Sökning: "18th century"
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1. "Wackra böcker stundom läsa…" : Om attityder till kvinnors läsning i svenskt 1700-tal
Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierSammanfattning : In a well-known verse Swedish eighteenth century writer Anna Maria Lenngren advise her fictive daughter to avoid reding, since it might distract her from her household chores. This paper intends to examine attitudes towards women’s reading in eighteenth century Sweden, using different kinds of sources: Satirical verses, conduct books for girls and young women and genre paintings by Swedish painter Pehr Hilleström, depicting bourgeoise and aristocratic interiors. LÄS MER
2. DE BYGGANDE KVINNORNA Adelskvinnors roll och inflytande i byggprocesser under 1600- och 1700-talet Linnea Wessberg Uppsats för
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvårdSammanfattning : This thesis is about the use of history and on how female building developers during the early modern period in Sweden are highlighted in the broad historiography. The aim is to examine, from a micro-historical perspective, female building developer’s role and influence in building projects and their involvement in building processes during the 17th and 18th centuries. LÄS MER
3. Medel att återställa kroppens och själens krafter? Om Carl von Linnés syn på växters inverkan på människans sinne(n) i Inebriantia år 1762
Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religionSammanfattning : Abstract: Carl Linnaeus’s dissertation Inebriantia (1762) emerges as a transitional piece at the intersection of the early modern and the modern period, reflecting 18th-century beliefs about inebriation, the natural world, and its mysterious forces. This study explicates Linnaeus’s perspective on the interaction between plants and human mental states by addressing the question: How does Linnaeus perceive the relationship between plants and the human mind in Inebriantia? Drawing on the history of emotions and senses, Linnaeus’s conceptualization of altered states of consciousness and the role of non-human actants in shaping human mental states is explored. LÄS MER
4. Nattluckor : en studie om invändiga fönsterluckors konstruktion och funktion
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvårdSammanfattning : This bachelor's thesis is about historic interior shutters known as boxing or folding shutters. This type of shutter, mostly common in Europe during the 18th and 19th century, is mainly found in the homes of the upper class. LÄS MER
5. Utvändiga ramverksfoder i Sydösterbotten : en undersökning av konstruktion och metod
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvårdSammanfattning : It used to be common, at least since the 18th century, that the boards of an exterior window casing were joined together with mortise and tenon joints. In the late 19th and early 20th century, in the region of Sydösterbotten, exterior window casings were often found to be a frame-and-panel construction. LÄS MER
