Search for dissertations about: "historieskrivning"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word historieskrivning.
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1. Weeping for the res publica : Tears in Roman political culture
Abstract : The thesis explores the meaning and function of tears in Roman political culture during the Republic and the Early Empire in various historical settings: mourning, the law court, and in different political contexts where power, authority, and subjection were expressed or exercised. This is carried through by reading representations of weeping in Greek and Latin literary works in different genres, written by different authors. READ MORE
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2. A Struggle for the Realm : Late-medieval Swedish rhyme chronicles as ideological expressions
Abstract : The period from the mid-fifteenth century to the early sixteenth century was characterised by recurrent political turmoil and conflict in Scandinavia in general, and in Sweden in particular. Political power was contested, not least because of the disputed conditions on which the Swedish realm should be governed as part of the Scandinavian union monarchy. READ MORE
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3. The market hall revisited : Cultures of consumption in urban food retail during the long twentieth century
Abstract : In today’s consumption landscape the market hall is a place of luxury and authenticity. However, the idea of the market hall has changed several times during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. READ MORE
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4. Spaces of Writing History in the Postcolonial City : Edits, Erasures, Inscriptions
Abstract : The search for a pre-colonial identity has occupied post-colonial cities since independence, becoming intertwined with modern nation-building projects. Consequently, an active agenda of reframing heritage has emerged that is strongly connected to the process of revisiting and rewriting the past. READ MORE
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5. God in the Fourth Gospel : A Hermeneutical Investigation of the History of Interpretations
Abstract : This book presents an exhaustive and systematic investigation of six representatives of three important periods of New Testament interpretation: Martin Luther, John Calvin, Brooke Foss Westcott, Heinrich Julius Holtzmann, Rudolf Bultmann and Raymond E. Brown. READ MORE