Sökning: "sixteenth-century"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 25 avhandlingar innehållade ordet sixteenth-century.
1. Arbete : Skillnadsskapande och försörjning i 1500-talets Sverige
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to explore work as an idea and a practice for the construction and maintenance of differences and power relations, and to examine what the consequences were for the individual and society in early modern Sweden. The period saw an expansion of the state apparatus which created numerous new opportunities for employment. LÄS MER
2. The Taizhou Movement : Being Mindful in Sixteenth Century China
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to define and analyze the religious ideas, praxis and organizations of the Taizhou movement using the earliest sources from the Ming dynasty. The Taizhou movement originated with a salt merchant named Wang Gen (1483–1541), who became a disciple of the well-known Neo-Confucian philosopher Wang Yangming (1472–1529). LÄS MER
3. Relative constructions in early sixteenth century English : with special reference to Sir Thomas Elyot
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4. Klostren och reformationen. Upplösningen av kloster och konvent i Sverige 1523-1596 : The Dissolution of the monasteries in 16th century Sweden
Sammanfattning : The aim of the study is to investigate the dissolution of the monasteries in 16th century Sweden. One reason behind this aim is that this process has never before been investigated in its totality. Based on earlier research as well as on my own, I have tried to present a picture of the process as a whole. LÄS MER
5. A Utopian Quest for Universal Knowledge : Diachronic Histories of Botanical Collections between the Sixteenth Century and the Present
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the history of botany as a global collection-based science by tracing parallels between utopian traditions and botanical collecting, from their sixteenth-century beginnings to the present. A range of botanical collections, such as gardens, herbaria and classification systems, have played a central role in the struggle to discover a global or universal scientific order for the chaotic, diverse and locally shaped kingdom of plants. LÄS MER