Theses - History
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English Catholic Eschatology, 1558 - 1603.
(2017-08-10)Early modern English Catholic eschatology, the belief that the present was the last age and an associated concern with mankind’s destiny, has been overlooked in the historiography. Historians have established that early ... -
The manipulation of time and the legitimacy of power during the American and French Revolutions, 1774-1815
(2017-07-01)The four decades that span the collapse of British imperial authority in the American colonies in 1774, to the disintegration of the Napoleonic Empire in 1815 witnessed unfathomable social and political change. There emerged ... -
Biblical Criticism and Confessional Division from Jean Morin to Richard Simon, c. 1620-1685
(2017-02-15)This thesis aims to make a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of biblical criticism in the seventeenth century. Its central objective is to put forward a new interpretation of the work of the ... -
The Life and Writings of Thomas Becon, 1512-1567
(2017-04-12)This dissertation analyses the life and writings of the Tudor clergyman and bestselling author Thomas Becon (1512-1567) as well as communities of production, patronage and pious readership that occasioned, supported and ...
