Essays about: "medieval studies"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words medieval studies.
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1. To Gender or Not to Gender : A critical reassessment of how gender is – and can be – approached in archaeology, exemplified in two Scandinavian burial assemblages dating to the early Medieval period
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : Gender research in archaeology is a complex topic that puzzled scholars for decades. The past 50 years of it has seen a lot of theorizing, heated discussions, and requests for new additions to the archaeological toolkit so that this type of research can get a proper launch. READ MORE
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2. The Bioarchaeology of Impairment and Disability in Medieval Helsingborg - A Population Analysis of the Skeletal Material from the Convent of S:t Nicolai
University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologiAbstract : Disability is an aspect that forms a significant part of the human condition. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) an estimated 1 billion people worldwide live with a disability. That accounts for roughly 15 % of the entire human population, and therefore it has been sometimes referred to as the world's largest minority. READ MORE
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3. An Archaeology of the Invisible? Tracing Poverty and its Ideology in the Viking Age and Urban Settlements
University essay from Lunds universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : Publications have recently drawn attention to archaeology’s historically predominant focus on prestige items and the elite, highlighting the need for a greater focus on society’s lower classes. A few studies have discussed how, or even whether poverty can be addressed in historical archaeology. READ MORE
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4. For Whom the Bugle Calls – Past and Present of Third-Party Enforcement in International Law
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : This thesis examines the phenomena of third-party enforcement in public international law, in a historical as well as in a contemporary perspective. To that end, it traces the role of such enforcement measures from the past into the present. READ MORE
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5. Late use of chipped stone tools: A case study of Viking age and Medieval material from middle Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : Stone tools define earlier prehistory but the extent of their usage in later periods remains uncertain, as the archaeological community tends to focus on trademark materials from respective time periods. Accordingly, usage of chipped stone such as quartz and flint in later periods, tends to be ignored or regarded as residual from earlier Stone age activities, resulting in that valuable knowledge is lost. READ MORE
