Sökning: "Empire"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 270 uppsatser innehållade ordet Empire.

  1. 11. Min tid i Alger : mellan makt och tillit i Algers diplomatiska rum under Henric Gottfrid Brandels konsulstillträde 1765–1768

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Historia

    Författare :Tim Lindstam; [2023]
    Nyckelord :globalhistoria; global history; Christian Windler; Mary Louise Pratt; Joachim Östlund; spatial history; consular history; intercultural diplomacy; diplomatic history; konsuler; Alger; Algeriet; Algiers; new diplomatic history; Henric Gottfrid Brandel; Brandel; Brander; Skjöldebrand; trust; knowledge; tillit; kunskap; konsul; sjöfartshistoria; handelshistoria; ottoman empire; osmanska riket; dej; dey; deylik; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : "My memories from Algiers - Between power and trust in Algiers' diplomatic spaces during Henric Gottfrid Brandel's accession to the consular office 1765-1768." In 1764, Henric Gottfrid Brandel was appointed consular secretary to the Swedish consul in Algiers. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Displays of Deference, Projections of Power : The English East India Company in Japan, 1615–1622

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Författare :Tami Hioki; [2023]
    Nyckelord :English East India Company; Hirado; Japan; Richard Cocks; Tokugawa shogunate; connected histories; cosmopolitanism; power relations; global interactions;

    Sammanfattning : From 1613 to 1623, the English East India Company (EIC) maintained a trading post at Hirado, Japan. This trading post was one of the first that the EIC established, and because England was far from the empire it would one day become, Company members had to adjust to local customs and respect the laws of Japan in order to conduct business there. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Författarens magiska förmåga att skapa och lösa konflikter : Hur Brandon Sandersons Laws of Magic gör magin till ett verktyg som undviker Deus ex Machina

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

    Författare :Jacob Pettersson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Brandon Sanderson; Magic; Fantasy; Mistborn; Deus ex Machina; Laws of Magic;

    Sammanfattning : Due to the recent growth in popularity of hard magic in fantasy literature, the aim of the present study is to analyze how Brandon Sanderson utilizes his Laws of Magic to construct conflict that can be resolved using hard magic systems in Mistborn: The Final Empire. The pursuit of the study is to fill a gap in the field, as prior research on Sanderson’s writing and the function of hard magic is limited. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Jewels of Humayun’s Sciences : Comparative Esotericism at the Cultural Dawn of Mughals

    Magister-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Författare :Thomas Hans Sune Nilsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Humayun; Mughal; esotericism; Arabic Hermeticism; Sufism; syncretism; occultism in Islam; magic;

    Sammanfattning : Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Humayun (1508-1556), simply known as Humayun, was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire in India. He is often known with a discredited image in history even though recent investigations show a new, different, and regenerated perspective about him. LÄS MER

  7. 15. "Das Gesetz hat zum Schneckengang verdorben, was Adlerflug geworden wäre." : Gewalt und Gesetzlosigkeit im frühmodernen Staat in Schillers Die Räuber

    Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Författare :Hanna Ivanishena; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Die Räuber; Aufklärung; Gewalttheorie; 18. Jahrhundert;

    Sammanfattning : This essay examines the attitudes to violence, crime and law in the late 18th century Western European society based on Friedrich Schiller’s drama Die Räuber. To better understand this topic, the historical background of this work is examined in detail, including records of organized crime, the political situation in the Holy Roman Empire, and the ideas of Enlightenment that were influential at that time. LÄS MER