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2. 1. In the Shadows of Poland and Russia : The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Sweden in the European Crisis of the mid-17th century

   Author : Andrej Kotljarchuk; David Gaunt; Robert I Frost; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish-Lithuanian Relations; Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Second Northern War; Swedish-Ukrainian Diplomacy; Swedish-Russian Diplomacy; Protestantism in Lithuania and Belarus; History; Historia;

   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

4. 2. Lighting candles before a headless Jesus : sacred heritage, heritagized sacredness, and the many journeys between categories

   Author : Helena Wangefelt Ström; Anna Foka; Federico Barbierato; Sabina Brevaglieri; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sacred heritage; religious heritage; heritage; heritagization; material religion; early modern Italy; early modern Rome; early modern Venice; collections; Catholic history; early modern travelers; religious conflict; post secularism; museums; museology; heritage studies; uses of heritage; religiöst kulturarv; sakralt kulturarv; kulturarv; kulturarvifiering; materiell kultur; materialitet; tidigmodern historia; tidigmoderna Italien; Rom; Venedig; samlingar; samlande; katolsk historia; postsekularism; museologi; kulturarvsstudier; museer; tidigmodernt resande; religionskonflikt; kulturarvsbruk; museology; museologi;

   Abstract : The overarching aim of this thesis, situated within Museology and Heritage Studies, is to investigate the different modes and devices of transfer between sacredness and heritage. The research question, 'What happens in the transfer between heritage and sacredness?', is investigated as production of sacred heritage in early modern Europe and specifically Sweden, Rome, and Venice (Part I), and as uses of the sacred as heritage in different times and contexts (Part II). READ MORE

5. 3. The Medal in Early Modern Sweden : Significances and Practices

   Author : Ylva Haidenthaller; Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Medals; medal art; Sweden; early modern period; visual culture; materiality; art anthropology; visual media; gift giving; memoria; numismatics; self-fashioning; uses of art; emblem;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses medals issued between 1560 and 1792 in Sweden and studies the practices and roles related to these objects. It aims to contribute to the understanding of the varying uses and functions of early modern medals by applying a long-term perspective that connects Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical medals. READ MORE

6. 4. Landslide Archaeology : Past hazards and disasters in the Göta River Valley and beyond

   Author : Anton Larsson; Mats Burström; Lars-Ove Westerberg; Christina Rosén; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Landslides; Disasters; Disasterscape; Natural Hazards; Historical Archaeology; Iron Age; Vendel Period; Viking Period; Medieval; Middle Ages; Early Modern; Cultural Heritage; Geoculturality; Climate Change; Anthropocene; arkeologi med inriktning mot allmän arkeologi; Archaeology with General Specialisation;

   Abstract : Exploring the impact of landslides on past human communities, their landscapes, and their material remains, this thesis focuses on the most landslide-prone region of Sweden: the Göta River Valley (Sw. Göta älvdalen). READ MORE

7. 5. Dutch experts in the early modern Swedish state : Employment strategies and knowledge building, 1560–1670

   Author : Håkan Jakobsson; Leif Runefelt; Mats Hallenberg; Peter Lindström; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; administration; change agents; commerce; competence; diplomacy; Dutch; early modern state; expertise; fishing; institutional memory; knowledge; shipbuilding; the Dutch Republic; trade; History; historia;

   Abstract : This dissertation investigates the role played by Dutch experts in various enterprises and organisations managed or administered by the early modern Swedish state. The work demonstrates how and why Dutch experts were introduced to Sweden, in what manner they were employed by the Swedish state and how their knowledge was utilised in state-controlled organisations. READ MORE