Search for dissertations about: "kings"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the word kings.
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21. Performing Power : The Political Masks of King Gustav III of Sweden (1771-1792)
Abstract : King Gustav III founded the Swedish National Theater and Opera, participated in the court theater as playwright, director and actor and he was rightly called the Theater King. The King’s passion for acting was perceived in the past as a psychological weakness, which won him the appellation of wimp (fjant). READ MORE
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22. Makten över monumenten : restaurering av vasaslott 1850-2000
Abstract : During the period 1850–2000 the Renaissance castles created by the Swedish Vasa kings, who reigned during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, have been subject to restorations. During the period an official management body for the built heritage, a legal system and political guidelines for the maintenance have been developed. READ MORE
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23. Defining Dukeship : The Problem of Royal Spares and Dynasty Formation in Sweden, 1556-1622
Abstract : This book examines how dukeship – the position of being a duke – was defined and negotiated in Sweden between the late 1550s and the early 1620s. The aim is to shed light on how the structural problem of royal spares, with dukes as pillars and perils of hereditary monarchy, influenced politics and the integration process of a ruling house. READ MORE
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24. Church and nation : The discourse on authority in Ericus Olai's Chronica regni Gothorum (c. 1471)
Abstract : The Chronica regni Gothorum is the first Latin national history of Sweden. Completed after 1471 by a canon of Uppsala, Ericus Olai, it testifies to the articulation at the Swedish arch see of the dominant political issues of the day: the status of the Swedish realm in the union with Denmark-Norway, and the relations between the king, aristocracy and ecclesiastical leadership. READ MORE
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25. In Their Majesties’ Service : The Career of Francesco De Gratta (1613-1676) as a Royal Servant and Trader in Gdańsk
Abstract : This study analyses the administrative and economic career of Francesco De Gratta (1613–1676) as Royal Postmaster, Royal Secretary, and trader within the postal and fiscal systems of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This investigation focuses mainly on his network and career strategies and is based on various sources from a number of European archives and libraries, mainly those situated in Italy, Poland and Germany. READ MORE