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Gaming in Mohenjo-daro – an Archaeology of Unities
(2011-01-12)The main question of this thesis concerns the possibility of illuminating the presence and impact of the irrational element that is play in an ancient societal structure. With this question as a lodestar, the investigation ... -
Global and local in late bronze age central Macedonia. Economy, mobility and identity
(2013-10-04)What impact did expanding Bronze Age networks have on regions located between the great centers in the period 1700-1100 BC? Where the Aegean meets the Balkans, Central Macedonia lies between well-known cultures connected by ... -
Gloria muliebris: Elite female status competition in Mid-Republican Rome
(2019-06-03)Elite status competition permeated mid-Republican Rome (264–133 BCE). Struggles for superiority in status among the senatorial elite catalysed social growth and conflict in the res publica: competition and the desire for ... -
Havrefolket. Studier i befolknings- och marknadsutveckling på Dalboslätten 1770–1930
(2013-10-02)The Oats People – Studies in Population and Market Development in the Dalbo plain, 1770–1930 ISBN 978-91-628-8781-0 Author: Erik Hallberg Dissertation at the Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg, 2013 ... -
Härskare i liv och död. Social exklusivitet och maktstrategi i Vänerbygd under yngre järnålder
(2019-05-03)Between 2000 and 2012, archaeological investigations were conducted in Sunnerby at Kållandsö. A large mound from the Vendel period, an elite settlement from the late Iron Age/Medieval Times, as well as the remains of a ... -
Den hemliga sjön – en resa till det småländska inlandet för 9 000 år sedan
(2012-05-11)The thesis is based on the excavation of a Stone Age site approximately 9,300 years old located in the south Swedish inland. Although the site delivered very few finds it was a site of considerable potential merit. The ... -
I kungens frånvaro. Formeringen av en isländsk aristokrati 1271–1387
(2011-04-19)Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 2011 Title I kungens frånvaro. Formeringen av en isländsk aristokrati 1271–1387 English title In royal absence. The making of an Icelandic aristocracy, ... -
In search of Dionysos. Reassessing a Dionysian context in early Rome
(2010-05-18)In the present study the possibility of an early appearance of the god Dionysos and his sphere in archaic Rome, in the decades around 500 BC, will be examined. In early scholarship, rooted in the 19th century, the phenomenon ... -
Iron Age Keys, Locks, and Chests: Exploring Locking Practices and Social Identities at Birka, Helgö, Lovö, Sanda, and Vallhagar
(2021-11-08)The use of keys, locks, and chests in the Scandinavian Iron Age is a subject overshadowed by the assumed connection between keys and the housewife with her administrative role on the farm. The key is sometimes even seen ... -
"Jesus är för spanjorerna". Studier av den katolska missionens misslyckande i det tidigkoloniala Peru
(2010-12-07)The general aim of this study is to investigate the development of the Catholic mission in Peru between 1540 and 1622. Its point of departure is the fact that the efforts of the Catholic Church to Christianize the Indians ... -
Kärlekens språk : adel, kärlek och äktenskap 1750-1900
(2014-05-06)This thesis examines the attitudes towards marriage for love among the Swedish aristocracy from 1750 to 1900. It also explores how the expression and experience of love transformed during the same period. According to ... -
Könets krona. Representationer av svenska drottningar från stormaktsenvälde till medborgarsamhälle
(2019-06-05)Representations of the monarchy have been the subject of many previous studies. These studies have almost exclusively focused on kings, based on the fact that kings wielded formal political power and have thus been perceived ... -
Kvinnovärldar och barnamord. Makt, ansvar och gemenskap i rättsprotokoll ca 1700 - 1840
(2010-10-26)The main purpose of the thesis is to examine how women, through women worlds, were able to execute power and responsibility during the 18th and 19th centuries. The main source of the investigation has been court records ... -
Makt och samhälle: politisk ekonomi under bronsåldern i Karpaterbäckenet
(2010-11-03)This thesis examines social power in tell-building societies during the Early and Middle Bronze Age (circa 2200 to 1400 BC) in the Carpathian Basin. The interpretative framework is based on the notion that social power ... -
Mandom och mödom: Sexualitet, homosocialitet och aristokratisk identitet på det senmedeltida Island
(2009-05-18)The purpose of this study is to show how political and sexual strategies interacted when the Icelandic elite was reorganized in the late Middle Ages. During the years 1262 through 1264, the Icelanders agreed to pay tax to ... -
Med dubbla syften. Forum för kvinnliga forskare, aktivism och statsfeminism 1975–1995
(2017-05-09)Abstract Ph.D. dissertation, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 2017 Title: Med dubbla syften: Forum för kvinnliga forskare, aktivism och statsfeminism 1975–1995 English title: With a Dual Purpose: Forum for Women Scholars, ... -
Med lust och bävan. Vägen till biskopsstolen inom Svenska kyrkan under 1900-talet.
(2010-05-10)This study focuses on the appointment of bishops within the Church of Sweden and analyses the patterns of this group during a period of social change which affected the station and function of the Church of Sweden in ... -
Medeltiden materialiserad – om etablerandet, aktiverandet och bevarandet av minnesplatser i Ranrike
(2021-02-25)This thesis revolves around medieval material culture and the way it has been activated, circulated and used in arrangement and creation of memories in a long-term perspective. Focus is on medieval churches, church sites ... -
Mellan fromhet och vidskepelse: Materialitet och religiositet i det efterreformatoriska Sverige
(2017-08-15)I avhandlingen undersöks olika förhållningssätt gentemot det materiella i fromhetslivet under 1600- och 1700-talen. Avhandlingens första del behandlar kyrkorummet och dess föremål, som sidoaltare, bilder och reliker. Den ...