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Samuel Pufendorf (1632–1694), the famous theorist on natural law in 17th century Europe, was a professor at the University of Lund in Sweden from 1668 to 1676. At Lund he is commemorated every year in the Pufendorf Lectures given by renowned international scholars. This book contains his original thinking in the form of notes taken at the lectures on natural law Pufendorf delivered 1672–1674. No o

I det kristna kyrkorummet - det katolska såväl dom det lutherska - intar bilden en central plats. Här rör det sig inte om l'art pour l'art, "konst för konstens egen skull". Nog har man alltid bemödat sig om den yttre formens skönhet och kvalitet, även om smaken och förmågan har skiftat. Men viktigast har dock varit att bilden blev meningsbärande, att den tillsammans med det talade ordet i liturgi

How did music circulate in early modern Europe? Which routes, networks and mediators facilitated the transmission and exchange of music manuscripts and prints?

The Swede Nils Mattsson Kiöping (1621–1680) was a priest’s son and a bastard grandson of the Queen’s brother. From 1648 to 1656 he travelled around the coasts of Africa, Arabia and southern Asia before returning home and becoming a naval officer.

TRUST IS HARD TO EARN and easy to lose. This is well-known. Public trust in research is decreasing - why? Is it a problem? Have ghostwriting, salami publications, misconduct and distrust something to do with this loss? Is the reason simply that contemporary science seems to focus on productivity more than creativity? From various perspectives the papers and presentations in this volume focus on th

VI BESKRIVER, ORDNAR OCH HANTERAR verkligheten med hjälp av begrepp. Begreppshistoria handlar om hur dessa begrepp uppstått och förändrats. Begreppen kan vara filosofiska, estetiska, moraliska eller politiska; de kan vara abstrakta och teoretiska men också tillfälliga och modebetonade. Honnörsord och metaforer hör till begreppshistorien likaväl som vetenskapens grundbegrepp. Alla har de sitt urspr