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Coronavirus: why the Nordics are our best bet for comparing strategies

Förr var det vänskap som höll ihop samhället

Om Johanna Thorelli, De tjänstvilliga vännernas samhälleReview of Johanna Thorelli, De tjänstvilliga vännernas samhälle

The origins of a miraculous image : Notes on the annunciation Fresco in SS. Annunziata in Florence

The origins of early modern cult images are seldom easy to account for. Some of the images venerated in Italy in the Renaissance were already existing images which were suddenly activated by devotees claiming that the paintings were capable of performing miracles, while others were, according to circulating legends, ancient images painted by angels, St Luke, or even by a miracle. This article exam

Chapter 13: The Locus of Truth : St Birgitta of Sweden and the Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

Ambivalent Images of Authorship

This chapter focuses on the question of Birgitta of Sweden’s and Catherine of Siena’s status as authors with emphasis on the visual representations of the two women in the manuscripts containing their texts. Images found in the earliest extant codices portray Birgitta in the act of writing—an extremely uncommon visual rendering of a female author in the medieval period—whereas Catherine is never d

The Iconography of Liber celestis revelacionum

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Sweden under fire for ‘relaxed’ coronavirus approach – here’s the science behind it

We climate scientists won’t know exactly how the crisis will unfold until it’s too late

E-scooters – cities should embrace them

Iconography and Visions : St. Birgitta’s Revelation of the Nativity of Christ

January blues: cross-country skiers hold clues to beating it

Franciskus och visionens ikonografi

‘Apparuit ei Christus in eodem loco’ : Physical Presence and Divine Truth in St. Birgitta of Sweden’s Revelations from the Holy Land

When China and other big countries launch cryptocurrencies, it will kick off a global revolution

A multi-perspective method for gear efficiency and contact analysis

Modern gearing applications, in particular electrification, impose new challenges in many different fields of engineering and research. In specific, new demands are imposed on gears, including higher rotational speed, lower noise acceptance, and increased efficiency, as well as increased resistance against pitting and scuffing. To meet these demands, a better understanding of gear contacts is need

Introduction

In the latter half of the 1360s, Catherine became connected to the mantellate, a group of laywomen, most of whom were financially independent widows like Birgitta. When Tommaso di Antonio da Siena, known in scholarly literature as Caffarini, instigated a hearing in Venice in 1411 as a part of his efforts to see Catherine of Siena canonized, one of his principal strategies for promoting her holines

Ayodhya land ruling has thrust history into the centre of Indian politics – what this means for the future

Introduction: Birgitta Birgersdotter and the Liber celestis revelacionum