Skip to main content

LUP Student Papers

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Liminal urbanity: Wars, connections and material culture in early modern Helsingborg

Sumner, Amanda LU (2021) ARKM22 20211
Historical Archaeology
Abstract
In the 1600s, Helsingborg was a small market town with great importance as a transport and trade connection between Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. Caught in the middle between two empires, Denmark and Sweden, the lives of Helsingborg residents were affected by wars, plagues and political disturbances. This thesis investigates the status of Helsingborg as a contested periphery town in relation to Helsingör on the other side of Öresund and in a wider southern Scandinavian context. Analysis of archaeological finds from six post-medieval sites in town centre, with primary focus on ceramics, examines how the material culture reflects urban consumption patterns, global trade connections and political changes. The results of the study... (More)
In the 1600s, Helsingborg was a small market town with great importance as a transport and trade connection between Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. Caught in the middle between two empires, Denmark and Sweden, the lives of Helsingborg residents were affected by wars, plagues and political disturbances. This thesis investigates the status of Helsingborg as a contested periphery town in relation to Helsingör on the other side of Öresund and in a wider southern Scandinavian context. Analysis of archaeological finds from six post-medieval sites in town centre, with primary focus on ceramics, examines how the material culture reflects urban consumption patterns, global trade connections and political changes. The results of the study demonstrate that Helsingborg in the 1600s was closely connected by trade and personal relationships to Helsingör. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
Sumner, Amanda LU
supervisor
organization
course
ARKM22 20211
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Helsingborg, early modern period, material culture, ceramics, consumption, global trade, conflict, world-systems
language
English
id
9049031
date added to LUP
2021-10-01 10:48:07
date last changed
2021-10-01 10:48:07
@misc{9049031,
  abstract     = {{In the 1600s, Helsingborg was a small market town with great importance as a transport and trade connection between Scandinavia and the rest of Europe. Caught in the middle between two empires, Denmark and Sweden, the lives of Helsingborg residents were affected by wars, plagues and political disturbances. This thesis investigates the status of Helsingborg as a contested periphery town in relation to Helsingör on the other side of Öresund and in a wider southern Scandinavian context. Analysis of archaeological finds from six post-medieval sites in town centre, with primary focus on ceramics, examines how the material culture reflects urban consumption patterns, global trade connections and political changes. The results of the study demonstrate that Helsingborg in the 1600s was closely connected by trade and personal relationships to Helsingör.}},
  author       = {{Sumner, Amanda}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Liminal urbanity: Wars, connections and material culture in early modern Helsingborg}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}