Search for dissertations about: "Vadstena"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the word Vadstena.

  2. 1. Erotic Insanity : Sex and psychiatry at Vadstena asylum, Sweden 1849-1878

    Author : Imelda Helena Ek; Elisabeth Mansén; Karin Dirke; Maja Bondestam; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; history of psychiatry; history of medicine; asylums; moral treatment; medicine and society; history of sexuality; nineteenth century; Vadstena; Ludvig Magnus Hjertstedt; Georg Engström; Gustaf Göthlin; idéhistoria; History of Ideas;

    Abstract : The early nineteenth century saw the emergence of institutional psychiatry across Europe. Aware that Sweden had fallen behind in this development, Parliament decreed in 1823 that a number of specialised institutions for the care of the insane were to be established. The Vadstena asylum, opened in 1826, was the first such institution in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 2. Community-based osteoporosis prevention: Physical activity in relation to bone density, fall prevention, and the effect of training programmes : The Vadstena Osteoporosis Prevention Project

    Author : Ann-Charlotte Grahn Kronhed; Margareta Möller; Toomas Timpka; Leif Svanström; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Vadstena Osteoporosis Prevention Project VOPP ; weight-bearing training study; physical activity; training programmes; elderly; forearm bone mineral density BMD ; balance-training; Orthopaedics; Ortopedi;

    Abstract : This thesis is based on studies of the ten-year community-based intervention programme entitled, the Vadstena Osteoporosis Prevention Project (VOPP). The specific aims of the research were to describe the effects of physical activity and training programmes on bone mass and balance performance in adults, to determine whether a fall risk prevention programme could motivate personal actions among the elderly, to ascertain whether the intervention programme could reduce the incidence of forearm and hip fractures. READ MORE

  5. 3. Constructing Saint Birgitta : Birgittine Preaching and the Cult of Saint Birgitta in Vadstena Abbey, 1397–c. 1510

    Author : Erik Bergman; Praktisk teologi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Late Medieval Sermons; Birgittine Preaching; Birgitta Birgersdotter; Constructed Sainthood; Hagiography; Liturgy; Cult of Saints; Vadstena Abbey;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine the construction of Birgitta Birgersdotter (1303–1373) as a saint in sermons from Vadstena Abbey 1397–c. 1510 and the role of sermons in her cult. READ MORE

  6. 4. 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

  7. 5. Heymericus de Campo: Dyalogus super Reuelacionibus beate Birgitte : A Critical Edition with an Introduction

    Author : Anna Fredriksson Adman; Monica Hedlund; Eva Odelman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Latin language; Medieval Latin; Medieval Theology; St. Birgitta of Sweden; visionary literature; Heymericus de Campo; Council of Basle; Birgittines; Vadstena Abbey; heresy; discernment of spirits; dialogue; Latin; Latin language; Latin;

    Abstract : This dissertation contains an edition of Dyalogus super Reuelacionibus beate Birgitte, which is a discussion and defence of the Revelations (Reuelaciones) of St. Birgitta of Sweden (ca. 1303-1373). In legal proceedings at the Council of Basle (1431-1449), the Reuelaciones were accused of heresy, examined and defended. READ MORE