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The World in a Nutshell : A Historical Archaeology of Early Modern Entanglement of Scandinavia and India studied through the Life Course of the Danish Nobleman Ove Gjedde, 1594–1660

Monié Nordin, Jonas LU orcid (2016) In Post-Medieval Archaeology 50(2). p.244-263
Abstract
In 1620, the Danish colony of Tranquebar, on the Coromandel Coast in India, was founded by an expedition jointly mounted by the Danish Crown and the Danish East India Company, under the command of the Danish nobleman Ove Gjedde. Gjedde soon went back to Denmark, but the experiences gained in the colony proved important for his future career as a military man, civil servant and industrialist. The purpose of the article is to study the form of entanglement between people, places and things, provided through early modern globalization. This is done through a biographical analysis of the life, things and actions of, and related to, Ove Gjedde. The article suggests that the actions of Gjedde should be understood and interpreted in a global... (More)
In 1620, the Danish colony of Tranquebar, on the Coromandel Coast in India, was founded by an expedition jointly mounted by the Danish Crown and the Danish East India Company, under the command of the Danish nobleman Ove Gjedde. Gjedde soon went back to Denmark, but the experiences gained in the colony proved important for his future career as a military man, civil servant and industrialist. The purpose of the article is to study the form of entanglement between people, places and things, provided through early modern globalization. This is done through a biographical analysis of the life, things and actions of, and related to, Ove Gjedde. The article suggests that the actions of Gjedde should be understood and interpreted in a global context showing the role of Scandinavia in early modern globalization. This study focuses on material culture as well as people in order to capture change, development and power relations between people and between people and things. The subjects and objects — human and non-human — are seen in this study as equally important in promoting change and development. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{In 1620, the Danish colony of Tranquebar, on the Coromandel Coast in India, was founded by an expedition jointly mounted by the Danish Crown and the Danish East India Company, under the command of the Danish nobleman Ove Gjedde. Gjedde soon went back to Denmark, but the experiences gained in the colony proved important for his future career as a military man, civil servant and industrialist. The purpose of the article is to study the form of entanglement between people, places and things, provided through early modern globalization. This is done through a biographical analysis of the life, things and actions of, and related to, Ove Gjedde. The article suggests that the actions of Gjedde should be understood and interpreted in a global context showing the role of Scandinavia in early modern globalization. This study focuses on material culture as well as people in order to capture change, development and power relations between people and between people and things. The subjects and objects — human and non-human — are seen in this study as equally important in promoting change and development.}},
  author       = {{Monié Nordin, Jonas}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{244--263}},
  publisher    = {{Maney Publishing}},
  series       = {{Post-Medieval Archaeology}},
  title        = {{The World in a Nutshell : A Historical Archaeology of Early Modern Entanglement of Scandinavia and India studied through the Life Course of the Danish Nobleman Ove Gjedde, 1594–1660}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2016.1216695}},
  doi          = {{10.1080/00794236.2016.1216695}},
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