Essays about: "Medieval times"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 24 essays containing the words Medieval times.

  1. 6. Uses and Issues – The case of Visby Cathedral : An analysis of values and frictions associated with usage at a venue that is both cultural heritage and an active religious institution

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper

    Author : Walter Duphorn; [2019]
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    Abstract : This thesis is a case study of Visby Cathedral, cultural heritage with a rich history that has been an active site of worship since medieval times. This has resulted in an interest in the cathedral as a tourist destination which has increased exponentially since the city became a world heritage. READ MORE

  3. 7. Land cover changes in Southern Sweden from the mid-Holocene to present day: insights for ecosystem service assessments

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Robert O'Dwyer; [2019]
    Keywords : Geography; Geographical Information Systems; GIS; Physical Geography; Götaland; Landscape Reconstruction Algorithm; Fossil Pollen; Ecosystem Services; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate change and human impact play a huge role in the sustainability and development of ecosystems and the services they offer to societies over temporal and spatial scales. Fossil pollen-based estimates provide unique information on past land cover change, but to date there are not many methods able to create spatially continuous maps and have a fine scale of land cover changes inferred from pollen information. READ MORE

  4. 8. Skeppsbron ReLinked : a site specific development proposal of a historical quay

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Konrad Kowalik; [2019]
    Keywords : quay; wharf; skeppsbron; skeppsbrokajen; waterfront; historical development; medieval quay; site specific;

    Abstract : Traffic routes and parked vehicles are frequently directed to quays. This urban pattern disrupt and depopulate the unique interface of the city and sea. Research unanimously confirms the causality between new roads and new traffic. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Medieval Myth of The Holy Grail and its Resonance in Contemporary Popular Culture : A Reception Theory Analysis of The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Johanna Juhlin; [2018]
    Keywords : Mythology; The Holy Grail; Reception theory; Reception history; Wolfgang Kemp; Dan Brown;

    Abstract : This essay investigates why the Myth of the Holy Grail continue to occur within popular culture. Myths, tales and legends from ancient times have inspired authors throughout the centuries. The readers are not only served with a spectacular adventure, but the myths also contain messages with a moral and ethical guidance for us as beholders. READ MORE

  6. 10. Routes of Iron - Least Cost Path Analysis of the Possible Routes and Ways in which Iron was Transported during the Later Part of Iron Age in Scania, Halland and Småland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Simon Rosborg; [2018]
    Keywords : Least Cost Path; iron; Iron Age; waterways; roads; travel; transport; Early Medieval Period; boats; wagons; hollow way; landscape; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Iron is an important material in the study of societies of the Iron Age and later periods. Not only does it give its name to the period it was also an integrated part in every humans’ life from the Iron Age and forward. And yet this material is many times just assumed to be there without much consideration of how it got there. READ MORE