgrimage in early medieval Ireland : from the fifth to the ninth century
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2006)This dissertation focuses primarily upon the practice of pilgrimage ex patria (‘[away] from one’s country’), the act of abandoning one’s homeland, usually permanently, for the sake of God, a practice that was uniquely ... -
The cult and iconography of Saint Anne in late medieval Europe with particular reference to Florence 1343 to 1528
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2000)This thesis examines the cult and iconography of Saint Anne in Europe generally and in Florence specifically. Saint Anne was declared a patroness of Florence when the Duke of Athens, a tyrant, was overthrown on her feast ... -
The elite of Scandinavia and their impact on urban settlement in the Viking age
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2007)This work investigates large-scale change evident in the archaeology of selected towns in Denmark, Norway, Ireland and England founded by Scandinavians between AD 700 and 1160, and connects these changes to their historical ... -
The lands of Llanthony Prima and Secunda in Ireland 1172-1541
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2006)To analyse the charters contained in the Irish cartularies of the Augustinian priories of Llanthony Prima and Secunda, in order to trace the history of the Llanthony canons during the time that the canons were active in ... -
The mendicant orders and the wars of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, 1230-1415
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2005)This thesis is a study of the involvement of the mendicant orders in the wars of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, with particular reference to the Franciscan order. Drawing on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, it ... -
The origins and development of the Tower House in Ireland in the light of recent research
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2005)Tower houses are a familiar feature of the Irish countryside, and this investigation considers not only the circumstances in which they came to be built, but also the development of our appreciation of their place in the ...