Search for dissertations about: "royal"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 222 swedish dissertations containing the word royal.

2. 1. The Mystery of the House of Royal Women

   Author : Tal Davidovich; Bo Isaksson; Stig Norin; Antti Laato; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Semitic languages - general; concubine; royal women; secondary women; secondary wives; harem; Old Testament; gender; theology; Semitic languages; women in the Old Testament; women in the ancient Near East; Rizpah; Maacah; Abigail; Abishag; royal sons; pilagshim; Semitiska språk - allmänt;

   Abstract : This study focuses on one of the groups of royal women in the OT who were considered the spouses of the king: the group of the royal pilagshim, who had a kind of secondary status in the household.Having pilagshim was not a privilege reserved to the kings, but was also practiced by other leaders, like the forefathers and the judges. READ MORE

4. 2. In Their Majesties’ Service : The Career of Francesco De Gratta (1613-1676) as a Royal Servant and Trader in Gdańsk

   Author : Michał Salamonik; Heiko Droste; Piotr Wawrzeniuk; Karin Friedrich; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; De Gratta; Career; Network; Nobility; Merchants; Early Modern Times; Royal Mail; Postmaster; Mint Service; Credit; Potash; Royal Secretary; Poland-Lithuania; Brandenburg-Prussia; Baltic Sea; Italy; Poland; Gdańsk; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   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

5. 3. Evaluation of Sustainable Urban District Developments : The case of Stockholm Royal Seaport

   Author : Louise Holmstedt; Maria Malmström; Nils Brandt; Karl-Henrik Robèrt; Jordi Segalàs; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Evaluation; Follow-up; Sustainable urban development; Sustainable districts; Industrial Ecology; Industriell ekologi;

   Abstract : Urban sustainable development is now seen as one of the keys in the quest for a sustainable world and increased interest in developing sustainable urban districts has become an important feature of urban sustainability. However, if cities and their districts are to be part of this transition, it will be necessary to determine the state and progress of urban developments. READ MORE

6. 4. Material Worlds : Queen Hedwig Eleonora as Collector and Patron of the arts

   Author : Lisa Skogh; Peter Gillgren; Mårten Snickare; Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; patronage; collecting; political culture; 17th century; portraiture; pretiosa; libraries; knowledge; wonders; Kunstkammer; Gottorf; Dresden; Germany; Sweden; Hedwig Eleonora; absolutism; royal collections; networks; Klöcker Ehrenstrahl; Ulriksdal; Drottningholm; Gripsholm; konstvetenskap; Art History;

   Abstract : The thesis portrays the role of Hedwig Eleonora (1636-1715) dowager queen of Sweden, born princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf, as a patron and collector. Her role is analysed as to have played a great part in the Swedish cultural political visual production before and during the age of absolutism in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth-century. READ MORE

7. 5. The Egyptianizing, male, limestone statuary from Cyprus : a study of a cross-cultural, Eastern Mediterranean votive type

   Author : Fanni Faegersten; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ivory; cultural contacts; Egypt; Phoenicia; archaeological contexts; votive gifts; sanctuaries; the Archaic period; transformations of Egyptian dress and jewelry; Egyptianizing iconography; limestone; Cyprus; Cypriote sculpture; wood; “color as pattern”; royal iconography; Ancient history; Antikens och forntidens historia; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Abstract : This thesis is a study of a particular limestone votive statuary type which was dedicated in the sanctuaries on Cyprus during the entire 6th century B.C. Common to the group of figures is that they are wearing a Cypriote version of an Egyptian-type outfit, including characteristic Egyptian royal headgear and jewelry. READ MORE