In 1742, the parish of Cambuslang located outside of Glasgow, Scotland experienced a religious revival that brought tens of thousands of men and women to the region in search of God, community, or respite from the routine of daily living. What they found was a movement at the cr…
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James IV, who ruled Scotland from 1488 through 1513, created a large naval establishment, acquiring or having built some twenty ships which he used to enforce his domestic and international policies. He used his navy to bring royal control to the Western Isles, and it was with s…
Passive- and active-source seismological studies of northern Scotland and the South Caspian Basin indicate: (1) pervasive and laterally heterogeneous velocity discontinuities within the upper mantle influenced by the localized tectonic and thermal history of northwest Scotland, …
The goal of this research is to show that the Scottish reformer, John Knox, while seen by many as a political figure, was religiously motivated in his thought, writings, and ministry. Knox saw himself as an Old Testament style prophet who sought to blow his Master's trumpet by p…
During the Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, George Keith Elphinstone, later Viscount Keith, commanded fleets for longer periods than Horatio Nelson. Yet, Keith's story remains obscure. Perhaps, this is the result of his failure to command at a major fleet engagement. …
This thesis explores identity in early mediaeval Scotland (ca 800-1300AD) using biological and burial deposition data. During this period Scotland was developing as a unified kingdom. The Norse, Scots, and Anglo-Saxons battled for political power. The Saxon and Irish Churches we…
Town halls are the key expression of civic consciousness in the urban environment. They were constructed at a period of change for local government, when there was an urgent need for transition to an altered method of control. They enable a degree of civic access and ritual, and…
Recent developments in Scottish historiography have done much to resurrect the Restoration from the obscurity in which it had conventionally languished. Lacunae remain, however, and one of these surrounds the Highlands, which has often had to make do with broad generalisation. T…
This thesis tackles Presbyterian Church government and the Covenanted interest during the Commonwealth and Protectorate, and for the first time examines the subject in a three kingdoms context. It reasserts the importance of Presbyterians and their Solemn League and Covenant dur…
This study comprises an analysis of the development of oil and gas in the Scottish sector of the North Sea and its impact on the Scottish economy between 1967 and 1989. It first examines the creation and extension of the power of the multinational oil companies. It discusses the…
The educational ideals of late sixteenth and early seventeenth century Scotland were informed both by an appreciation of the needs of the godly commonwealth and by familiarity with pedagogical developments on the continent of Europe. The achievement of these ideals was hampered …
The aim of this thesis has been to explore economic links with the medieval territories of this area and to show the impact those links had on the Scottish economy and on Scotland's domestic and foreign policies generally. The thesis discusses the revolution in Scottish farming …
This study examines the development of policing in Glasgow from 1779 to 1846. It argues that while police reform in the city fits more closely with the revisionist view of police history than the traditionalist, neither, in terms of how they are presented in relation to England,…
This thesis investigates to what degree women developed a politicised gender consciousness and participated in political activity in Dundee in the period 1870 to 1997. It is a gender and political study on Scotland's fourth city which has three key objectives. The first is to ex…
The study examines the most active officers of state and privy councillors, exclusive of earls, who constituted James VI's Scottish governments between 1580 and 1603. Using prevailing but sometimes conflicting ideas that James VI's servitors were a class of 'new men' or 'nobless…
The thesis is concerned with assessing the scale and importance of the interaction between Scotland and the West Indies in the later part of the eighteenth century. In analysing the symbiotic relationship between a metropolitan region and a colonial sphere, this study seeks to f…
Scottish military offensives against England from 1369 were largely the product of governmental policy, and involved the participation of much of the political community of the realm. They were launched with careful timing, taking account of international developments and domest…
The year 2014 welcomed two major events of national importance for Scotland, the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and the Scottish Independence Referendum. These national sporting and political events provided Scotland and its citizens with an opportunity to display the nation on the …
Medieval castle slighting is the phenomenon in which a high-status fortification is demolished in a time of conflict. At its heart are issues about symbolism, the role of castles in medieval society, and the politics of power. Although examples can be found throughout the Middle…