History (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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More than a man's part, Sir Charles Alexander Cameron : public analyst and medical officer of health for Dublin, 1862-1921
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2008)Sir Charles Alexander Cameron became Public Analyst for Dublin in 1862, and Medical Officer of Health for Dublin in 1874; he held both posts concurrently until his death in 1921 at the age of ninety. This thesis examines ... -
Indo-Irish nationalist interactions and the British Empire, 1880 - 1922
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2017)The primary aim of this thesis is to explore the interaction between the Irish and Indian advanced nationalist movements from 1880 until the establishment of Irish independence in 1922. The study delineates the complex web ... -
Old liberals, new politics : the Americans for Democratic Action and the transformation of American liberalism, 1947 - 1976
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The Dublin University Mission - Irish medical missionaries in Britain's empire in India, 1891 - 1929 : identity, impact and sustainability
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2016)This thesis traces the evolution of the Dublin University Mission (DUM)from initial foundation as a graduate brotherhood mission in Victorian Dublin, to one which established a sustainable female healthcare programme in ... -
French Anglicans : a clerical network in England and Ireland c.1640 - c.1685
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2016)This thesis reconstructs and analyses the lives of a number of men who left France for England and Ireland over the seventeenth century and became clergymen in the Church of England and Church of Ireland. Such clergymen ... -
The practical and theoretical application of three-dimensional imaging to the analysis of skeletal trauma
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2016)This research examined current trauma analysis protocols for archaeological and historical skeletal collections and aimed to develop a more transparent, reliable, and objective assessment protocol for analysing the timing ... -
Speculators in conflict : the Adventurers and the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1642 - 1660
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2016)This study reveals how the actions of an extraordinary group of skilled and innovative individuals, less than twenty in number, developed and maintained a stable system of state finance in highly challenging times. They ... -
The depiction of Muslims in contemporary Latin narratives of the First Crusade
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2017)Although they undoubtedly drew on knowledge that existed in Western Europe, the authors of histories the First Crusade lacked an authoritative source on Islam. As such, in trying to give more complete depictions of Muslims, ... -
Bishop and chapter : the organisation of Irish medieval cathedrals, c.1111 - 1378
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History, 2017)This thesis explores the organisation of Irish cathedral chapters and places them within the wider European context of medieval cathedral studies. As the seat of the bishop, cathedrals were the focal point in every diocese ... -
Power and patronage across the Plantagenet dominions: the making and breaking of the Marshal assemblage, 1189-1245
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)This thesis offers an original analysis of a transnational lordship which spanned thirteenth-century Britain, France, and Ireland. The focus of this study is the Marshal family, who were earls of Pembroke and lords of ... -
Reimagining the Dutch Borderlands: State Formation in Eighteenth-Century Europe, 1713-1763.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)Attaching workable definitions to modern statehood and exploring the manners in which modern states developed have been key areas of debate within the historiography of the early modern period. While the discussion has ... -
Gender, Power and the Politics of Access in the Fourteenth Century
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of History, 2024)The central thesis of this study is the analytical interrogation of the relationship between gender, power and the politics of access in the fourteenth century. It concludes that, though there were undeniably gendered ... -
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 ...
