Essays about: "Seventeenth Century"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 20 essays containing the words Seventeenth Century.

  1. 11. A Microhistory of Congregational Music-Making in Överselö, Stallarholmen 1754

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Author : Hanna Drakengren; [2018-08-02]
    Keywords : Hymnal accompaniment; Seventeenth Century; Sweden; Gren and Stråhle organ; 1697 Hymnal; Överselö; Handwritten chorale books;

    Abstract : In 1754 an organ was built in Överselö Church whose purpose was to accompany the congregational singing. My question in this project is to investigate how the accompaniment of the specific congregational singing in Överselö sounded. Sweden adopted its first common hymnal in 1695/97. READ MORE

  3. 12. The company that governed - a study of the British East India Company in seventeenth century India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Fardis Mohammadi; [2017]
    Keywords : East India Company; India; Madras; Bommbay; colonialism; imperialism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The British East India Company was an enterprise that was engaging in trade in India for over two hundred years. During this time period, the British took political power and started to govern in India. READ MORE

  4. 13. From Colonialism to Fairtrade : Power Struggles Between Indonesia and the Netherlands Through the Perspective of Coffee

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Daniël ten Brink; [2017]
    Keywords : Coffee; Indonesia; Netherlands; Colonialism; Power; Fairtrade; Alternative Trade;

    Abstract : Since coffee was first introduced to Indonesia by Dutch merchants in the late seventeenth century, power relationships have shifted as a result of coffee trade between Indonesia and the Netherlands. In this thesis I analyse changes and recurrent themes in the struggles around coffee, structured around three main narratives spanning over 300 years: colonialism, Indonesian independence, and Fairtrade. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Chinese Maritime Frontier: 10th — 16th Century

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Michael Gunther; [2015]
    Keywords : Smithian Growth; Institutions; Maritime; China; South East Asia; Proximity; Shipbuilding; Navigation; Asian Mediterranean; pre-modern; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : China’s maritime development during 200 B.C. to 1600 A.D. READ MORE

  6. 15. Costume and Control : Sumptuary Laws and Social Order in Seventeenth-Century Tallinn

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Astrid Pajur; [2014]
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