Search for dissertations about: "Early Scandinavian"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 91 swedish dissertations containing the words Early Scandinavian.
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1. In the Shadows of Poland and Russia : The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Sweden in the European Crisis of the mid-17th century
Abstract : This book examines and analyses the Union between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Sweden signed in 1655 at Kėdainiai and the political crisis that followed. The union was a result of strong separatist dreams among the Lithuanian-Ruthenian Protestant elite led by the Radziwiłł family, and if implemented it would radically change the balance of power in the Baltic Sea region. READ MORE
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2. Living on Another Shore : Early Scandinavian Settlement on the North-Western Estonian Coast
Abstract : Prior to the Second World War, there was a Swedish-speaking population settled on the north-western Estonian coasts. The early history of this group is largely unknown. No colonisation is mentioned in the written sources. The earliest such sources that mention Swedes originate in the late thirteenth century. READ MORE
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3. To rede and to rown : Expressions of early Scandinavian kingship in written sources
Abstract : The subject of this thesis is early Scandinavian kingship, and the analysis is based on a number of written sources and runic inscriptions. A study of early Germanic kingship focuses primarily on the development of Gothic kingship from the fourth to the sixth century. READ MORE
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4. On plant food in the Scandinavian peninsula in Early Medieval times
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5. Visions of Apostolic Mission : Scandinavian Pentecostal Mission to 1935
Abstract : Using methods of Cultural Mapping, Scandinavian Pentecostal publications and archival sources were examined regarding mission. Working toward “Apostolic Mission,” in addition to biblical texts Pentecostals used models adapted from the Pietist, Methodist, Baptist and especially the Holiness Revivals. READ MORE