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  1. 1. Omsorg om livet : Spädbarnsdödlighetens förändring i Ådalen under 1800-talet

    Författare :Stina Bohman; John Rogers; Rosemarie Fiebranz; Susanna Hedenborg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Breast-feeding; demography; folklore; history; infant care; infant feeding; infant mortality; midwiwes; mothers; peasant society; physicians; sawmill; Sweden; women’s work; Ådalen; 19th century; History; Historia; Historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : During the first half of the nineteenth century infant mortality rates in Ådalen, an agrarian region in northern Sweden, were among the highest in the country. During the second half of the century the region experienced a rapid population growth and a restructuring of the economy in conjunction with the expansion of the sawmill industry. LÄS MER

  2. 2. The voice of the people? : Supplications submitted to the Swedish Diet in the Age of Liberty, 1719–1772

    Författare :Martin Almbjär; Svante Norrhem; Peter Lindström; Nils Erik Villstrand; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Age of Liberty; audit; Diet of Estates; early modern state formation; eighteenth century; institutions; national debt; parliamentary committees; petitions; political participation; public office; supplications; taxes; trade privileges; Supreme Court; welfare; historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is devoted to the study of who used the formal channels of interaction in the early modern era and why. It examines the full range of the political conversation in early modern Sweden, as seen in the supplications to the Diet in the Age of Liberty (1719–1772), and more specifically the supplications submitted to the parliamentary committee tasked with handling them, the Screening Deputation. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Att hålla folket på gott humör : Informationsspridning, krigspropaganda och mobilisering i Sverige 1655-1680

    Författare :Anna Maria Forssberg; Arne Jarrick; Jan Glete; Maria Sjöberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; information; propaganda; war propaganda; mobilisation; legitimation of power; power resources; negotiations; state formation; church history; Karl X Gustav; Karl XI; early modern history; 17th century; Sweden.; History subjects; Historieämnen;

    Sammanfattning : Starting around 1500 a period of state formation changed the European map. The scattered medieval principalities were replaced with more centralised and better organised states with permanent armies. Sweden was quite successful in competing with these states and experienced a period of expansion. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Konstruktionen av en stormakt : Kungamakt, skattebönder och statsbildning 1595-1640

    Författare :Johan Holm; Arne Jarrick; Nils Erik Villstrand; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Statsbildningsprocess; underifrånperspektiv; History; Historia; historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : State building has traditionally been viewed strictly as the prerogative of rulers. However, recent studies have been focusing more on the perspective of state building from below. Princes and central administrators needed the active support of their leading subjects. In most parts of Europe this meant the nobility and/or the rich merchant groups. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Visioner av världen : hädelse och djävulspakt i justitierevisionen 1680-1789

    Författare :Soili-Maria Olli; Jonas Liliequist; Per Sörlin; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; blasphemy; early modern times; popular culture; popular beliefs; worldviews; the Devil; strategies; kollective mentalities; mentalities; history from within; History; Historia;

    Sammanfattning : In early modern Sweden, intentional blasphemy was regarded as one of the most serious crimes one could commit. Blasphemy was termed “Crimen Laesae Majestatis Divinae” – “a crime against Our Heavenly Majesty” and was subject to the death penalty. LÄS MER