Search for dissertations about: "sweden early modern"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 115 swedish dissertations containing the words sweden early modern.

  2. 1. In the Shadows of Poland and Russia : The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Sweden in the European Crisis of the mid-17th century

    Author : Andrej Kotljarchuk; David Gaunt; Robert I Frost; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish-Lithuanian Relations; Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Second Northern War; Swedish-Ukrainian Diplomacy; Swedish-Russian Diplomacy; Protestantism in Lithuania and Belarus; History; Historia;

    Abstract : This book examines and analyses the Union between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Sweden signed in 1655 at Kėdainiai and the political crisis that followed. The union was a result of strong separatist dreams among the Lithuanian-Ruthenian Protestant elite led by the Radziwiłł family, and if implemented it would radically change the balance of power in the Baltic Sea region. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Medal in Early Modern Sweden : Significances and Practices

    Author : Ylva Haidenthaller; Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Medals; medal art; Sweden; early modern period; visual culture; materiality; art anthropology; visual media; gift giving; memoria; numismatics; self-fashioning; uses of art; emblem;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses medals issued between 1560 and 1792 in Sweden and studies the practices and roles related to these objects. It aims to contribute to the understanding of the varying uses and functions of early modern medals by applying a long-term perspective that connects Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical medals. READ MORE

  5. 3. Mechanicus : Performing an Early Modern Persona

    Author : Jacob Orrje; H. Otto Sibum; Fors Hjalmar; Thomas Kaiserfeld; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; mechanics; performance; virtue; persona; mathematics; self fashioning; education; masculinity; age; oeconomy; cameralism; Sweden; eighteenth century; intergenerational relationships; History of Sciences and Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria;

    Abstract : This thesis studies mechanics as a means of making men, rather than machines. Drawing on Swedish sources from 1700–50, it approaches mechanics as an exercise of a virtuous subject, known to his contemporaries as the “mechanicus”. READ MORE

  6. 4. Lighting candles before a headless Jesus : sacred heritage, heritagized sacredness, and the many journeys between categories

    Author : Helena Wangefelt Ström; Anna Foka; Federico Barbierato; Sabina Brevaglieri; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; sacred heritage; religious heritage; heritage; heritagization; material religion; early modern Italy; early modern Rome; early modern Venice; collections; Catholic history; early modern travelers; religious conflict; post secularism; museums; museology; heritage studies; uses of heritage; religiöst kulturarv; sakralt kulturarv; kulturarv; kulturarvifiering; materiell kultur; materialitet; tidigmodern historia; tidigmoderna Italien; Rom; Venedig; samlingar; samlande; katolsk historia; postsekularism; museologi; kulturarvsstudier; museer; tidigmodernt resande; religionskonflikt; kulturarvsbruk; museology; museologi;

    Abstract : The overarching aim of this thesis, situated within Museology and Heritage Studies, is to investigate the different modes and devices of transfer between sacredness and heritage. The research question, 'What happens in the transfer between heritage and sacredness?', is investigated as production of sacred heritage in early modern Europe and specifically Sweden, Rome, and Venice (Part I), and as uses of the sacred as heritage in different times and contexts (Part II). READ MORE

  7. 5. Modern Media, Modern Audiences : Mass Media and Social Engineering in the 1930s Swedish Welfare State

    Author : Ylva Habel; Soveig Julich; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Visuell kultur; urbanitet; kvinnor; mediehistoria; reception; välfärdsstaten; Film; Filmvetenskap; filmvetenskap; Cinema Studies;

    Abstract : The dissertation straddles the interface of mass media, social engineering and advertising in 1930s Stockholm. Its twofold objective is firstly to outline their cultural output, targeting predominantly feminine audiences. READ MORE