Electronic copies of History and Politics newspaper/magazine articles. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/23434 2026-10-04T04:05:41Z 2026-10-04T04:05:41Z Turpie, Thomas http://hdl.handle.net/1893/37483 2025-10-15T00:12:30Z 2025-08-09T00:00:00Z

Title: The Aberdeen Breviary: Origins and Legacy Author(s): Turpie, Thomas Abstract: The Aberdeen Breviary is not only Scotland’s first printed book, but one of the most important religious texts to survive from medieval Scotland. It was an ambitious attempt by William Elphinstone, bishop of Aberdeen (1484-1514), in collaboration with James IV (1488-1513), to create a Scottish service book that could be used in churches across the kingdom. The short-term catalyst for the creation of the breviary was a charter issued by James on the 15th of September 1507 that authorised the creation of the first printing press in Scotland. In the charter he stated that, along with chronicles and books of law, it should be used for mess bukis, and portuus efter the use of our Realme, with addiciouns and legendis of Scottis sanctis. It is no surprise that service books (mess bukis), intended for use in the more than a thousand parish, collegiate and monastic churches that existed in Scotland by 1507, were considered a priority for the new press. Along with theological works, these were the most common books of a religious nature that existed in, and have survived from, medieval Scotland. The first such book to be printed by the new Chepman and Myller press in early 1510, was the Brevarium Aberdonense, more commonly known as the Aberdeen Breviary. In the longer term, the new breviary was a result of two trends. Firstly, a growing interest in local and regional saints in Scotland that had developed from the fourteenth century onwards, and secondly the increasingly close relationship between church and crown in late medieval Scotland.

2025-08-09T00:00:00Z Cunningham, Calum Edward Filet, Jérémy http://hdl.handle.net/1893/34645 2022-11-05T01:00:12Z 2022-09-13T00:00:00Z

Title: Charles III: the difficult legacy and political significance of the new king’s name Author(s): Cunningham, Calum Edward; Filet, Jérémy Abstract: First paragraph: On the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s death, the former Prince of Wales was proclaimed King Charles III. Although it’s been known for decades that Charles would succeed his mother, there were rumours that he might, once king, choose the name George due to the contentious legacies of Kings Charles I and Charles II.

2022-09-13T00:00:00Z Slavin, Philip http://hdl.handle.net/1893/34435 2025-09-24T02:08:59Z 2022-06-20T00:00:00Z

Title: Black death: how we solved the centuries-old mystery of its origins Author(s): Slavin, Philip Abstract: First paragraph: It is not an exaggeration to say that the question of where and when the Black Death, the deadliest pandemic ever, originated is one of the biggest mysteries in human history. After all, the Black Death was the first wave of the second plague pandemic of the 14th to early 19th centuries. It killed some 50-60% of the population in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa and an unaccountable number of people in Central Asia.

2022-06-20T00:00:00Z Nehring, Holger http://hdl.handle.net/1893/34261 2025-09-24T03:22:35Z 2022-03-10T00:00:00Z

Title: A short history of Ukraine's relationship with the European Union Author(s): Nehring, Holger Abstract: First paragraph: Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine on February 24 2022 and the war that has ensued are part of the history of what happened in eastern Europe in the years following the cold war. As the European Union is debating what to do about Russian aggression, it is important to remind ourselves of that complex history of relations between the bloc and the nations on its borders.

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