Search for dissertations about: "Medieval Sweden"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 45 swedish dissertations containing the words Medieval Sweden.

  2. 16. Tree Rings as Sensitive Proxies of Past Climate Change

    Author : Håkan Grudd; Wibjörn Karlén; Brian Luckman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Tree ring; width; density; climate; temperature; change; variability; sensitivity; Torneträsk; Tornetrask; Sweden; Fennoscandia; explosive; volcanic; eruption; Santorini; Thera; subfossil; Fitzroya; Chile; Physical geography; Naturgeografi;

    Abstract : In the boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere, time series of tree-ring width (TRW) and maximum density in the latewood (MXD) are highly correlated to local instrumental summer-temperature data and are thus widely used as proxies in high-resolution climate reconstructions. Hence, much of our present knowledge about climatic variability in the last millennium is based on tree-rings. READ MORE

  4. 17. Lake sedimentary archives of medieval mining and smelting in Sweden : tracking environmental changes from site to landscape

    Author : Erik Myrstener; Richard Bindler; Christian Bigler; Elinor Andrén; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; environmental science; miljövetenskap;

    Abstract : While the environmental impact of the industrial age is massive, including climate change, pollution, microplastics and habitat loss, our influence reaches further back than many recognize. In Sweden, an early and important activity with large potential impact was the mining and smelting of iron, copper and silver ores over the last ~800 years. READ MORE

  5. 18. Responsiones Vadstenenses : Perspectives on the Birgittine Rule in Two Texts from Vadstena and Syon Abbey. A Critical Edition with Translation and Introduction

    Author : Elin Andersson; Claes Gejrot; Hans Aili; Christina Thomsen Törnqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Latin; Medieval Latin; Vadstena Abbey; Syon Abbey; St Albans; Saint Birgitta; the Birgittine order; Responsiones; Collacio; Regula Salvatoris; Addiciones Prioris Petri; medieval sermons; monasticism; monastic regulations; John Whethamstede; Thomas Fishbourne; Johannes Hildebrandi; Latin language; Latin; Latin; latin;

    Abstract : Syon Abbey, established as the first Birgittine monastery in England in 1415, quite soon became a powerful institution within the order. Although often asserting their own conceptions of the Rule, the English Birgittines still sought the advice of Vadstena, their mother house, when it came to certain important matters concerning monastic life. READ MORE

  6. 19. Interpretations of old wood, Figuring mid-twelfth century church architecture in west Sweden

    Author : Kristina Linscott; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; architectural analyses; early medieval church architecture; common-tiebeam roofs; early medieval tapestry.;

    Abstract : The thesis explores mid-twelfth century church architectures in west Sweden. The architectures are investigated in the light of a case, five parish churches’ naves, in particular their attics and surviving mid-twelfth century roofs. READ MORE

  7. 20. On plant food in the Scandinavian peninsula in Early Medieval times

    Author : Ann-Marie Hansson; Delwen Samuel Nesbitt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; plant food; fossil plant remains; carbonized prehistoric bread; symbolic use of plant food; Scandinavia; Early Medieval Period; Archaeological Science; laborativ arkeologi;

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