Search for dissertations about: "MEDIEVAL"

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2. 1. Practices for the Living and the Dead : Medieval and Post-Reformation Burials in Scandinavia

   Author : Kristina Jonsson; Anders Andrén; Stefan Brink; Jes Wienberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Burial; burial customs; burial practices; grave; death; churchyard; cemetery; social identity; medieval; post-Reformation; Archaeology; Arkeologi; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : The main themes of the thesis are burial customs and social identities, and how medieval and post-Reformation graves can provide information on such as age structures, phases in life, gender relations and social organization. The study is based on nine groups of Scandinavian material, and it comprises four case studies. READ MORE

4. 2. Prayer in Peasant Communities : Ideals and Practices of Prayer in the Late Medieval Ecclesiastical Province of Uppsala, Sweden

   Author : Viktor Aldrin; Bertil Nilsson; Martin Berntson; Brian Patrick McGuire; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; prayer; devotion; peasantry; medieval; Middle Ages; laity; Practical Theology; Church History; theology; Sweden; Finland; prayer; devotion; peasantry; medieval; Middle Ages; laity; Practical Theology; Church History; theology; Sweden; Finland;

   Abstract : The aim of this study has been to identify, explain and delineate praying among peasant communities in the ecclesiastical province of Uppsala, Sweden. Four aspects have been examined through the perspectives of ideals and practices, namely the standards of prayer, devotional prayer, prayer in times of need and prayer cultures. READ MORE

5. 3. Expositiones sequentiarum : Medieval Sequence Commentaries and Prologues. Editions with Introductions

   Author : Erika Kihlman; Gunilla Iversen; Susan Boynton; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Medieval Latin; sequence commentaries; prologue; Alan of Lille; Pseudo-Dionysius; John Scottus Eriugena; Gregory the Great; the ‘Aristotelian tradition’; angels; angelical hierarchy; glosses; etymology; Ad celebres rex; Latin language; Latin;

   Abstract : The sequence commentary emerged as a new branch of medieval commentary literature in the twelfth century. The sequence itself, sung in the Roman Mass, was a hugely influential genre—several thousands of sequence texts are known today—but the fact that the Middle Ages also produced commentaries on this liturgical poetry has been hitherto practically unknown and very few commentary texts have been edited. READ MORE

6. 4. Food and Rank in Early Medieval Time

   Author : Sven Isaksson; Dr Carl Heron; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; food culture; power resources; soil-organic matter; ancient biomolecules; trace metal elements; pottery-use; Early Medieval Period; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Archaeological Science; laborativ arkeologi;

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7. 5. Rügen : a Forgotten Fief of the Danish Kings c. 1168–1325. Preter Rugiam et Terras ei Attinentes

   Author : Kerstin Hundahl; Historia; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Rügen; Denmark; Medieval; Principality; Wendic; Wends; War; Scandinavia; Baltic; Kings; Valdemar; Fief;

   Abstract : The principality of Rügen was a fief under the Danish kings for nearly 200 years. In that time its princes provided valuable assistance in the form of primarily military service. This thesis tells the story of the forgotten principality and how its princes helped shape many of the most important events in Danish medieval history. READ MORE