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  1. 6. The accuracy of road distances in the Antonine itinerary

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Författare :Tomas Öberg; [2023]
    Nyckelord :History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : The Antonine itinerary was compiled in the early fourth century CE and is a key source to our know¬¬ledge about ancient geography and the Roman road system. However, the major research work dates more than 100 years back in time and few studies have been focussed on its overall reliability. LÄS MER

  3. 7. To Gender or Not to Gender : A critical reassessment of how gender is – and can be – approached in archaeology, exemplified in two Scandinavian burial assemblages dating to the early Medieval period

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Jessica Sander; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Gender; theory; Queer Archaeology; burial assemblage; Vivallen; Klinta; Genus; teori; Queer Arkeologi; gravkontext; Vivallen; Klinta;

    Sammanfattning : Gender research in archaeology is a complex topic that puzzled scholars for decades. The past 50 years of it has seen a lot of theorizing, heated discussions, and requests for new additions to the archaeological toolkit so that this type of research can get a proper launch. LÄS MER

  4. 8. The Heraldry of the Vasa Dynasty : Coats of arms as propaganda tools in conflicts with the outside world and within the family

    Master-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och kulturvetenskap (from 2013)

    Författare :Björn Fridén; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Heraldry; History; Early modern history; Vasa Dynasty; Propaganda; State formation; Nobility; Royalty; Sweden; Finland;

    Sammanfattning : During the rule of the house of Vasa 1523-1654, Sweden saw a vastly increased output of new government heraldry and official symbols. This thesis investigates the political motives behind the creation of these symbols and their use as propaganda tools as part of the formation of the Swedish state. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Negotiating Political Power on Bornholm : The Anonymous Philander Letter and the Response of the Danish Absolutist State, 1737–1739

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Författare :Matthías Aron Ólafsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Social history; early modern state; absolutism; Denmark; Bornholm; commissions; interaction; negotiation; political power; political culture;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis studies the negotiation of political power between the Danish absolutist state, the local government on Bornholm, and its subjects there during the winter of 1738–1739. The aim is to better understand how political power was negotiated in a peripheral region of an early modern state, but also to explore what caused this interaction to begin with and why its eventual outcome was a compromise by the state. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Förväntningarnas anatomi : drömmar om social rörlighet i det svenska Östersjöområdet, 1680–1770

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Historia

    Författare :Asger Wienberg; [2023]
    Nyckelord :advancement; Age of Liberty; arena; Baltic Sea; bureaucracy; career; competition; corporeality; dreams; emotion; expectation; experience; gender; genre; grace; history of experience; hope; household; Lutheranism; merit; patriarchalism; petitions; repertoire; service; social mobility; spatiality; supplications; Swedish Empire; Swedish Pomerania; temporality; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : The Anatomy of Expectation. Dreams of Social Mobility in the Swedish Baltic Sea Area, 1680–1770 Social mobility in the early modern period has been subject to extensive research, often with an interest in quantities, ideologies, and strategies. The personal driving forces behind this mobility, on the other hand, remain obscure. LÄS MER