Thomas Riis
Biographic Data
| ID | 1403976 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Riis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Riis |
| SIGNATURE | RIIS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9155-8146 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Schleswig
Leprosy was a well-recognized and dreaded disease in medieval Europe. The disease is reported to have reached Germany with the Roman invasion and it was present in Scandinavia in the first centuries AD. This paper estimates and analyzes the frequency of leprosy among adult people buried in one of five medieval cemeteries in the city of Schleswig. Seven different dichotomous osteological lesions indicative of leprosy were analyzed, and it was poss…
Analysis of Working Hours
A part of European cultural patrimony rests on the relationships our ancestors had with time. A few examples chosen at random will suffice to show how their attitude toward this point evolved over the ages. The famous Carpe Diem by Horace was an invitation to take advantage of the present moment. In Jewish tradition man's obligation to work was considered a curse. Similarly a saying attributed by Pliny to the painter Appelles emphasized the neces…
Towns and central government in Northern Europe from the fifteenth century to the industrial revolution
Generally speaking, by northern Europe we understand the countries situated on the Baltic: Sweden with Finland, Russia, Poland, north Germany, Denmark, to which Norway when united with Denmark should be added. In this area the form of government was mainly monarchic, although in Germany the political system was more complicated. The superstructure of the Holy Roman Empire continued to exist until 1806, but the effective power of the imperial inst…
Poverty in the middle ages
Professor Mollat's latest book concludes fourteen years of research into the problems of medieval poverty, conducted by himself and his collaborators. They formed a very active working group at the Sorbonne from 1962 to 1976 which produced ninety seminar papers and two hundred and twenty longer treatises, to say nothing of the theses, all concerned with differents aspects of medieval poverty. Summaries of these studies were published in mimeograp…
Les institutions politiques centrales du Danemark, 1100-1332
The Cultivated White Tradition and Black Music in Nineteenth-Century America
Schleswig
Leprosy was a well-recognized and dreaded disease in medieval Europe. The disease is reported to have reached Germany with the Roman invasion and it was present in Scandinavia in the first centuries AD. This paper estimates and analyzes the frequency of leprosy among adult people buried in one of five medieval cemeteries in the city of Schleswig. Seven different dichotomous osteological lesions indicative of leprosy were analyzed, and it was poss…
The Cultivated White Tradition and Black Music in Nineteenth-Century America
Les institutions politiques centrales du Danemark, 1100-1332
Poverty in the middle ages
Professor Mollat's latest book concludes fourteen years of research into the problems of medieval poverty, conducted by himself and his collaborators. They formed a very active working group at the Sorbonne from 1962 to 1976 which produced ninety seminar papers and two hundred and twenty longer treatises, to say nothing of the theses, all concerned with differents aspects of medieval poverty. Summaries of these studies were published in mimeograp…
Towns and central government in Northern Europe from the fifteenth century to the industrial revolution
Generally speaking, by northern Europe we understand the countries situated on the Baltic: Sweden with Finland, Russia, Poland, north Germany, Denmark, to which Norway when united with Denmark should be added. In this area the form of government was mainly monarchic, although in Germany the political system was more complicated. The superstructure of the Holy Roman Empire continued to exist until 1806, but the effective power of the imperial inst…
Analysis of Working Hours
A part of European cultural patrimony rests on the relationships our ancestors had with time. A few examples chosen at random will suffice to show how their attitude toward this point evolved over the ages. The famous Carpe Diem by Horace was an invitation to take advantage of the present moment. In Jewish tradition man's obligation to work was considered a curse. Similarly a saying attributed by Pliny to the painter Appelles emphasized the neces…
Schleswig
Leprosy was a well-recognized and dreaded disease in medieval Europe. The disease is reported to have reached Germany with the Roman invasion and it was present in Scandinavia in the first centuries AD. This paper estimates and analyzes the frequency of leprosy among adult people buried in one of five medieval cemeteries in the city of Schleswig. Seven different dichotomous osteological lesions indicative of leprosy were analyzed, and it was poss…
History (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Art history (1 works) · Autonomy (1 works)