RSS 1.0History (Theses and Dissertations)
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Villainy and Gender in the Íslendingasögur
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)This doctoral thesis explores how villainy and violence are presented in the sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur), and the different ways these depictions are affected by the gender of the character performing these ... -
“Little Guests” Transnational “Humanitarian Hospitality” and Children’s Lives in the Aftermath of the Second World War
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)In the dying days and immediate aftermath of the Second World War, thousands of children criss-crossed Europe for the purposes of rest and recuperation. This thesis examines the welcome of children in Britain and Ireland, ... -
The Irish Record Commission (1810-1830) Medievalism and the Emergence of Archivism in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)The aim of this study is to investigate the role and remit of the Irish Record Commission 1810-1830, a commission set up to look into the state of record repositories in Ireland and organise and make accessible the records ... -
Cuneiform to Computer: Meteorological Data from Ancient Babylon.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)The Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia is a seven-volume published transliteration and translation of collected cuneiform clay tablets originating in Babylon from 652-61 BCE and written in Akkadian ... -
`Punishment and Service to the Injured State' - Irish Convicts Sentenced to Transportation, 1840-1852
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)The objective of this thesis is to present a comprehensive exploration of the Irish convict transportation system in the period 1840 to 1852. In a two strand approach this subject is examined from the perspective of the ... -
'It will not stop me or anyone like me': Women and Imprisonment in Ireland, c.1922-1947.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)This thesis explores the experience of the female prisoner in the Irish justice system from c.1922-1947. It focuses on that group of women who made up the bulk of those imprisoned by the state -those convicted of relatively ... -
Revolutionary Currents: Newspapers, Publicity, and the Imperial Public Sphere, c.1760-1784
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)The concept of the public sphere has generated significant debate across the varied fields of historical studies. This debate has centred on Habermas's original explanation, and how it failed to comprehend and take into ... -
The impact of the Great War on women in Ireland, 1914 - 1919
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2016)The impact of the Great War on women is a significant area of scholarship within First World War studies. The legacy of the war for women's lives and role in society has been the subject of much debate. This thesis ... -
The establishment of the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies, 1936 - 1948
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2017)This thesis investigates the establishment of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) and its three schools in the period 1936 to 1948. The initial two Schools of Theoretical Physics and Celtic Studies were ... -
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 ... -
Silhouettes in a City: Women, Work and Welfare in Dublin, c. 1890- 1930s
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)This thesis investigates the position of women workers in Dublin in the period c. 1890-1930s. It focuses on women as employees in paid employment, rather than as business owners, self-employed innovators, house workers, ... -
The Medicalisation of Death in a Dublin City Workhouse, 1872-1920
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)This thesis examines the role the South Dublin Union (SDU) workhouse played in Dublin's medical landscape for the sick and dying poor in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries during periods of normal operation. ... -
Toil, Soil, and Spoils: The Unemployment Relief Scheme for Archaeological Purposes, from 1934 to 1940
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)In 1934 a programme of relief schemes was devised by the Irish government to address chronic unemployment throughout the country. The inclusion of archaeological excavations was a significant step forward for the under-funded ... -
The Irish Hydra : English policy and plantations in Gaelic Ulster in 1567 - 79
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2016)The aim of this thesis is provide an analysis of Ulster politics during the period between the death of Shane O'Neill in June 1567 and the Crown's estrangement from Turlough Luineach O'Neill in 1579. The importance of this ... -
The evolving character of the French Reformed Movement, c.1555 - c.1572
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From hovels to homes : the provision of public housing in Irish provinicial towns, 1890 - 1945
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2017)In the mid-1940s a quarter of all private dwellings in Irish provincial towns had been built by their local councils in the preceding fifty years. In comparative terms this represented a high level of state involvement in ... -
Ulstermen and Identity in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, 1859-1949
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)This research will assess the cultural identity of Ulstermen working in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, 1859-1949. Sir Robert Hart joined the Customs Service in 1859, and by 1863 was the head of the organisation. The ... -
The mere Irish and the colonisation of Ulster : c.1570-1641
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2015)This work is an examination of the native Irish experience of conquest and colonisation in Ulster. While some Irish-language sources are drawn-upon, the fact that these have already been used to explore Gaelic mentalités ... -
County office and county society in Dublin and Meath, c.1399 - c.1513
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2016)This thesis consists of a study of office-holding across two of the 'four obedient shires' of the Dublin hinterland. To attempt to compensate for the paucity of information on any individual office-holder or office-holding ...
