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1971

Artistic patronage at SS. Annunziata, 1444-c.1520. Bulman, Louisa M.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Shearman, J.K.G.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Benedict XIII and Scotland, 1394-1417. McGurk, F.
     M. Litt., Glasgow. Supervised by Cowan, I.B.; Duncan, A.A.M.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Hugh 'of Amiens', archbishop of Rouen, 1130-64. Waldman, T.G.
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Davis, R.H.C.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Italian opinions about Great Britain during the period of the Italian Renaissance. de Cossart, M.E.C.
     Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Brand, C.P.; Hay, D.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Men of law of Toulouse, 1335-1444. de Lavigne, R.L.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Carus-Wilson, Eleanora M.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Ottimati families in Florentine politics and society, 1427-1530: the Rucellai, Capponi and Ginori. Kent, F.W.
     Ph. D., London. Supervised by Rubenstein, N.
     Categories: Political history

Political alignments in Florence on the eve of Cosimo de Medici's rise to power, 1427-34. Kent, Dale V.
     Ph. D., London. Supervised by Rubenstein, N.
     Categories: Political history

The earls of Orkney-Caithness and their relations with Norway and Scotland, 1158-1470. Crawford, Barbara E.
     Ph. D., St. Andrews. Supervised by Adam, R. J.
     Categories: Political history

The finances of the College of Cardinals in the later middle ages. Antonovics, A.V.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Partner, P.D.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The study of Aristotle's Posterior Analytics in the 12th and 13th centuries: the translaters, glossators and commentators and their methods. Dod, B.G.
     B.Litt., Oxford. Supervised by Paluello, L. Minio
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

1972

Arabic botany and pharmacology, with particular reference to the work of Al-Zahrawi and Ibn Juljul in Muslim Spain. Johnstone, Penelope C.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Lewis, G.L.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Byzantine relations with the Armenians in the 11th century, with special reference to Cilicia. Yarnley, C.J.
     B.Litt., Oxford. Supervised by Mathew, A.G.
     Categories: Political history

Contribution of the Spanish Arabs to western thought and education in the middle ages. Yasamee, A.K.
     M.Phil., London. Supervised by Beales, A.C.F.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Ministeriales and the development of territorial lordship in the Eichstatt region, 1100-1350. Arnold, B.C.B.
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Leyser, K. J.
     Categories: Political history

Patriarch, shah and caliph: a study of the relationships of the Church of the East with the Sassanid empire and the early caliphates up to 820 A.D. Young, W. G.
     Ph. D., Glasgow. Supervised by Frend, W.H.C.
     Categories: Political history

Reformation, society and humanism in Erfurt, c.1450-1530. Scribner, R.W.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Dickens, A.G.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

School-teachers in the early Byzantine empire,330-610 A.D. Moffatt, M. Ann
     Ph. D., London. Supervised by Browning, R.
     Categories: Political history

Seignorial fortress in France in relation to public policy, c.864 - c.1483. Coulson, C.L.H.
     Ph. D., London. Supervised by Brown, R. A.
     Categories: Political history

Studies in the history of gunpowder in the middle ages. Williams, A.R.
     M.Sc., Manchester (UMIST).
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Studies in the organization of the Bzyantine army in the 10th and 11th centuries. Howard - Johnston, J. D.
     D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Browning, R.
     Categories: Political history

The history and development of the organ. Winterbottom, H.W.
     M.Sc., Salford.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The social and economic structure of central Greece in the late 12th century. Herrin, Judith E.
     Ph. D., Birmingham. Supervised by Bryer, A.A.M.
     Categories: Political history

1973

A 15th-century guide to household management in Florence: the Trattato del Governo della Famiglia ascribed to Agnolo Pandolfino. Ravenscroft, Judith F.C.
     M. Phil., London. Supervised by Rubenstein, N.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

A history of the Roman monastery of San Paolo fuori le Mura, in the later middle ages. Adams, Ishbel C.M.
     Ph. D., St. Andrews. Supervised by Butler, L.H.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Honore Bouvet, the Tree of Battles and the literature of war in 14th-century France. Wright, N.A.R.
     Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Fowler, K.A.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Reform in the Polish church in the 13th century. Haronski, B.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Smalley, Beryl
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Relations between Freiburg in Breisgau and the surrounding countryside in the age of S.W. German agrarian unrest before the Peasanst's War, c.1450-1520. Scott, T.
     Ph. D., Cambridge. Supervised by Hassinger, E.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The episcopate in the kingdon of Leon in the 12th century. Fletcher, R.A.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Procter, Evelyn E.S.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The Observant congregations of the Augustinian friars in Italy, c.1385 - c.1465. Walsh, Katherine
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Smalley, Beryl
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The one and the many: a study of some mystical movements in Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries, with some reference to Islamic and Hindu mysticism. Feneley, J.E.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Ernst, W.H.C.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The topographical and archaeological study of the antiquities of the city of Rome, 1420-47. Spring, P.W.H.
     Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Walsh, P.G.; Hay, D.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Venice and the Byzantine empire before the Fourth Crusade. Martin, M.F.
     M.A., Birmingham. Supervised by Bryer, A.A.M.
     Categories: Political history

1974

Aspects of the Waldeness in the 14th century, including an edition of their correspondence. Biller, P.P.A.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Leff, G.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Benedetto Accolti d'Arezzo, Florentine lawyer, humanist and chancellor. Black, R.D.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Rubenstein, N.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Bonitas et mesericordia Dei: John Pupper of Goch, some notes in late medieval thought. Ogilvie, Margaret H.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Parker, T.M.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Byzantium and Russia in the 11th century: a study in political and ecclesiastical relationships. Shepard, J. E. B.
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Obelensky, D.
     Categories: Political history

Education in Aragon and Catalonia, c.1213-1327. Winterbottom, Susan
     M.A., Liverpool. Supervised by Cobban, A.B.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Francesco Filelfo at the court of Milan, 1439-81: a contribution to the study of humanism in northen Italy. Adam, R.G.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Grayson, C.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Latin monasteries and nunneries in Palestine and Syria in the time of the Crusades. McLellan, Joyce M.
     Ph. D., St. Andrews. Supervised by Riley - Smith, J. S. C.
     Categories: Political history

Perugian merchants and merchantile activity, c.1370-1424. Servini, D.P.D
     M. Phil., London. Supervised by Waley, D.P.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Slavs, Germans and Danes in Holstein and western Mecklenburg from Charlemagne to the Wendish Crusade, 800-1147. Salvador, Carla G.
     B.Litt., Oxford. Supervised by Leyser, K.J.
     Categories: Political history

Studies in medieval arms and armour. Williams, A.R.
     Ph. D., Manchester (UMIST).
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The architecture of Kasimir the Great: a study in the architecture of Lesser Poland, 1320-70. Crossley, B.P.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Kidson, P.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The Catholic episcopate in Ostreogothic Italy. Moorhead, J.A.
     Ph.D., Liverpool. Supervised by Marcus, R.A.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The feudal nobility of Cyprus, 1192-1400. Edbury, P.W.
     Ph. D., St. Andrews. Supervised by Butler, L.H.
     Categories: Political history

The intellectual game in Italian Resaissance culture, 1400-1600. Cliff, Michelle C.
     M. Phil., London. Supervised by Gombrich, E.H.J.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The Norman principality of Capua (1058-98), with particular reference to Richard I (1058-78). Matheson, L.S.G.
     B. Litt., Oxford. Supervised by Mason, J.F.A.
     Categories: Political history

The opening of the sea route between Genoa and England and its development to the end of the 14th century. Burnham, Wendy E.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Ruddock, Alwyn A.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The political thought of Baldus de Ubaldis. Canning, J.P.
     Ph. D., Cambridge. Supervised by Ullmann, W.
     Categories: Political history

The relations between Byzantium and the West in the reign of John V Palaiologos. Southern, P.C.D.
     Ph. D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Arnold, M.J.
     Categories: Political history

The urban saint in early Byzantine social history. Seiber, Julia M.
     B. Litt., Oxford. Supervised by Brown, P.R.L.
     Categories: Political history

Thirteenth-century mathematical astronomy: De plana sphere Jordani. Thomson, R.B.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by North, J.D.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

1975

Aspects of Byzantine military administration: the elite corps, the opsikion and the imperial tagmata from the 6th to the 9th centuries. Haldon, J. F.
     Ph. D, Birmingham. Supervised by Bryer, A. A. A.
     Categories: Political history

Commercial relations between the Norman kingdom of Sicily and the N. Italian mercantile republics, 1116-91. Abulafia, D.S.H.
     Ph. D., Cambridge. Supervised by Pistarino, G.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Economy and society in 8th century Tuscany. Wickham, C.J.
     D. Phil, Oxford.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Furniture in England, France and the Netherlands from the 12th to the 15th century. Eames, Penelope
     Ph. D., Liverpool. Supervised by Myers, A.R.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Maximilian I and England, 1477-1509. Philpot, Rosl
     Ph. D., London. Supervised by Carsten, F.L.
     Categories: Political history

Orthodox-Muslim mixed marriages, c.1297-1453. Rakintzakis, G.
     M.A., Birmingham. Supervised by Bryer, A.A.M.
     Categories: Political history

Patterns of European sanctity: the cult of saints in the later middle ages, with special reference to Perugia. Dickson, M.G.
     Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Fowler, K.A.; Hay, D.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Social structure and the hierarchy of officialdom in Byzantine Italy, 554-800. Brown, T.S.
     Ph. D., Nottingham. Supervised by Bullough, D.A.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

S.W. France from the 5th to the 8th century A.D.: the contribution of archeology. James, E.F.
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Hawkes, C.F.C.
     Categories: Political history

The commune of Verona under Venetian rule, 1405-55. Law, J.E.
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Jones, P.J.
     Categories: Political history

The Franciscan Regular Observance, 1368-1447, and the divisions of the order, 1294-1528. Nimmo, D.B.
     Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Hay, D.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The papal schism, the empire and the west, 1159-69. Reuter, T.A.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Leyser, K.J.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The sources and method of papal and anti-papal polemic, 1073-1112. Robinson, I.S.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Smalley, Beryl
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The status of the individual within the community according to ecclesiastical doctrine in the high middle ages. Vodola, Elizabeth F.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Ullman, W.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

1976

A comparitive study of the Nizamiyyah and the universities of Paris, Bologna and Oxford before 1250. Pur-Muqaddas, A.
     Ph.D., Lancaster.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Aspects of the monastic patronage of the Engishand French royal houses, c.1130-1270. Hallam, Elizabeth M.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Brooke, C.N.L
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Cordoba and Jerez de la Frontera in the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, 1474-1516: a study of the relationship between the nobles and the towns. Edwards, J.H.
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Highfield, J.R.L.
     Categories: Political history

Fourteenth-century Rodez. Bristow, Ann F.
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Lewis, P.S.
     Categories: Political history

Settlements and buildings of the Scandinavians in the North Atlantic region, 800-1150,. Sveinbjarnardottir, Gudrun
     M. Phil., London. Supervised by Wilson, D.M.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Some aspects of evolution and diffusion in European technology, 1450-1750. Hollister-Short, G.J.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Hall, A.R.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The Carolingian Renaissance: a study in the education of a society. Pierce, Rosamond D.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Ullmann, W.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The heresy of the Amalricians: an inquiry into some possible sources. Braid, A.J.
     D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Reeves, Marjorie E.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The history of Thessaly, 1266-1393. Magdalino, P.
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Nicol, D.M.
     Categories: Political history

The life and assassination of Mikhail of Chernigov: an investigaion of the sources. Dimnik, M.
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Fennell, J.L.I.
     Categories: Political history

The pastoral ministry of the priest-confessor in the early middle ages, 600-110. Forshaw, Helen P.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Lawrence, C.H.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The political theory of Pope Clement VI. Wood, Diana P.
     Ph. D., London. Supervised by Wilks, M. J.
     Categories: Political history

The union theory and practice in the Italian Renaissance and its significance for the birth of modern science. Brown, D.H.
     M.Sc., Manchester (UMIST). Supervised by Gibbons, M.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Universities, academics and the Great Schism. Swanson, R.N.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Ullmann, W.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

1977

Charles the Bold, last Valois duke of Burgundy, 1467-77, and Italy. Walsh, R.J.
     Ph. D., Hull. Supervised by Vaughan, R.
     Categories: Political history

Novgorod in the early middle ages: the rise and growth of an urban community. Dejevsky, N.J.
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Obolensky, D.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Of the influence of Savonarola, from his arrival in Florence to the end of the 16th century. Curnew, B.L.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Trevor-Roper, H.R.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Studies on the interaction of German commerce in Norway and Norwegian political relations with the British Isles, c.1240-1320,. Lustig, R. I.
     Ph. D., London. Supervised by Foote, P.G.
     Categories: Political history

The church of the Panagia at Skripou. Klepetouna, Maria
     M.A., Birmingham. Supervised by Karlin - Hayter, Patricia; Bryer, A.A.M.
     Categories: Political history

The teaching of Gasparino Barzizza (1360-1430), with special reference to his place in Paduan humanism. Mercer, R.G.G.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Grayson, C.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The transformation of the medieval sermon. d'Avray, D.L.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Hunt, R.W.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

1978

A political and social history of Seville under Banu 'Abbad. Benaboud, M.
     Ph. D., Edinburgh. Supervised by McDonald, M.V.; Watt, W.M.
     Categories: Political history

A social history of black slaves and freedom in Portugal, 1441-1555. Saunders, A.C. de C.M
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Highfield, J.R.L.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Church and society in the Norman principality of Capua, 1058-1197. Loud, G.A.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Cowdrey, H.E.J.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Conditions of building in Rome and the papal states in the mid 15th century. Burroughs, C.E.N.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Chambers, D.S.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Court rabbis in 14th- and 15th- century Castile. Levy, A.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Abramsky, C.A.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Early crusading apocalyptic in the context of the Western apocalyptic tradition. Hounam, D.G.
     Ph. D., London. Supervised by Hill, Rosalind M. T.
     Categories: Political history

Early princely authority in Sweden, Pomerania and Novgorod: a comparitive study. Sobel, L.
     Ph. D., Leeds. Supervised by Sawyer, P. H.
     Categories: Political history

Hugh of Digne (d. c.1255) in relation to religious and social development in southern France. Bershas, Joan E.
     M.Litt., Newcastle. Supervised by Murray, A.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

St. Gregory of Tours and classical literary culture. Keeton, B.
     M.Litt., Durham. Supervised by Townsend, G.B.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The control of plague in Venice and northen Italy, 1348-1600. Palmer, R.
     Ph.D., Kent. Supervised by Laven, P.J.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The leper hospital of Saint Gilles de Pont-Audemer: and edition of its cartulary and an examination of the problem of leprsy in the 12th and early 13th century. Mesmin, Simone C.
     Ph. D., Reading. Supervised by Holt, J.C.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Town defence in the French Midi during the Hundred Years War, c.1337-c.1453. Noel, R.P.R.
     Ph. D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Fowler, K.A.
     Categories: Political history

1979

Abelard's philosophy: an inquiry into the causes of Abelard's condemnation. Le Page, J.-P.
     M.Phil., Sheffield. Supervised by Luscombe, D.E.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Aspects of the history and organisation of the French provincial universities of Orleans, Angers, Avignon and Cahors from their origins to c.1450. Scarth, A. J.
     Ph.D., Liverpool. Supervised by Cobban, A. B.
     Categories: Art and Architecture; Education

Byzantium and its Muslim neighbours during the reign of Basil II, 976-1025. Farag, W.A.
     Ph. D., Birmingham. Supervised by Hendy, M. F.
     Categories: Political history

Capital city subject province in the later 15th century. Knapton, M.W.S.
     D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Jones, P.J.
     Categories: Political history

Chariot racing and tzykanion in Byzantine Constantinople from the 6th century, with particular reference to the Great Hippodrome and other places of entertainment of the city. A. A. M. Bryer, S. Giatsis
     M.A., Birmingham.
     Categories: Political history

Gregory of Cyprus: a study of Church and culture in late 13th-century Byzantium. Sopko, A.J.
     Ph. D., London. Supervised by Nicol, D.M.
     Categories: Political history

Gregory the Great: exegesis and audience. McClure, Judith
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Wallace-Hadrill, J.M
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Higher education in Byzantium in the 13th and early 14th centuries. Constantinades, C.
     Ph. D., London. Supervised by Nicol, D.M.
     Categories: Political history

Miracles and miracle collections, c.1015-1215. Ward, Benedicta
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Southern, R.W.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Social tensions within 15th-century Hispano-Jewish communities. Gutwirth, E.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Abramsky, C.A.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Some aspects of maritime activity and the use of sea power in relation to the crusading states, 1096 - 1169. Foster, Shirley M.
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Prestwich, J.O.
     Categories: Political history

The Angevin kings of Sicily, the papacy and the crusades, 1254 - 1343. Housley, N.J.
     Ph. D., Cambridge. Supervised by Riley - Smith, J.S.C.
     Categories: Political history

The Byzantine church and the land in the 10th and 11th centuries. Morris, Rosemary
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Howard - Johnston, J. D.
     Categories: Political history

The career of Ibn Qasi as religious teacher and political revolutionary in 12th-century Islamic Spain. Elliot, W.
     Ph. D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Walsh, J.R.; Watt, W.M.
     Categories: Political history

The counts of Angouleme from the 9th to the mid 13th century, with a catalogue of comital documents, 882/3-1246. Watson, R. C.
     Ph. D., East Anglia. Supervised by Martindale, Jane P.
     Categories: Political history

The development of the theory of evangelical poverty in the 14th century. Thomson, K.J.
     M.Phil., London. Supervised by Wilks, M.J.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The employment of foreign mercenary troops in the French royal armies, 1415-70. Ditcham, B.G.H.
     Ph. D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Fowler, K.A.
     Categories: Political history

The idea of the populus in later medieval Roman law. Evans, Diana P.
     Ph. D., London. Supervised by Wilks, M. J.
     Categories: Political history

The law of treason and treason trials in later medieval France. Cuttler, S.H.
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Armstrong, C.A.J.
     Categories: Political history

The library catalogues of Frankish monasteries in the 9th century as evidence of their patristic holdings. Butt, J.J.
     B. Phil., St. Andrews. Supervised by Bullough, D.A.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The production and circulation of glossed books of the Bible in the 12th and early 13th centuries. de Hamel, C.F.R.
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Hunt, R.W.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The relations of Byzantium with the Islamic powers of the Near East, 959 - 76. Pennybacker, J.
     M. Litt., Oxford. Supervised by Howard - Johnston, J. D.
     Categories: Political history

1980

A preliminary study of the Balkan Vlachs. Winnifrith, T.J.
     M.A., Birmingham. Supervised by Bryer, A.A.M.
     Categories: Political history

Avitus of Vienne: religion and culture in the Auvergne and the Rhone valley, 470-530. Wood, I.N.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Wallace-Hadrill, J.M.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Byzantium and the Seljuk Turks of Asia Minor, c. 1192-1237. Savvides, A.
     M. Phil., London. Supervised by Nicol, D.M.
     Categories: Political history

Dominican patronage of the arts in central Italy: the Provincia Romana, c.1220-1320. Cannon, Joanna L.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Hohler, E.C.; Lasko, P.; Gardner, J.R.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Ecclesiastical penance in the church of Constantinople: a study of the hagiographical evidence to 983 A.D. K.T. Ware, R.J. Barringer
     D. Phil., Oxford.
     Categories: Political history

Government and society in Guyenne, 1451-c.1494. Harris, R.D.R.
     D. Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Lewis, P. S.
     Categories: Political history

Paola Malatesta and the court of Mantua, 1393-1453. Letts, Rosa M.
     M.Phil., London. Supervised by Chambers, D.S.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Papal policy in Rome, 1012-1124. Whitton, D.R.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Leyser, K.J.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Prolegomena to a new edition of the Pratum Spirituale of John Moschus, with a new specimen of the edition. Pattenden, P.
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Wilson, N. G.
     Categories: Political history

Sepulchral monuments in Naples and the surrounding area, 1300-1421. Bevan, Sarah C.
     D.Phil, Oxford. Supervised by Waterhouse, E.K.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The library and manuscripts of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici. Ames-Lewis, F.A.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Shearman, J.K.G.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The literary interests of the abbey of Corbie in the first half of the 9th century. Ganz, D.M.
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Wallace-Hadrill, J.M.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The palace at Revere and the earlier architectural patronage of Lodovico Gonzaga, marquis of Mantua, 1444-78. Lawson, J.G.
     Ph.D., Edinburgh.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The parlement of Poitiers and the 'kingdon of Bourges': a study of war, government and politics during the early years of the reign of Charles VII of France, 1418-36. Little, R.G.
     D. Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Lewis, P.S.
     Categories: Political history

The West and the crusade: attitudes and attempts, 1291-1312. Schein, Sylvia
     Ph. D., Cambridge. Supervised by Smail, R.C.
     Categories: Political history

1981

Chioggia and the villages of the Venetian lagoon: studies in urban history. Goy, R.J.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Maxwell, R.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Conflicting trends in the religious life of Novgorod and Pskov during the 14th and 15th centuries and the heresy of the 'strigol'niki'. McDonald, A.
     M.Phil., Leeds. Supervised by Morison, J.D.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Florentine family in crisis: the Strozzi in the 15th century. Gregory, Heather J.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Rubinstein, N.
     Categories: Political history

Mantua under Gian Francesco Gonzaga, 1407-44. Roberts, A.
     Ph.D., Warwick. Supervised by Mallett, M.E.
     Categories: Political history

Skeletal materials: their structure, technology and utilization, c. A.D. 400-1200. MacGregor, A.G.
     M.Phil., Durham. Supervised by Cramp, Rosemary J.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The colonization and settlement of Podlasie, 1350-1600. Demidowicz, G.A.
     M.Soc.Sc., Birmingham.
     Categories: Political history

The development of the Theologia of Peter Abelard. Mews, C.J.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Luscombe, D.E.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The Dialogues of Gregory the Great in their late antique cultural background. Petersen, Joan M.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Nelson, Janet L.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The French and the Crusade, 1313-36. Tyerman, C.J.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Butler, L.H.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Theophylact through his letters: the two worlds of an exiled bishop. Mullett, Margaret
     Ph.D., Birmingham. Supervised by Bryer, A.A.M.
     Categories: Byzantine history

The Portolan charts: their construction and use in the light of contemporary techniques of marine survey and navigation. Pelham, P.T.
     M.A., Manchester. Supervised by Brice, W.C.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

1982

A biography of Tommaso Soderini, a Florentine politician of the 15th century. Clarke, Paula C.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Rubinstein, N.
     Categories: Political history

A history of the Scandinavian churches, with special reference to contacts with and influence from Britain (c.850-1200). Toy, J.
     Ph.D., Leeds.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

A study of the life and work of Constantine Stilbes (12th century), together with acritical edition of several of his works. Psalidakou, Stavroula
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Browning, R.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Church and society in the 11th and 12th centuries: eastern influence on western monasticism - the case of Stephen of Muret. Dunn, Marilyn J.
     Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Brown, T.S.; Angold, M.J.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Civil wars in Muslim Spain: sources of conflict in the era of Al-Mansur and the party kings. Wasserstein, D.J.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Jones, A.; Crone, Patricia
     Categories: Political history

Criticism of crusading, 1095-1274. Siberry, J. Elizabeth
     Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Riley-Smith, J.S.C.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Lordship and feudalism in late medieval Ferrara, 1350-1440. Dean, T.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Jones, P.J.
     Categories: Political history

Municipal government and jurisdiction in medieval Hungary: the town of Buda from its foundation to the 15th century. Rady, M.C.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Peter, L.F.
     Categories: Political history

Parties to court actions in saga-age Iceland, 930-1030 A.D. Neff, Charlotte N.
     Ph.D., Kent. Supervised by Smyth, A.P.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Studies in domestic expenditure at the court of Ferrara, 1451-1505. Tuohy, T.J.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Chambers, D.S.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The career of Ebroin, mayor of the palace, c.657-680. Fouracre, P.J.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Nelson, Janet L.
     Categories: Political history

The German order and Prussian society: a noble corporation in crisis, 1410-66. Burleigh, M.C.B.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Du Boulay, F.R.H.
     Categories: Political history

The politics of magnificence in Ferrara, 1450-1505: a study in the socio-political implications of Renaissance spectacle. Brown, R.G.
     Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Fowler, K.A.
     Categories: Political history

The university of Siena, 1357-1557. Denley, P.R.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Jones, P.J.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Trade guilds and devotional confraternities in the state and society of Venice to 1620. Mackenney, R.S.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Pullan, B.S.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

1983

An historical and theological commentary on On consideration by St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Wilson, J.D.
     M.Litt., Oxford. Supervised by Southern, R.W.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Early Germanic queenship. Macfarlane, Fiona M.
     M.Litt., Glasgow. Supervised by Wormald, C.P.
     Categories: Political history

Medieval Italian fortification: some account of fortification and related themes in central Italy, c.1000-1400 A.D. Andrews, D.D.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Hassall, M.W.C.
     Categories: Political history

Piety and charity in late medieval Florence: religious confraternities from the middle of the 13th to the late 15th century. Henderson, J.S.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Rubinstein, N.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The cross-Channel estates of the Montgomery-Belleme family, c.1050-1112. Thompson, Kathleen M.
     M.A., Wales (Cardiff). Supervised by Bates, D.R.
     Categories: Political history

The early history of the Cappella de' Principi, Florence. Morrogh, A.D.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Burns, H.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The fall of Boethius: a study of the relations between late Roman senator and barbarian. Barnish, S.J.B.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Matthews, J.F.
     Categories: Political history

The growth of the Byzantine rural economy, 900-1200. Harvey, A.L.
     Ph.D., Birmingham. Supervised by Hendy, M.F.; Bryer, A.A.M.
     Categories: Byzantine history

The miraculous and French society, c.950-1100. Morison, Patricia R.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Leyser, K.J.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The Muslims of Norman Sicily, c.1060-1194. Johns, J.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Brett, M.
     Categories: Political history

The Perugian nobility, c.1200-1430. Thomas, Hazel C.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Jones, P.J.
     Categories: Political history

The use and influence of the Old Testament in 12th-century political thought. Bryan, R.G.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Wilks, M.J.
     Categories: Political history

1984

Baptism and change to the 12th century. Cramer, P.J.
     Ph.D., Sheffield. Supervised by Luscombe, D.E.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Books of Hours produced in the Low Countries for the English market in the 15th century. Rogers, N.J.
     M.Litt., Cambridge. Supervised by Morgan, N.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Byzantium and its Arab neighbours under the successors of Basil II, 1025-71. Abdel-Kader, Samira Y.
     Ph.D., Birmingham. Supervised by Neilsen, R.J.; Haldon, J.F.; Bryer, A.A.M.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Latin siege warfare in the 12th century. Rogers, R.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Leyser, K.J.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Problems of war and diplomacy in Italian thought, 1454-1509. Rizzolo, Julia J.M.
     M.Phil., London. Supervised by Chambers, D.S.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The careers of the Beaumont twins, Count Waleran of Meulan and Earl Robert of Leicester, 1118-68. Crouch, D.B.
     Ph.D., Wales (Cardiff). Supervised by Bates, D.R.
     Categories: Political history

The study of cosmography and geography in Reichenau and St. Gall, 700-1050 A.D. Corum, J.S.
     M.Litt., Oxford. Supervised by Mayr-Harting, H.M.R.E.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

1985

Ancient Egypt and ancient Egyptians as understood in the Italian Renaissance. Wolff, Anne S.
     M.Phil., Liverpool. Supervised by Clough, C.H.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Byzantine Crete, 5th-12th centuries. Tsougarakis, D.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Mango, C.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Byzantium, the Crimea and the Steppe, 550-750. Smedley, J.R.
     Ph.D., Birmingham. Supervised by Bryer, A.A.M.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Carolingian Brittany. Smith, Julia M.H.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Wallace-Hadrill, J.M.
     Categories: Political history

Fleury and St. Benedict: monastery and patron saint, 640-877. Lysaght, G.A.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Wallace-Hadrill, J.M.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Settlement and defence in Byzantine and Longobard northern and central Italy. Christie, N.J.
     Ph.D., Newcastle. Supervised by Harrison, R.M.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Social development and economic dependence: northern Sardinia, c.1100-1330. Brown, Rosalind P.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Abulafia, D.S.H.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The Anglo-Burgundian regime in Paris, 1420-36. Thompson, G.L.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Vale, M.G.A.
     Categories: Political history

The Greek community in Venice, 1470-1620. Ball, J.G.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Chambers, D.S.
     Categories: Political history

The reign of the Byzantine emperor Nicephorus I, 802-11. Niavis, P.
     Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Angold, M.J.
     Categories: Byzantine history

The transmission of knowledge about the Holy Land through Europe, 1271-1314. Cook, B.J.
     Ph.D., Manchester. Supervised by Denton, J.H.; Morris, Rosemary
     Categories: Byzantine history

Traditions of belief in late Byzantine demonology. Greenfield, R.P.H.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Nicol, D.M.
     Categories: Byzantine history

1986

Academic commentaries on the Ten Commandments, c.1150-c.1270. Smith, Lesley J.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Southern, R.W.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Business, politics and family ties: three case studies, the Cerchi, del'Antella and Portinari of Florence, 1260-1360. Baggott, Clare M.
     Ph.D., Keele. Supervised by Richmond, C.F.
     Categories: Political history

Monarchy and nobility in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem. Tibble, S.P.F.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Riley-Smith, J.S.C.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Neophytos the recluse: a cultural study of a Byzantine holy man. Galatariotou, Catia
     Ph.D., Birmingham. Supervised by Bryer, A.A.M.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Texts from early medieval Redon: their value for the history of Brittany. Brett, Caroline J.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Dumville, D.N.
     Categories: Political history

The political behaviour of the secular magnates in Francia, 829-79. Airlie, S.R.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Wallace-Hadrill, J.M.
     Categories: Political history

Women and imperial power in Byzantium, 780-1056: a study of the reigns of the Empress Eirene and six later empresses. Wilson, L.J.
     Ph.D., Southampton.
     Categories: Byzantine history

1987

A critical study of the development of the cult of the Virgin Mary up to A.D. 87. Brisley, M.J.
     M.Th., Wales (Bangor).
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Aspects of the Christian understanding of the nature of peace in the early middle ages. Starkey, Patricia M.
     Ph.D., Liverpool. Supervised by Allmand, C.T.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Byzantine Monemvasia. Kalligas, formerly Charitomene Calligas, Haris
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Nicol, D.M.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Castles of the Hundred Years' War in England and France. Wilson, Valerie M.D.
     M.Phil., Southampton. Supervised by Platt, C.P.S.
     Categories: Political history

Charles the Bald and the defence of the West Frankish kingdom against the Viking invasions, 840-77. Coupland, S.C.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by McKitterick, Rosamond D.
     Categories: Political history

Cremona, city and civic identity, 996-1128. Coleman, E.F.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Wickham, C.J.; Ward-Perkins, B.R.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Florentine villas in the 15th century: a study of the Strozzi and Sassetti country properties. Lillie, Amanda R.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Burns, H.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

George Amiroutzes (c.1400-1475): philosopher or apostate?. Frangedaki, Anna
     M.Phil., Birmingham. Supervised by Birdsall, J.N.; Bryer, A.A.M.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Kings, courts and the late Roman past, A.D.395-c.725. Barnwell, P.S.
     Ph.D., Leeds. Supervised by Wood, I.N.
     Categories: Political history

Preaching friars and the civic ethos in a late medieval Italian commune: Siena, 1380-1480. Paton, Bernadette T.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Jones, P.J.
     Categories: Political history

Settlement patterns in medieval and post-medieval Iceland: an interdisciplinary study. Sveinbjarnardottir, Gudrun
     Ph.D., Birmingham. Supervised by Parry, M.L.; Buckland, P.C.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Templars in the Holy Land during the 12th century. Rovik, Shefali S.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Cowdrey, H.E.J.
     Categories: Byzantine history

The Ayala family in the service of the Castilian monarchy in the 14th century. Henry, B.
     M.Phil., Liverpool.
     Categories: Political history

The cult of the Cross in the early middle ages. Ballingal, M.C.
     M.A., Durham.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The Emperor Frederick II's crusade, 1215-c.1231. Giles, K.R.
     Ph.D., Keele. Supervised by Jackson, P.
     Categories: Byzantine history

The founding of the French university faculties of medicine: the life and works of Bartholomew of Bruges (c.1286-1356). O'Boyle, C.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by French, R.K.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The Lancastrian land settlement in Normandy and northern France, 1417-50. Massey, R.A.
     Ph.D., Liverpool. Supervised by Allmand, C.T.
     Categories: Political history

The Norse settlement of Shetland and Faeroe, c.800-1500: a comparative survey. Macgregor, Lindsay J.
     Ph.D., St. Andrews. Supervised by Crawford, Barbara E.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The origins and development of the Second Iconoclasm, from A.D. 813. Turner, D.
     M.Litt., Birmingham. Supervised by Haldon, J.F.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Warfare in the Latin East, 1193-1291. Marshall, C.J.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Riley-Smith, J.S.C.
     Categories: Byzantine history

1988

Giacomo Badoer and Venetian trade in Constantinople, 1436-40. Davies, Siriol A.
     M.Phil., Birmingham. Supervised by Bryer, A.A.M.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Lineage bonds in 15th-century Florence: the Giovanni, Parenti and Petrucci. Rosenthal, Elaine
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Rubinstein, N.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Market structures and economic development in late medieval Sicily, 1300-1500. Epstein, S.R.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Abulafia, D.S.H.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Monarchy and nobility in the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem, 1099-1130: establishment and origins. Murray, A.V.
     Ph.D., St. Andrews. Supervised by Kennedy, H.N.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Monasteries and their patrons in the dioceses of Trier, Metz and Toul, c.850-1000. Nightingale, J.B.W.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Leyser, K.J.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Political theory at the court of Charles V of France, 1364-80. Gill, Rosemary H.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Wilks, M.J.
     Categories: Political history

Regular canons and the crusades in the 12th and 13th centuries. Slack, Corliss K.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Leyser, K.J.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Silver and billon coinage in France under Charles VI, 1385-1420. Sorenson, D.W.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Spufford, P.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The architecture in the Byzantine empire, 582-867 A.D.: churches and monasteries. Ruggieri, V.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Mango, C.
     Categories: Byzantine history

The Franciscan order in Castile, c.1440-c.1560. McKendrick, Geraldine
     Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Fowler, K.A.; Mackay, A.I.K.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The mobility of landowners between the Tyrrhenian city states of Italy, c.850-1050. Skinner, Patricia E.
     M.Litt., Birmingham. Supervised by Wickham, C.J.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The social and political structure of the Maeander region on the eve of the Turkish invasions. Whittow, M.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Howard-Johnston, J.D.
     Categories: Byzantine history

1989

Crime and marriage in three late medieval ecclesiastical jurisdictions: Cerisy, Rochester and Hereford [1314-1486]. Finch, A.J.
     D.Phil., York. Supervised by Biller, P.P.A.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Imperial orthodoxy: heresy and politics during the reign of Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118). Leeson, D.F.G.
     M.A., Belfast.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Merchants, pedlars and pirates: a history of Scotland's relations with northern Germany and the Baltic in the later middle ages. Ditchburn, D.M.
     Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Barrow, G.W.S.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Merovingian to early Carolingian churches and their founder-graves in southern Germany and Switzerland: the impact of Christianity on the Alamans and Bavarians. Burnell, S.P.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Hawkes, Sonia E.C.; James, E.F.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Papal relations with Scotland and northern England, 1342-70. Barrell, A.D.M.
     Ph.D., St. Andrews. Supervised by Watt, D.E.R.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The crusaders' views of Islam. Pattinson, P.M.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Riley-Smith, J.S.C.
     Categories: Byzantine history

The early medieval archaeology of Croatia, c.600-900 A.D. Evans, H.M.A.
     Ph.D., Newcastle. Supervised by Greene, K.
     Categories: Political history

The evidence of the runic inscriptions for the conversion of Sweden toChristianity in the 11th century. Jackson, C.J.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Foote, P.G.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The German Hanse and England: commercial and political interaction at the close of the middle ages. Fudge, J.D.
     Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Blanchard, I.S.W.; Goodman, A.E.; Fowler, K.A.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The Gregorian ideal in practice: Bishop Anselm II of Lucca, 1073-86. Cushing, Kathleen G.
     M.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Leyser, K.J.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The life and works of Martin of Leon (c.1150-1203). McCluskey, R.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Highfield, J.R.L.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The patronage of Cardinal Oliviero Carafa, 1430-1511. Norman, Diana
     Ph.D., Open University.
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Venetians in the Black Sea, 1204-1453. Martin, M.E.
     Ph.D., Birmingham. Supervised by Bryer, A.A.M.
     Categories: Byzantine history

1990

Feudal economics: a study of some aspects of lordship in southern England andnorthern France in the 10th and 11th centuries. Harfield, C.G.
     M.Phil., Southampton. Supervised by Hinton, D.A.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Images of the military orders, 1128-1291: spiritual, secular, romantic. Nicholson, Helen J.
     Ph.D., Leicester. Supervised by Housley, N.J.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Liber Maiorichinus. Barnes, Gillian E.H.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Hall, J.B.
     Categories: Political history

Louis the Pious: reputation and reality, 778-823. Cornah, Pauline
     M.Phil., Lancaster. Supervised by King, P.D.
     Categories: Political history

Missions, mythologies and the search for non-European allies in anti-Islamic holy war, 1291-c.1540. Knobler, A.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. Supervised by Jackson, P.
     Categories: Byzantine history

Piety and heresy in medieval Orvieto: the religious life of the laity, c.1150-1350. Henderson, J. Mary
     Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Fowler, K.A.; Dickson, M.G.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Politics and patronage at the abbey of St. Denis (814-98): the rise of a royal patron saint. Brown, G.P.A.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by McKitterick, Rosamond D.
     Categories: Political history

Ritual, chivalry and pageantry: the courts of Anjou, Orleans and Savoy in the later middle ages. Rosie, Alison
     Ph.D., Edinburgh. Supervised by Stephens, J.N.; Fowler, K.A.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The aristocracy of Leon-Castile in the reign of Alfonso VII (1126-57). Barton, S.F.
     D.Phil., York. Supervised by Fletcher, R.A.
     Categories: Political history

The friars and the preaching of the cross in the 13th century. Maier, C.T.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Riley-Smith, J.S.C.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The lands of St. Ambrose: the accumulation of property rights by the monastery of Sant' Ambrogio, Milan, and its impact on the economic and social structure of north-western Lombardy in the 9th and 10th centuries. Balzaretti, R.
     Ph.D., London. Supervised by Davies, Wendy E.
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The merchants and the noblemen: economic power and political status in the duchy of Gaeta, c.800-1100. Skinner, Patricia E.
     Ph.D., Birmingham. Supervised by Wickham, C.J.
     Categories: Political history

The relationship of the Italian and southern French Cathars, 1170-1320. Roach, A.P.
     D.Phil., Oxford. Supervised by Murray, A.
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

1991

Aspects of Franciscan patronage of the arts in the Veneto during the later middle ages. Bourdua, Louise
     Ph.D., Warwick.
     Chronological coverage: 1300–1500
     Index terms: Patronage, artistic, in Italy; Italy; Veneto; Franciscan order, in Italy
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Byzantine monetary affairs during the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th centuries. Athanassopoulou-Penna, Vassiliki
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.)
     Chronological coverage: 700–1100
     Categories: Byzantine history

Civitas Mediomatricorum: settlement and social organization in the Merovingian region of Metz, c.450-c.750. Halsall, Guy R.W.
     D.Phil., York. (Hist.). Supervised by James, E.
     Chronological coverage: 450–750
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Federigo da Montefeltro: the man and the myth. Smith, C.J.
     M.A., Exeter.
     Chronological coverage: 1430–1482
     Index terms: Montefeltro, Federico da (?1410-1482), 1st duke of Urbino
     Categories: Political history

Italian sumptuary legislation, 1200-1500. Killerby, Catherine M.
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Jones, P.J.
     Chronological coverage: 1200–1500
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Knightly piety in south-western France, c.970-c.1130, and the lay response to the First Crusade. Bull, Marcus G.
     Ph.D., London. (R.H.B.N.C. Hist.). Supervised by Riley-Smith, J.S.C.
     Chronological coverage: 970–1130
     Categories: Byzantine history

Patronage and production of French literature in the 12th century. Broadhurst, Karen M.
     Ph.D., London. (Birkbeck)
     Chronological coverage: 1100–1200
     Index terms: Literature, in France; Patronage, in France; France
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Politics, economics and ethics in 13th-century and 14th-century Hispano-Jewish society. Hersch, Philip
     M.Litt., Edinburgh. (Hist.). Supervised by Mackay, A.I.K.
     Chronological coverage: 1200–1400
     Index terms: Jews, in Spain; Spain
     Categories: Political history

The first kingdom of Burgundy: the history and archaeology of a successor state in south-eastern France and western Switzerland. Boyson, David B.
     Ph.D., Newcastle. (Archaeol.). Supervised by Greene, K.
     Chronological coverage: 400–500
     Categories: Political history

Theophanes of Nicaea: his life and work. Polemis, Ioannes D.
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Byz.). Supervised by Mango, C.
     Chronological coverage: 1335–1381
     Categories: Byzantine history

The role of Christianity in the last pagan state in Europe: Lithuania, 1315-42. Rowell, Stephen C.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Slavonic). Supervised by Shepard, J.E.B.
     Chronological coverage: 1315–1342
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Walahfrid Strabo's `Libellus de exordiis et incrementis quarundam in observationibus ecclesiasticia rerum': a translation and liturgical commentary. Correa, Alice L.H.
     Ph.D., St. Andrews. (Med. Hist.). Supervised by Bullough, D.A.
     Chronological coverage: 838–838
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Women in religious ocmmunities: the Benedictine convents in Venice, 1400-1550. Primhak, Victoria J.
     Ph.D., London. (Warburg). Supervised by Chambers, D.S.
     Chronological coverage: 1400–1550
     Categories: Gender and Women; Ecclesiastical and religious history

1992

Anselm of Lucca, reform and the canon law, c.1046-1086: the beginnings of systematization. Cushing, Kathleen G.
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Leyser, K.J.
     Chronological coverage: 1046–1086
     Index terms: Anselm of Lucca (Pope Alexander II) (d. 1073); Canon law
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Christian attempts to conquer the Balearic Islands, 1015-1229. Doxey, Gary B.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Abulafia, David S.H.
     Chronological coverage: 1015–1229
     Index terms: Balearic Islands
     Categories: Political history

Comparison of the interdicts imposed by the papacy on Venice from the 15th to the 17th century. Beller, Katherine E.
     M.Phil., Manchester. (Hist.). Supervised by Pullan, B.S.
     Chronological coverage: 1400–1600
     Index terms: Interdicts; Papacy; Italy; Venice, Italy
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Crusader ideology (1095-1291): a comparative study. Yousef, Abdul K.
     Ph.D., Essex.
     Chronological coverage: 1095–1291
     Index terms: Crusades
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Learning Latin in the 12th century: a study of the grammatical and rhetorical glosses on Horace's Satires. Reynolds, Suzanne C.
     Ph.D., London. (Warburg). Supervised by Burnett, C.S.F.
     Chronological coverage: 1100–1200
     Index terms: Satires (Horace's); Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)(65-8 B.C.); Education; Latin language
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Legal and political thought in France, c.1310-1380. Galbraith, Robert D.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Spufford, P.
     Chronological coverage: 1310–1380
     Index terms: Legal thought; Political thought; France
     Categories: Political history

Like scales from their eyes: visionary experience in western Europe from Augustine to the 8th century. Moreira, Isabel A.M.C.
     Ph.D., St. Andrews. (Anc. Hist.). Supervised by Harries, Jill D.
     Chronological coverage: 400–750
     Index terms: Augustine, Saint (354-430); Visions
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Lupus of Ferrieres. Lockwood, P. Elizabeth
     Ph.D., London. (K.C. Hist.). Supervised by Nelson, Janet L.
     Chronological coverage: 840–862
     Index terms: Ferrieres, France, abbey; Lupus, Servatus (c.805-862)
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Some aspects of religious architecture in Castile, c.1400-1550. Brindle, Steven P.
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Highfield, J.R.L.; Kidson, P.
     Chronological coverage: 1400–1550
     Index terms: Spain; Castile, Spain; Religious architecture, in Spain; Architecture, in Spain
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The origins and development of non-conventual monastic dependencies in England and Normandy, 1000-1350. Impey, Edward A.
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Eur. Archaeol.). Supervised by Blair, W.J.
     Chronological coverage: 1000–1350
     Index terms: Monastic dependencies, non-conventual; Monasticism; Normandy
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The outsider in Byzantium: perceptions and actualities of political, religious and social heterodoxy in the Byzantine empire, 1025-1204. Smythe, Dion C.
     Ph.D., St. Andrews. (Med. Hist.). Supervised by Magdalino, P.
     Chronological coverage: 1025–1204
     Index terms: Heterodoxy, in the Byzantine empire; Byzantine empire
     Categories: Byzantine history

The position of abbots in the Western European church of the 13th and 14th centuries. West, Andrew
     Ph.D., Manchester. (Hist.). Supervised by Denton, J.H.
     Chronological coverage: 1200–1400
     Index terms: Church, medieval; Abbots; Monasticism
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

1993

A comparative study of Ta`ifa states, c.1018-c.1094 (with special reference to Valencia and Zaragoza). Nusseibeh, Saker A.
     Ph.D., London. (K.C. Hist.). Supervised by Nelson, Janet L.
     Chronological coverage: 1018–1094
     Index terms: Valencia, Spain; Spain; Tai`fa states; Zaragoza, Spain
     Categories: Political history

Aspects of the institutional history of the Albigensian Crusades, 1198-1229. Dutton, Claire M.
     Ph.D., London. (R.H.U.L. Hist.). Supervised by Riley-Smith, J.S.C.
     Chronological coverage: 1198–1229
     Index terms: Albigensian Crusades (1198-1229); Crusades
     Categories: Byzantine history

Byzantine funerary practice. Ivison, Eric
     Ph.D., Birmingham. (Byz. Stud.). Supervised by Bryer, A.A.M.
     Chronological coverage: 600–1000
     Index terms: Funerary practice, in Byzantium; Byzantium
     Categories: Byzantine history

Byzantine Kastoria. Moustakis, Konstantin
     Ph.D., Birmingham. (Byz. Stud.). Supervised by Bryer, A.A.M.
     Chronological coverage: 527–1453
     Index terms: Greece; Kastoria, Greece; Byzantium
     Categories: Byzantine history

Christian catacombs, cult centres and churches in Malta to 1530 A.D. Buhagiar, Mario
     Ph.D. (Ext.), London. (Ext.)
     Chronological coverage: 50–1530
     Index terms: Churches, in Malta; Catacombs, Christian, in Malta; Malta
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Greek refugees and immigrants in western Europe during the 15th century. Harris, Jonathan P.
     Ph.D., London. (R.H.U.L. Hist.). Supervised by Chrysostomides, Julian
     Chronological coverage: 1453–1470
     Index terms: Greeks, in western Europe; Migration, to western Europe; Migration, Greek
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Imperial imagery in the reign of Heraclius. Pritchard, David
     Ph.D., St. Andrews. (Anc. Hist.). Supervised by Whitby, L.M.
     Chronological coverage: 610–641
     Index terms: Heraclius I, Byzantine emperor (610-41); Byzantium
     Categories: Political history

Legislation for Western European monasteries up to A.D. 700. Greenhow, Desna M.
     Ph.D., Exeter. (Hist.). Supervised by Holdsworth, C.J.
     Chronological coverage: 400–700
     Index terms: Monasteries, Monasticism
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Recruitment of English armies in France in the later middle ages. Jamieson, Neil
     Ph.D., Liverpool. (Hist.). Supervised by Allmand, C.T.
     Chronological coverage: 1300–1485
     Index terms: Army, English; France
     Categories: Political history

Student and teacher in 15th-century Florence. Davies, Jonathan D.
     Ph.D., Liverpool. (Hist.). Supervised by Clough, C.H.
     Chronological coverage: 1400–1500
     Index terms: Teachers, in Italy; Italy; Florence, Italy; Education, in Italy
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The crusading history of central France, especially in the region of Berry (1095-1300). Gardner, Christopher K.
     M.Litt., Edinburgh. (Hist.). Supervised by Dickson, M.G.
     Chronological coverage: 1095–1300
     Index terms: France; Berry, France; Crusades
     Categories: Byzantine history

The Frankish church and women from the late 8th to the early 10th century: representation and reality. Hodgson, Andrea M.E.
     Ph.D., London. (K.C. Hist.). Supervised by Nelson, Janet L.
     Chronological coverage: 780–920
     Index terms: Francia; Women; Church, Frankish; France
     Categories: Gender and Women; Ecclesiastical and religious history

The laity and the Catholic church in Cathar Languedoc. Gordon, James D.
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Murray, A.
     Chronological coverage: 1050–1229
     Index terms: Languedoc, France; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, in France; Catharism, in France
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The making of the queen in early medieval England and Francia. Smith, Julie A.
     D.Phil., York. (Hist.). Supervised by James, E.
     Chronological coverage: 771–1031
     Index terms: Queens, in England and Francia; Francia
     Categories: Political history

The Pratriche (debates) of the Florentine deliberative assembly, 1465-6. Beamish, Victoria E.
     M.A., Leeds. (Hist.). Supervised by Wright, A.D.
     Chronological coverage: 1465–1466
     Index terms: Florence, Italy
     Categories: Political history

The residences of potentiores in Gaul and Germania in the 5th-9th centuries. Samson, Ross
     Ph.D., Glasgow. (Arts). Supervised by Alcock, L.
     Chronological coverage: 400–900
     Index terms: Potentiores; Residences, in Gaul and Germania; Gaul; Germania
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The writings of Alexander of Roes. Scales, Leonard E.
     Ph.D., Manchester. (Hist.). Supervised by Denton, J.H.
     Chronological coverage: 1273–1291
     Index terms: Political thought; Alexander of Roes (fl.1281-8); Germany
     Categories: Political history

1994

Ethnographic culture and the construction of community in Ostrogothic Italy, 489-554. Amory, Patrick H.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by McKitterick, Rosamond D.
     Chronological coverage: 489–554
     Index terms: Ethnographic culture; Italy; Ostrogoths; Community, in Italy
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Homosexuality: a study of its treatment and expression in medieval England and France. Thompson, Emma J.
     M.Phil., Birmingham. (Hist.). Supervised by Edwards, J.H.
     Chronological coverage: 1000–1500
     Index terms: Homosexuality; Homosexuality, in France; France
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Medieval pilgrimage: with particular reference to Rome in the period from Paschal II to Innocent III (1099-1216). Birch, Debra J.
     Ph.D., London. (Q.M.W. Hist.). Supervised by Bolton, Brenda M.
     Chronological coverage: 1100–1200
     Index terms: Paschal II (d. 1118), pope; Rome, Italy; Pilgrimage; Innocent III (1160-1216), pope
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Monks and aristocrats: church and society in the Lombard principalities of S. Italy, 774-981. McQueen, William B.
     Ph.D., Edinburgh. (Hist.). Supervised by Anglod, M.J.; Brown, T.S.
     Chronological coverage: 774–981
     Index terms: Aristocrats, Aristocracy; Italy; Monasticism, Monasteries, Monastic houses; Lombard principalities; Church: medieval
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Patriarchy and power in the Byzantine empire from Maria of Alania to Maua of Antioch, 1080-1180. Hill, B.N.
     Ph.D., Belfast.
     Chronological coverage: 1080–1180
     Index terms: Byzantium; Women, in Byzantine empire; Maria of Alania (fl.1071-81), Byzantine empress; Patriarchy, in Byzantine empire
     Categories: Byzantine history

Popular culture in Merovingian Gaul, A.D. 481-751. Hen, Yitzhak
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by McKitterick, Rosamond D.
     Chronological coverage: 481–751
     Index terms: Merovingian empire; Gaul
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Religion and medicine in the late 13th and 14th centuries, with particular reference to Arnau de Vilanova. Ziegler, Joseph
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Dunbabin, Jean H.; Smith, R.M.
     Chronological coverage: 1280–1400
     Index terms: Religion; Arnau de Villa Nova (c.1235-1313); Medicine
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The business of art: contracts and payment documents for 14th- and 15th-century Italian altarpieces and frescoes. O'Malley, Michelle M.
     Ph.D., London. (Warburg). Supervised by Hope, C.A.; Chambers, D.S.
     Chronological coverage: 1300–1500
     Index terms: Frescoes, in Italy; Italy; Altarpieces, in Italy; Art, in Italy
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The church in Castile, 1065-1215. Lakin, Emma M.
     M.Phil., York. (Hist.). Supervised by Fletcher, R.A.
     Chronological coverage: 1065–1215
     Index terms: Castile, Spain; Church (medieval); Spain
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The early Humiliati: the development of an order, c.1176-c.1280. Andrews, Frances E.
     Ph.D., London. (Q.M.W. Hist.). Supervised by Bolton, Brenda M.
     Chronological coverage: 1176–1280
     Index terms: Orders, religious; Monasticism, Monasteries, Monastic houses; Humiliati
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The German nobility and the feud: Franconia, c.1440-1550. Zmora, Hillay
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Scribner, R.W.
     Chronological coverage: 1440–1550
     Index terms: Germany; Feud, in Germany; Nobles, Nobility, in Germany; Franconia
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The Latin church in Cyprus, 1195-1312. Coureas, Nicholas S.
     Ph.D., London. (R.H.U.L. Hist.). Supervised by Riley-Smith, J.S.C.
     Chronological coverage: 1195–1312
     Index terms: Cyprus; Latin church; Church, medieval; Crusades
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The Libri Feudorum and the Roman law. Ryan, Magnus J.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Stein, P.G.
     Chronological coverage: 1150–1150
     Index terms: Law, Roman; Libri Feudorum
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The reign of Leo VI, 886-912: personal relationships and political ideologies. Tougher, Shaun F.
     Ph.D., St. Andrews. (Hist.). Supervised by Magdalino, P.
     Chronological coverage: 886–912
     Index terms: Leo VI (866-912), Byzantine emperor; Byzantium
     Categories: Political history

The restoration of papal authority in Rome from the end of the Great Schism to the early 16th century. Dean, Brenda
     M.A., Exeter. (Hist.). Supervised by Williams, Ann
     Chronological coverage: 1417–1510
     Index terms: Rome; Great Schism (1378-1417); Papacy
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The visual appearance of knights in the 12th century, with particular reference to romance and colour. Hunter, Timothy J.
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Mayr-Harting, Henry M.R.E.
     Chronological coverage: 1100–1200
     Index terms: Knights
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Town planning in Bologna, 1300-1500. Pritchard, Mark B.
     Ph.D., London. (Courtauld). Supervised by Burns, H.
     Chronological coverage: 1300–1500
     Index terms: Bologna, Italy; Italy; Urban development, Urban growth, in Italy; Town planning, in Italy
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

1995

Agrarian structures in the valley of Aro from the late 14th to the 18th century. Sanz Alguacil, Antonio
     Ph.D., Southampton. (Hist.). Supervised by Golding, B.J.
     Chronological coverage: 1380–1700
     Index terms: Aro valley, Spain; Agrarian structures, in Spain; Spain
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Byzantine Larissa to 1204. Koulouras, George
     M.Phil., St. Andrews. (Hist.). Supervised by Magdalino, P.
     Chronological coverage: 527–1204
     Index terms: Byzantium; Larissa, Greece
     Categories: Byzantine history

Crusade and society in eastern Europe: the Hospital and Temple in Poland and Pomerania, 1145-1370. Smith, Paul V.
     Ph.D., London. (S.S.E.E.S.). Supervised by Davies, I. Norman R.
     Chronological coverage: 1145–1370
     Index terms: Crusades, Crusaders; Pomerania; Poland; Hospitallers, in Poland and Pomerania; Templars, in Poland and Pomerania
     Categories: Byzantine history

England and the continent in the 10th and early 11th centuries. Shepherd, Marion
     Ph.D., Lancaster. (Hist.). Supervised by King, P.D.
     Chronological coverage: 900–1130
     Index terms: England, and Europe
     Categories: Britain and Ireland; 500-1000; 11th Century

Stephen of Muret and his followers in the period c.1050 - c.1220. Wilkinson, Maire M.
     Ph.D., London. (Birkbeck Hist.). Supervised by Wilks, Michael J.; Michael J.
     Chronological coverage: 1050–1220
     Index terms: Stephen of Muret, Saint (1048-1124); Church, medieval
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The counts of the Perche, 1066-1217: sources of power and the politics of the southern Norman frontier and Anglo-Norman realm. Thompson, Kathleen H.
     Ph.D., Sheffield. (Hist.). Supervised by King, Edmund J.
     Chronological coverage: 1066–1217
     Index terms: Normandy; France; Perche, France
     Categories: Political history

The Fortress of Faith: the perception of Muslims in 15th-century Spain. Echevarria Arsuaga, Ana M.
     Ph.D., Edinburgh. (Hist.). Supervised by Hood, A.; Mackay, A.I.K.
     Chronological coverage: 1400–1500
     Index terms: Muslims, Spanish view of; Fortress of Faith (Alonso de Espina's); Spain
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The maritime cultural landscape of Viking and late Norse Orkney. Allen, formerly Bowman, Anne
     Ph.D., Durham. (Archaeol.). Supervised by Millett, M.J.; Hamerow, Helena F.
     Chronological coverage: 800–1400
     Index terms: Norsemen; Vikings; Orkney
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The principality of Antioch, 1098-1130. Asbridge, Thomas S.
     Ph.D., London. (R.H.U.L. Hist.). Supervised by Riley-Smith, Jonathan S.C.
     Chronological coverage: 1098–1130
     Index terms: Antioch, principality of; Crusades, Crusaders
     Categories: Byzantine history

The role of castles in the political and military history of the Crusader states and the Levant, 1187-1380. Molin, Bengt K.
     Ph.D., Leeds. (Hist.). Supervised by Loud, G.A.
     Chronological coverage: 1187–1380
     Index terms: Crusades, Crusaders; Palestine; Castles, in Palestine; Army, Crusader; Levant
     Categories: Byzantine history

The Sestiere of San Polo: a cross-section of Venetian society in the second half of the 15th century. Wheeler, Joseph R.
     Ph.D., Warwick. (Hist.). Supervised by Mallett, Michael E.
     Chronological coverage: 1450–1500
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The theory and practice of the ecclesiastical interdict in the age of the decretalists. Clarke, Peter D.
     Ph.D., Manchester. (Hist.). Supervised by Denton, Jeffrey H.
     Chronological coverage: 1150–1350
     Index terms: France; Interdict, papal; Papacy
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

To what extent was the iconography of Judith a reflection of Renaissance society?. Penhallurick, Claire E.
     M.A., Exeter. (Hist. & Archaeol.). Supervised by Williams, Ann
     Chronological coverage: 1400–1600
     Index terms: Women; Judith, iconography of; Renaissance
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Whales, dolphins and porpoises in the economy and culture of peasant fishermen in Norway, Orkney, Shetland, Faroe Islands and Iceland, c.900-1900 A.D., and Norse Greenland, c.1000-1500 A.D. Lindqvist, Ole
     Ph.D., St. Andrews. (Hist.). Supervised by Smout, T.C.
     Chronological coverage: 900–1900
     Index terms: Dolphins; Whales; Porpoises; Fishermen, in N. Europe; Peasants, in N. Europe; Norway; Orkney + OTHERS, SEE THESIS
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

1996

Brittany and the Angevins, 1166-86: an administrative study. Everard, Judith A.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Holt, James
     Chronological coverage: 1166–1186
     Index terms: Angevin kings; France; Brittany, France; Administration, Angevin, of Brittany
     Categories: 12th Century

Cola di Rienzo (1312-54): the revolution in historical perspective. Collins, Amanda L.
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Rosser, A. Gervase
     Chronological coverage: 1322–1354
     Index terms: Italy; Rienzo, Cola di (1312-54); Rome
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Inquisition, Catharism and the confessing subject: the discourse of heresy in Languedoc, c.1220-c.1330. Arnold, John H.
     D.Phil., York. (Med. Stud.). Supervised by Biller, Peter P.A.; Riddy, Felicity J.
     Chronological coverage: 1220–1330
     Index terms: Cathars, Catharism, in France; Languedoc, France; France; Inquisition, in France; Heresy, in France
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Liber celi et mundi: introduction and critical edition. Gutman, Oliver W.
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Burnett, Charles S.F.; Sharpe, Richard
     Chronological coverage: 1100–1200
     Index terms: Liber celi et mundi; Cosmology
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Normandy and the Angevin empire: a study of the Norman pipe rolls. Moss, Vincent D.
     Ph.D., Wales. (Cardiff Hist.). Supervised by Bates, David R.
     Chronological coverage: 1154–1399
     Index terms: Angevin empire; France; Normandy; Pipe rolls
     Categories: 12th Century; 13th Century; 14th Century

Social and political processes in the Carolingian middle Rhine valley, c750.-c.875. Innes, Matthew J.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by McKitterick, Rosamond D.
     Chronological coverage: 750–875
     Index terms: Carolingian kings, in France; Rhine valley, France
     Categories: 500-1000

Social organization and state control in two Genoese merchant colonies: Tunis and Famagusta, in the late 13th century. MacKenzie, Robert J.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Abulafia, David S.H.
     Chronological coverage: 1280–1300
     Index terms: Tunis; Merchants, of Italy; Italy; Famagusta, Cyprus; Genoa, Italy; Cyprus
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The Byzantine frontier in the Balkans in the 11th and 12th centuries. Stephenson, P.A.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Shepard, Jonathan E.B.
     Chronological coverage: 1000–1200
     Index terms: Frontiers, in the Balkans; Balkan states; Byzantium
     Categories: Byzantine history

The Carmelite friary at Esslingen. Elders, Joseph
     Ph.D., Nottingham. (Archaeol.). Supervised by Dixon, Philip W.
     Chronological coverage: 1350–1550
     Index terms: Friaries, in Germany; Monasticism, Monasteries, Monastic houses, in Germany; Germany; Esslingen, Germany; Carmelite friars, in Germany
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The christianization of Iceland: priests, power and social change, 1000-1300. Vésteinsson, Orri
     Ph.D., London. (U.C. Hist.). Supervised by Davies, Wendy E.
     Chronological coverage: 1000–1300
     Index terms: Priests, in Iceland; Christianization, of Iceland; Iceland
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The coinage of Deventer, 983-1100. Coleman, Robert D.
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Metcalf, D. Michael
     Chronological coverage: 983–1100
     Index terms: Coinage, of Deventer; Netherlands; Deventer, Netherlands
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

The crusade of 1101, with particular reference to military history. Mulinder, Alec C.
     Ph.D., Wales. (Swansea Hist.). Supervised by France, John
     Chronological coverage: 1101–1101
     Index terms: Army, Crusader; Crusades, Crusaders
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The dispute for authority between the consuls of the city of Cahors and the lord bishops during the 13th century. Groom, Veronica J.
     M.A., Exeter. (Hist. & Archaeol.). Supervised by Williams, Ann
     Chronological coverage: 1200–1300
     Index terms: Church, medieval, in France; France; Cahors, France
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The influence of John Cassian on early continental and insular monasticism to c.817. Lake, Stephen M.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Anglo-Saxon). Supervised by Lapidge, Michael
     Chronological coverage: 415–817
     Index terms: Monasticism, Monasteries, Monastic houses; Cassian, John (c.360-435)
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

1997

Compelle intrare: monastic reform movements in 12th-century north-western Europe. Porter, Jon M.B.
     Ph.D., Nottingham. (Hist.). Supervised by Hamilton, Bernard F.
     Chronological coverage: 1100–1200
     Index terms: Monasticism, Monasteries, Monastic houses; Reform, monastic
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Experiences of motherhood in Normandy, c.1050-c.1150. Quirk, Kathleen F.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Van Houts, Elisabeth M.C.
     Chronological coverage: 1050–1150
     Index terms: Normandy; Mothers, Motherhood; Women; France
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Innocent III and Aragon-Catalonia: studies on papal power. Smith, Damian J.
     Ph.D., Birmingham. (Hist.). Supervised by Dyer, Christopher C.
     Chronological coverage: 1198–1216
     Index terms: Catalonia, Spain; Aragon, Spain; Spain; Innocent III (1160-1216), pope
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Knights of the cloister: Templars and Hospitallers in central southern Occitania, c.1100-c.1300. Selwood, Dominic K.
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Rubin, Miri E.
     Chronological coverage: 1100–1300
     Index terms: Occitania; Hospitallers; Templars
     Categories: Byzantine history

Literacy in Lombard Italy, 568-774 A.D. Everett, Nicholas C.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by McKitterick, Rosamond D.
     Chronological coverage: 568–774
     Index terms: Italy; Literacy, in Lombard Italy; Lombards
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Papal ceremonial in the 12th century, with special emphasis on 'adventus'. Twyman, Susan E.
     Ph.D., London. (Q.M.W. Hist.). Supervised by Bolton, Brenda M.
     Chronological coverage: 1100–1200
     Index terms: `Adventus', papal; Papacy; Ceremonial, papal
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Practice of penance, c.900-c.1050. Hamilton, Sarah M.
     Ph.D., London. (K.C. Hist.). Supervised by Duggan, Anne J.; Nelson, Janet L.
     Chronological coverage: 900–1050
     Index terms: Church, medieval; Church, early; Penance
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The composition and dissemination of Bernard of Clairvaux's texts. Mancor, Neil McK.
     Ph.D., Reading. (Hist.). Supervised by Barber, Malcolm C.
     Chronological coverage: 1110–1153
     Index terms: Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint (1090-1153)
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

The development of the idea of limbo in the middle ages. Beiting, Christopher J.
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Murray, Alexander
     Chronological coverage: 1100–1321
     Index terms: Church, medieval; Limbo, idea of
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The organisation of war in England under John, 1199-1216. Fisher, Andrew R.
     Ph.D., Hull. (Hist.). Supervised by Ayton, Andrew C.
     Chronological coverage: 1199–1216
     Index terms: Supply, military; Recruitment, military; Army
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Urban space and political life in Rome, 1100-1300: the Frangipani family in the Forum area. Ellis, Matthew R.
     M.Litt., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Ward-Perkins, Bryan R.
     Chronological coverage: 1100–1300
     Index terms: Urban society, in Italy; Frangipani family, in Italy; Rome
     Categories: Political history

1998

An 11th-century Byzantine liturgical homiliary: the Evergetis 'Katechetikon'. Crostini, Barbara
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Munitiz, Joseph A.
     Chronological coverage: 1034–1054
     Index terms: 'Katechetikon' (of Euergetis); Liturgy, Byzantine; Constantinople, Euergetis monastery; Byzantium; Homiliary, Byzantine
     Categories: Byzantine history

A study of the origins, development and significance of the Beguine communities in Douai and Lille, 1200-1500. Galloway, Penelope E.
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Smith, L.
     Chronological coverage: 1200–1500
     Index terms: Women, in France; Lille, France; Beguine movement, in Flanders; Douai, France; France
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

Crusading proposals of the late 13th and early 14th centuries. Leopold, Anthony R.
     Ph.D., Durham. (Hist.). Supervised by Rollason, David W.; Scales, Len E.; Forey, Alan J.
     Chronological coverage: 1280–1330
     Index terms: Crusades, Crusaders
     Categories: Byzantine history

Female spirituality and intellect in the 12th and 13th centuries: a case study of Herrad of Hohenbourg. Griffiths, Fiona J.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Abulafia, Anna B.S.
     Chronological coverage: 1100–1300
     Index terms: Herrad of Hohenbourg (d. 1195); Female spirituality; Women
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Germanic social structure, c.200-600: a methodological study in the use of archaeology and historical evidence in migration-age Europe. Ravn, Mads
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Archaeol.). Supervised by Hills, Catherine M.
     Chronological coverage: 200–600
     Index terms: Migration, in Europe; Germanic peoples
     Categories: Social history; Economic history

Ideas about women in the earliest printed Dutch vernacular books: female saints' lives, exempla and their female readers. van Dort, Catharina T.H.
     Ph.D., London. (U.C. Hist.). Supervised by d'Avray, David L.
     Chronological coverage: 1470–1500
     Index terms: Netherlands; Books, in the Netherlands; Women; Dutch vernacular printed books; Printed books, in the Netherlands
     Categories: Social history; Intellectual history; Gender and Women

Of republics and tyrants: aspects of Quattrocento humanist writings and their reception in England, c.1400-c.1460. Rundle, David G.
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Davies, Clifford S.L.; Garnett, George S.
     Chronological coverage: 1400–1460
     Index terms: Political thought; Italy; Humanists, Humanism; Tyrants, Tyranny
     Categories: Political history

Politics, image-making and urban space: representations of Florence in the art of Domenico Ghirlandaio. Pearson, Caspar
     M.Phil., Birmingham. (Hist. of Art)
     Chronological coverage: 1475–1494
     Index terms: Florence, Italy; Art, in Italy; Italy; Ghirlandaio, Domenico (c.1449-1494); Artists, in Italy; Towns, in Italy
     Categories: Art and Architecture; Education

Politics, society and the Crusades in England and France, 1378-1400. Magee, James W.
     Ph.D., Leicester. (Hist.). Supervised by Housley, Norman J.
     Chronological coverage: 1378–1400
     Index terms: France; Crusades
     Categories: Byzantine history

Representations of the barbarian in the early medieval West, c.800-1100. Ashley, Scott
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Wormald, C. Patrick
     Chronological coverage: 800–1100
     Index terms: Europe, western; Barbarians
     Categories: Political history

Royal eloquence in the Spanish Peninsula, with particular reference to the Crown of Aragon, c.1200-1410. Cawsey, Suzanne F.
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Mod. Hist.). Supervised by Linehan, Peter A.; Dunbabin, Jean H.
     Chronological coverage: 1200–1410
     Index terms: Eloquence, royal, in Spanish peninsula; Aragon, Spain; Spain
     Categories: Political history

Studies in representations and preceptions of the Carolingians in Italy, 774-875. West, Geoffrey V.B.
     Ph.D., London. (K.C. Hist.). Supervised by Nelson, Janet L.
     Chronological coverage: 774–875
     Index terms: Italy
     Categories: Political history

The crusade in the 14th century as an expression of the international chivalric ethic. Norgate, Louise
     M.A., Leeds. (Hist.). Supervised by Loud, Graham A.; Murray, Alan V.
     Chronological coverage: 1300–1400
     Index terms: Chivalry; Crusades
     Categories: Byzantine history

The ecclesiastical organization of the Church of the East, 1318-1913. Wilmshurst, David J.
     D.Phil., Oxford. (Or. Stud.). Supervised by Richards, Donald S.; Brock, Sebastian P.
     Chronological coverage: 1318–1913
     Index terms: Byzantine church
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history

The Poor Clares in the Hispanic kingdoms during the 13th century. Tunstall, Lee-Ann
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist.). Supervised by Abulafia, David S.H.
     Chronological coverage: 1200–1300
     Index terms: Spain; Hispanic kingdoms; Poor Clares
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

Urbanism in Siena, c.1450-1513. Policy and patrons: interactions between public and private. Nevola, Fabrizio
     Ph.D., London. (Courtauld). Supervised by Clarke, Georgia
     Chronological coverage: 1450–1513
     Index terms: Siena, Italy; Urban development, Urban growth; Italy
     Categories: Education; Art and Architecture

1999

Eastern attitudes towards the Franks in the Levant during the early crusades, 490/1096-564/1169. Christie, Niall G.F.
     Ph.D., St. Andrews. (Hist.). Supervised by Kennedy, Hugh N.
     Chronological coverage: 1096–1169
     Index terms: Levant; Franks; Crusades
     Categories: Asia and Middle East; 12th Century

2004

The debate about women and its socio-cultural background in early modern Venice. Dialeti, Androniki
     Ph.D., Glasgow. (Arts). Supervised by Black, Christopher F.
     Chronological coverage: 1500–1700
     Index terms: Venice, Italy; Women, in Italy; Italy
     Categories: Gender and Women; Cultural history; Social history; 15th Century; 16th Century; 17th Century

2006

A new comparative approach to the Byzantine economy (A.D. 900-1200). Kaplanis, Costas
     Ph.D., London.
     Chronological coverage: 900–1200
     Categories: Ancient

A social archaeology of the late medieval English peasantry: power, community and gender. Smith, Sally V.
     Ph.D., Sheffield.
     Chronological coverage: 1200–1500

A study of Byzantine sgraffito wares (11th-13th century): classification, production, circulation, and art historical analysis. Dimopoulos, Johanna
     D.Phil., Oxford.
     Chronological coverage: 1000–1300

Constructions of female sanctity in Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse religious prose. Hodgson, Miranda J.
     M.Litt., Oxford.
     Chronological coverage: 500–1000
     Categories: Ancient

England’s hermits, 970-1220. Licence, Tom O.
     Ph.D., Cambridge.
     Chronological coverage: 970–1220
     Index terms: Religion, medieval; Hermits, medieval

Making middle Byzantine Constantinople: imperial devotional sites and ideology from Basil I to John II Komnenos. Zulian, Giulia
     M.Phil., Birmingham.
     Chronological coverage: 866–1143
     Index terms: Basil I (c.811-886), Byzantine emperor; Ideology, imperial; Empire, Byzantine; Constantinople; Byzantium; John II Komnenos (1087-1143), Byzantine emperor
     Categories: Ancient

Norman ethnicity in Normandy and Italy, c.911-c.1204. Johnson, S. Ewan
     Ph.D., Cambridge.
     Chronological coverage: 911–1204
     Index terms: Italy, and Normandy; Normandy, and Italy; Ethnicity, Norman
     Categories: Ancient

Pathways of power in late Carolingian Catalonia. Jarrett, Jonathan A.
     Ph.D., London.
     Chronological coverage: 700–900
     Categories: Ancient

Portaying the unknown, picturing the unseen? Portraits of women in late 15th- and 16th-century Venice. Scherf, B.-S.
     Ph.D., Cambridge. (Hist. of Art)
     Chronological coverage: 1480–1520
     Index terms: Art, Artists, in Venice; Venice; Women, in Venice; Italy
     Categories: Gender and Women; Art and Architecture; 15th Century; 16th Century

Procopius and the Gothic War. Kouroúmali, Maria
     D.Phil., Oxford.
     Chronological coverage: 520–565
     Categories: Ancient

Religious women and their communities in late medieval Scotland. Curran, Kimberly A.
     Ph.D., Glasgow. (Arts)
     Chronological coverage: 1000–1500
     Index terms: Scotland; Women religious, in Scotland; Church, medieval
     Categories: Cultural history; Ecclesiastical and religious history; Gender and Women; Social history

Social conflict and its management in the 6th century, with special reference to the reign of Justinian I. Bell, P.N.
     D.Phil., Oxford.
     Chronological coverage: 500–600
     Categories: Ancient

The church and communities: Cluny and its local patrons, 900-1050. Halton, Sarah E.
     Ph.D., Birmingham.
     Chronological coverage: 900–1050
     Index terms: Patronage, religious; Cluny, monastery; Church, medieval, in France; Monasticism, Monasteries, Monastic houses
     Categories: Ancient

The family in the 'Islendingasögur': myth or reality. Archer, Emily
     Ph.D., East Anglia. (Hist.)
     Chronological coverage: 500–1200
     Index terms: Iceland; Islendingasögur; Family

The forgotten patrons: the French governors of Milan, 1499-1522. Woodcock, Philippa
     Ph.D., London. (Queen Mary). Supervised by Welch, Evelyn
     Chronological coverage: 1499–1522
     Categories: 16th-17th Century; Urban history; Political history; Imperial and colonial; Art and Architecture

The medieval hall houses of north and east Wales: a socio-political development arising out of changes in land-holding practice and the Glynd?r revolts?. Green, E.M.
     Ph.D., Nottingham.
     Chronological coverage: 1100–1500

2007

Authority and pedagogy in Hermann of Reichenau's De octo vitiis principalibus. Williams, Hannah
     Ph.D., Manchester. (Hist.)
     Chronological coverage: 800–1100
     Categories: Ancient

Chronicles of Isidore of Seville. Wood, Jamie P.
     Ph.D., Manchester. (Hist.)
     Chronological coverage: 580–636
     Categories: Ancient

Growth of Newcastle 'villages'. Morrison, Jennifer
     M.A., Durham. (Archaeol.)
     Chronological coverage: 0–1800
     Index terms: Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Hagiography and the cult of saints in the diocese of Liège, c 700-980. Zimmern, Matthew
     Ph.D., St. Andrews. (Hist.)
     Chronological coverage: 700–980
     Categories: Ancient

Health and disease in medieval and Tudor Norwich. Fay, Isla
     Ph.D., East Anglia. (Hist.)
     Chronological coverage: 1000–1603
     Index terms: Norwich, Norf.; Health, Healthcare; Disease

Social origins of dynastic and elective kingship. A study of the Frankish and Visigothic successions. Widdowson, John M.
     Ph.D., London. (Birkbeck Hist.)
     Chronological coverage: 200–700
     Categories: Ancient

Texts and contexts: women's dedicated life from Caesarius to Benedict. Rudge, Lindsay
     Ph.D., St. Andrews. (Hist.)
     Chronological coverage: 500–800
     Categories: Gender and Women; Byzantine history; Ancient

The Augustinian canons and their benefactors in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield. Abram, Andrew
     Ph.D., Wales. (Lampeter Hist.)
     Chronological coverage: 1170–1536

The Mercian polity, 716-918. Burghart, Alex
     Ph.D., London. (K.C. Hist.)
     Chronological coverage: 716–918
     Index terms: Mercia
     Categories: Ancient

2008

Reform, liberty and the First Crusade. Fletcher, Anthony
     Ph.D., N.U.I. Galway. (Hist.). Supervised by LoPrete, Kimberly
     Chronological coverage: 1095–1099
     Index terms: Crusades
     Categories: 11th Century

2009

The archaeology of medieval rural ecclesiastical settlement in the barony of Lower Dundalk, County Louth. Ryan, Vanessa
     Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin. (Hist.). Supervised by Barry, Terence
     Chronological coverage: 1000–1500
     Index terms: Archaeology; Settlement; Ireland; Lower Dundalk, Co. Louth

2010

Transmission and transformation of iconography and exegetical themes from late antiquity in insular art. Foley, Susan
     Ph.D., Cork. (Hist.). Supervised by O'Reilly, Jennifer
     Chronological coverage: 400–1000
     Index terms: Exegetical themes, in insular art; Iconography; Insular art; Art, Artists, insular

2011

Motivations and response to crusades in the Aegean, 1302-48. Carr, Michael
     Ph.D., London. (R.H.U.L. Hist.). Supervised by Harris, Jonathan P.
     Chronological coverage: 1302–1348
     Categories: Asia and Middle East; 14th Century

Siena and its Contado: Art, iconography and patronage in the diocese of Grosseto, c.1380-c.1480. Cardarelli, Sandra
     Ph.D., Aberdeen. Supervised by Nichols, Tom
     Chronological coverage: 1380–1480
     Categories: Ecclesiastical and religious history; Art and Architecture

The logic of political conflict in the late Middle Ages : a comparative study of urban political conflicts in Italy and the southern Low Countries, c.1370-1440. Lantschner, Patrick
     Ph.D., University of Oxford. (Christ Church). Supervised by Vale, Malcolm; Rosser, Gervase
     Chronological coverage: 1370–1440
     Categories: Urban history; Political history