Sökning: "early modern Sweden"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 261 avhandlingar innehållade orden early modern Sweden.

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

    Författare :Andrej Kotljarchuk; David Gaunt; Robert I Frost; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :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;

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Tidigmoderna företagarstrategier : järnbrukens ägar- och finansieringsförhållanden under 1600-talet

    Författare :Rita Bredefeldt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Järnbruk; historia; Sverige; 1600-talet; Järnframställning;

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  3. 3. The Medal in Early Modern Sweden : Significances and Practices

    Författare :Ylva Haidenthaller; Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier; []
    Nyckelord :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;

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Kulturpolitik : Formeringen av en modern kategori

    Författare :My Klockar Linder; Peter Josephson; Torbjörn Gustafsson Chorell; Johan Östling; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :cultural policy; formation process; historical category; assemblage; history of the present; historicise; governmentality; history of language usage; knowledge production; the Culture Council; Sweden; 1900s; kulturpolitik; kategoriformering; historisk kategori; ansamlingsarbete; historisera; governmentality; språkbruk; kunskapsproduktion; utredningen Kulturrådet; Sverige; 1900-tal; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation analyses the formation of Swedish cultural policy in the twentieth century and the emergence of a modern concept of cultural policy. The aim is to historicise this concept by opening up the process through which it was established. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Mechanicus : Performing an Early Modern Persona

    Författare :Jacob Orrje; H. Otto Sibum; Fors Hjalmar; Thomas Kaiserfeld; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :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;

    Sammanfattning : 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”. LÄS MER