Search for dissertations about: "history vasa"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words history vasa.

  2. 1. Ramism, Rhetoric and Reform : An Intellectual Biography of Johan Skytte (1577–1645)

    Author : Jenny Ingemarsdotter; Magnus Nyman; Hanna Östholm; Erland Sellberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Johan Skytte; history of education; Ramism; Petrus Ramus; utility; merit; humanism; Late Renaissance; Sweden; Age of Greatness; patriotism; Hesse-Kassel; the University of Marburg; Uppsala University; Charles IX; Gustav II Adolf; Vasa; Neo-Latin; dissertation; oration; rhetoric; reform; the mathematical arts; eloquence; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria;

    Abstract : This thesis is an intellectual biography of the Swedish statesman Johan Skytte (1577–1645), focusing on his educational ideals and his contributions to educational reform in the early Swedish Age of Greatness. Although born a commoner, Skytte rose to be one of the most powerful men in Sweden in the first half of the seventeenth century, serving three generations of regents. READ MORE

  4. 2. Static and time-dependent mechanical behaviour of preserved archaeological wood : Case studies of the seventeenth century warship Vasa

    Author : Alexey Vorobyev; Kristofer Gamstedt; Eiichi Obataya; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; archaeological wood; compression test; cubic samples; elastic constants; oak wood; barrelling formation; quasi-static loading; resonant ultrasound spectroscopy RUS ; Vasa ship; creep; 3D laser scanning; Time-dependent behaviour;

    Abstract : Wooden objects have been widely used in the history of humanity and play an important role in our cultural heritage. The preservation of such objects is of great importance and can be a challenging task. This thesis investigates the static and time-dependent mechanical behaviour of archaeological oak wood from the Vasa warship. READ MORE

  5. 3. Johannes Magnus and the Composition of Truth : Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus

    Author : Astrid Nilsson; Latin; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Johannes Magnus; Latin historiography; history; historiography; truth; tyrants; kings; Gothicism; Renaissance;

    Abstract : Johannes Magnus (1488–1544) was the last Catholic archbishop of Uppsala to hold residence in Sweden. He was also a historian and wrote a work in Latin about Swedish history that was to gain an unparalleled importance. READ MORE

  6. 4. Coastal Communities on the Move : House and Polity Interaction in Southern Ostrobothnia 1500 BC-AD 1

    Author : Peter Holmblad; Karin Viklund; Henrik Asplund; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Community archaeology; Settlement archaeology; Landscape archaeology; Environmental archaeology; House society; Local polity; Bronze Age; Pre-Roman Iron Age; Subsistence practices; Habitation practices; Political economy; Ostrobothnia; Finland; Archaeology; North European; Arkeologi; nordeuropeisk; Archaeology; arkeologi;

    Abstract : This work attempts to seek new insights in understanding the archeological phenomena traditionally labelled as the western Bronze Age and the coastal Pre-Roman cultures of Finland (1500 BC-AD 1), by studying the phenomena from a socioeconomic interaction and practice oriented community perspective. The basic line of thought is that it was the everyday life of the local agents and their interactions that constituted the local communities. READ MORE

  7. 5. Holocene Environmental Change of Southern Öland, Sweden

    Author : Kerstin Alm Kübler; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Earth sciences; Pollen analysis; Öland; Sweden; heath vegetation; landscape history; Fagus; beach ridges; numerical analysis; Geovetenskap; Earth sciences; Geovetenskap; Quarternary Geology; kvartärgeologi;

    Abstract : This thesis describes Holocene environmental change in Ottenby, southern Öland,Sweden. Analyses of pollen sequences collected distally in the Littorina ridge and in fentroughs between lower laying beach ridges show the vegetation history during twoperiods, the first around 8000 BP and the second from 0/500 AD to about present time. READ MORE