Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Author "Ellis, Steven G."
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The Pilgrimage of Grace: Rhetoric, Reward and Retribution
Loughlin, Susan Mary (2013-05-12)The Henrician phase of the English Reformation should, arguably, be called an experiment. A reformation pre-supposes that there was a need or desire for reform and the evidence of a genuine, widespread theological conviction ... -
Ruling the Borders: Wiliam Lord Dacre and the genesis of the Dacre Rising
Sargent, Andrew (2011-09-29)This study examines the northern branch of the Dacre family - the Dacres of Gilsland. The west march of England towards Scotland, on the Anglo-Scottish borders, is the focal point of this thesis, as this contained the ... -
Tudor representations of Sylvan Ireland and constructions of barbarity and civility
Howe, Raina (NUI Galway, 2020-09-11)This thesis challenges the traditional perspectives of Ireland’s woodland history in the Tudor century where Ireland is lauded as an exceptionally primitive island with a mysterious population of sylvan peoples who lived ...