Sökning: "historiography"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 125 avhandlingar innehållade ordet historiography.
1. Weeping for the res publica : Tears in Roman political culture
Sammanfattning : The thesis explores the meaning and function of tears in Roman political culture during the Republic and the Early Empire in various historical settings: mourning, the law court, and in different political contexts where power, authority, and subjection were expressed or exercised. This is carried through by reading representations of weeping in Greek and Latin literary works in different genres, written by different authors. LÄS MER
2. Intelligensaristokrater och arkivmartyrer : normerna för vetenskaplig skicklighet i svensk historieforskning 1900–1945
Sammanfattning : The dissertation deals with the construction of norms of academic excellence in the Swedish discipline of history 1900-1945. The area of focus is the competition for professorial chairs in history. The legacy of the discipline viewed history as a holistic concept, binding together most humanistic disciplines. LÄS MER
3. Historiska porträtt som kunskapskälla : Samlingar, arkiv och konsthistorieskrivning
Sammanfattning : This thesis is a study on the reception history of early modern portraiture, as expressed in Swedish as well as Nordic and German art historiography written 1880-1945. It focuses on the anthropological and anachronic aspects of the encounter between art historian and portrait, which is analysed according to theory on the agency of images. LÄS MER
4. Johannes Magnus and the Composition of Truth : Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus
Sammanfattning : Johannes Magnus (1488–1544) was the last Catholic archbishop of Uppsala to hold residence in Sweden. He was also a historian and wrote a work in Latin about Swedish history that was to gain an unparalleled importance. LÄS MER
5. The Legacy of the Jaguar Prophet : An Exploration of Yucatec Maya Religion and Historiography
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with Maya religion and history. The Books of Chilam Balam is the collective title of a body of texts ascribed to the Jaguar Prophet. LÄS MER
