Search for dissertations about: "runic inscriptions"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words runic inscriptions.

2. 1. Johan Ihre on the origins and history of the runes : Three Latin dissertations from the mid 18th century

   Author : Krister Östlund; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical philology - general; Johan Ihre; professor Skytteanus; Neo-Latin; dissertations; scientific and scholarly prose; runology; runic inscriptions; gothicism; Odin; Eddic poems; Icelandic Sagas; Klassiska språk - allmänt; Classical philology; Klassiska språk; Latin; Latin;

   Abstract : Johan Ihre (1707-80),professor Skytteanus, i.e. professor of eloquence and politics, at Uppsala University for 42 years, is considered the most prominent Swedish humanist and philologistof the 18th century. Under his presidency more than 450 dissertations were submitted on a variety of subjects. READ MORE

4. 2. To rede and to rown : Expressions of early Scandinavian kingship in written sources

   Author : Svante Norr; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; kingship; historical analogy; textual archaeology; written sources; counsel; rune; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : The subject of this thesis is early Scandinavian kingship, and the analysis is based on a number of written sources and runic inscriptions. A study of early Germanic kingship focuses primarily on the development of Gothic kingship from the fourth to the sixth century. READ MORE