Sökning: "aristocratic hall"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden aristocratic hall.
1. Att följa decorum : Rumsdispositionen i den stormaktstida högreståndsbostaden på landet
Sammanfattning : During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the layout of the aristocratic country house throughout Europe changed considerably. The purpose of this thesis has been to study the layout of Swedish aristocratic country houses during the Era of Greatness. LÄS MER
2. Krigarna i Odins sal : Dödsföreställningar och krigarkult fornnordisk religion
Sammanfattning : The crucial question in this study concerns the relationship between the motifs of Valhall and Othin in the epically worked out myths, and the more vague and intuitive religious beliefs. Archaeological remains as well as Old Norse literature constitute the source material. LÄS MER
3. Magnus Gabriel De la Gardies Venngarn : Herresätet som byggnadsverk och spegelbild
Sammanfattning : Starting in about 1640, Sweden experienced a building boom among the nobility lasting up to 1680, when Charles XI initiated a massive withdrawal of Crown fiefs. Based on contemporary Swedish sources, the strategies and ideology behind these large new houses are discussed in connection with questions concerning visual identity – corporate as well as individual. LÄS MER
4. Aristokratiskt rum och gränsöverskridande. Järrestad och sydöstra Skåne mellan region och rike 600-1100
Sammanfattning : This dissertation focuses on the second wave of central places in south Scandinavia, emerging during the prolonged 7th century. The point of departure is a case study of an aristocratic setting in Järrestad, situated in the southernmost part of Sweden. Two problem complexes are tackled: 1. LÄS MER
5. "Hallen var lyst i helig frid" : Krig och fred mellan gudar och jättar i en fornnordisk hallmiljö
Sammanfattning : This thesis is the first study to examine the interaction between gods and giants in Old Norse mythology from the perspective of Iron Age halls. Its central aim is to contextualise Old Norse mythological narratives that describe the interactions between gods and giants in a hall environment, and to show how the mythological depictions can be compared to the norms and rules found in Iron Age hall culture, especially in connection with its warrior ideology. LÄS MER