Sökning: "17th century"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 146 avhandlingar innehållade orden 17th century.

1. 16. Trolldoms- och vidskepelseprocesserna i Göta hovrätt 1635-1754

   Författare :Per Sörlin; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Witchcraft - Europe - History -17th Century; Witchcraft - Europe - History -18th Century; Witchcraft - Sweden - History - 17th Century; Witchcraft - Sweden - History - 18th Century; häxprocesser i Sverige; History;

   Sammanfattning : Extensive witchcraft trials took place in Sweden between the years 1668 and 1676. Approximately three hundred individuals were executed during a period of very few years. However, far more common were trials of a more modest nature, concerning minor magic and malevolent witchcraft without aspects of diabolism. LÄS MER

3. 17. “Lasciatemi morire” o farò “La Finta Pazza”: Embodying Vocal Nothingness on Stage in Italian and French 17th Century Operatic Laments and Mad Scenes

   Författare :Elisabeth Belgrano; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; voice; singing; nothingness; je-ne-sais-quoi; 17th century opera; pure voice; lamentation; madness; passions; emotions; nightingale; transformation; ornamentation; observation; improvisation; interpretation; vocal expression; embodiment; creative process; performance; repetition; movement; inner images; artistic research;

   Sammanfattning : This music research drama thesis explores and presents a singer’s artistic research process from the first meeting with a musical score until the first steps of the performance on stage. The aim has been to define and formulate an understanding in sound as well as in words around the concept of pure voice in relation to the performance of 17th century vocal music from a 21st century singer’s practice-based perspective with reference to theories on nothingness, the role of the 17th century female singer, ornamentation (over-vocalization) and the singing of the nightingale. LÄS MER

4. 18. Den ideala barndomen : Studier i det stormaktstida barnporträttets ikonografi och funktion

   Författare :Karin Sidén; Johan Cederlund; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Art history; children´s portraits; the concept of childhood; portraiture; 17th century Swedish art; funeral portraits; upbringing literature; gender roles; Queen Christina; Charles XI; Charles XII; Konstvetenskap; Art; Konstvetenskap; History Of Art; konstvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with a previously neglected category of 17th-century Swedish portraiture, that of royal and aristocratic children. In an introductory chapter the situation pertaining to the commissioning of portraits and their execution is described, with particular reference to the commissioning of children's portraits. LÄS MER

5. 19. Brott, synd och straff : tidelagsbrottet i Sverige under 1600- och 1700-talet

   Författare :Jonas Liliequist; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; crime; sin; capital punishment; bestiality; early modern; sexuality; masculinity;

   Sammanfattning : Bestiality was one of the most severely-punished crimes in 17th and 18th century Sweden. More individuals have been executed for bestiality in Sweden than for witchcraft. The sentence for bestiality was decapitation and being burnt at the stake. LÄS MER

7. 20. Kvinnors rätt i stormaktstidens Gävle

   Författare :Åsa Karlsson Sjögren; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; gender; judicial status; women; early modern; urban and rural laws; town; Sweden; marriage; property; work; violence; sexuality; historia; History;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of the present dissertation is to investigate the judicial status of townswomen in 17th- centuiy Sweden. How is the gender system reproduced during this period? Did any decisive changes in gender relations take place, and if so, how should they be understood?Both secular and church legislation is studied, along with the deliberations of the legal commission of 1686. LÄS MER