Karin Sennefelt
Biographic Data
| ID | 3984567 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karin Sennefelt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karin |
| FAMILY NAME | Sennefelt |
| SIGNATURE | SENNEFELT K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3654-9770 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Plague and intoxicants in the Baltic and North Seas during the long seventeenth century
The article argues that medical responses to plague were a cause of the ‘psychoactive revolution’ during the long seventeenth century. Focusing on four metropoles in the Baltic and North Sea region, it shows that the commodification of sugar, opiates and tobacco during the last century of the Second Great Pandemic correlates both with outbreaks of plague in Amsterdam, Hamburg, London and Stockholm and with the intra-regional prescription of these…
A Pathology of Sacral Kingship: Putrefaction in the Body of Charles Xi of Sweden
This article uses the ailing body of King Charles XI of Sweden (1655-97) to explore how the king's physicality was intimately connected not only with the nature of his kingship, its sacredness and legitimacy, but also with his personal faith. It shows that, while Charles's body was exceptional in that it was the body of the king, at the same time it was reacting to illness and sin like any other Lutheran body. It also projected the body's capabil…
Young Man, Find Your Fortune: Guilds and the Practices of Social Order in Sweden, 1650‒1720
This article uses social practices to better understand the interrelations between a social ideology that decried aspiration and the practices of the young men bettering their lot in life when entering the Stockholm guilds. The path into guild membership is investigated regarding the inclusion of would-be members, their social networks, the materiality of documentation and the ideas, symbols and aspirations expressed in the process. The article s…
A Discerning Eye: Visual Culture and Social Distinction in Early Modern Stockholm
Starting from the significance of the visual for the creation of distinction in early modern Europe, the article investigates the everyday practices of eyeing, inspecting and scrutinizing other people's dress and personal possessions. In that, it addresses the ways of seeing (rather than the ways of displaying) that were at the root of managing appearances and that formed a significant part of the urban experience. Cases are drawn from everyday v…
Wine, Corruption, and the Politics of Intoxication in Eighteenth-Century Stockholm
The Politics of Hanging Around and Tagging Along: Everyday Practices of Politics in Eighteenth-Century Stockholm
As a part of a state inquiry into a brawl at one of the meetings of the peasant estate, Erik Persson, member of the estate, gave an account of what he did in Stockholm for twenty-four hours, starting on Friday 28 November 1755. We join him in the morning at the meeting of the peasant estate at the new City Hall on the Riddarhustorget Square. Erik Persson left the estate during its deliberations, and when he returned they had moved on to another i…
Social and political thresholds in Stockholm, c. 1720–1770
This article explores the significance of mobility in the everyday structures of political life through a case study of political space in mid-eighteenth-century Stockholm. Analytical in approach, the study focuses on political action in public space, in its spatial negotiations of inclusion and exclusion, and investigates three particular places: the city itself, the central square Riddarhustorget and the city's wine shops. It shows that tempora…
Citizenship and the political landscape of libelling in Stockholm, c . 1720–70∗
The concept of the 'public sphere' has become central to the understanding of the construction of citizenship in the eighteenth century. This article addresses this concept and its implications for the study of political subjectivity, communication and public space by mapping the political landscape created by the practice of libelling in eighteenth-century Stockholm. Rejecting both a strict reading of the Habermasian public and a spatialization …
A Pathology of Sacral Kingship: Putrefaction in the Body of Charles Xi of Sweden
This article uses the ailing body of King Charles XI of Sweden (1655-97) to explore how the king's physicality was intimately connected not only with the nature of his kingship, its sacredness and legitimacy, but also with his personal faith. It shows that, while Charles's body was exceptional in that it was the body of the king, at the same time it was reacting to illness and sin like any other Lutheran body. It also projected the body's capabil…
Social and political thresholds in Stockholm, c. 1720–1770
This article explores the significance of mobility in the everyday structures of political life through a case study of political space in mid-eighteenth-century Stockholm. Analytical in approach, the study focuses on political action in public space, in its spatial negotiations of inclusion and exclusion, and investigates three particular places: the city itself, the central square Riddarhustorget and the city's wine shops. It shows that tempora…
Social and political thresholds in Stockholm, c. 1720–1770
This article explores the significance of mobility in the everyday structures of political life through a case study of political space in mid-eighteenth-century Stockholm. Analytical in approach, the study focuses on political action in public space, in its spatial negotiations of inclusion and exclusion, and investigates three particular places: the city itself, the central square Riddarhustorget and the city's wine shops. It shows that tempora…
Citizenship and the political landscape of libelling in Stockholm, c . 1720–70∗
The concept of the 'public sphere' has become central to the understanding of the construction of citizenship in the eighteenth century. This article addresses this concept and its implications for the study of political subjectivity, communication and public space by mapping the political landscape created by the practice of libelling in eighteenth-century Stockholm. Rejecting both a strict reading of the Habermasian public and a spatialization …
The Politics of Hanging Around and Tagging Along: Everyday Practices of Politics in Eighteenth-Century Stockholm
As a part of a state inquiry into a brawl at one of the meetings of the peasant estate, Erik Persson, member of the estate, gave an account of what he did in Stockholm for twenty-four hours, starting on Friday 28 November 1755. We join him in the morning at the meeting of the peasant estate at the new City Hall on the Riddarhustorget Square. Erik Persson left the estate during its deliberations, and when he returned they had moved on to another i…
Wine, Corruption, and the Politics of Intoxication in Eighteenth-Century Stockholm
A Discerning Eye: Visual Culture and Social Distinction in Early Modern Stockholm
Starting from the significance of the visual for the creation of distinction in early modern Europe, the article investigates the everyday practices of eyeing, inspecting and scrutinizing other people's dress and personal possessions. In that, it addresses the ways of seeing (rather than the ways of displaying) that were at the root of managing appearances and that formed a significant part of the urban experience. Cases are drawn from everyday v…
Young Man, Find Your Fortune: Guilds and the Practices of Social Order in Sweden, 1650‒1720
This article uses social practices to better understand the interrelations between a social ideology that decried aspiration and the practices of the young men bettering their lot in life when entering the Stockholm guilds. The path into guild membership is investigated regarding the inclusion of would-be members, their social networks, the materiality of documentation and the ideas, symbols and aspirations expressed in the process. The article s…
A Pathology of Sacral Kingship: Putrefaction in the Body of Charles Xi of Sweden
This article uses the ailing body of King Charles XI of Sweden (1655-97) to explore how the king's physicality was intimately connected not only with the nature of his kingship, its sacredness and legitimacy, but also with his personal faith. It shows that, while Charles's body was exceptional in that it was the body of the king, at the same time it was reacting to illness and sin like any other Lutheran body. It also projected the body's capabil…
Plague and intoxicants in the Baltic and North Seas during the long seventeenth century
The article argues that medical responses to plague were a cause of the ‘psychoactive revolution’ during the long seventeenth century. Focusing on four metropoles in the Baltic and North Sea region, it shows that the commodification of sugar, opiates and tobacco during the last century of the Second Great Pandemic correlates both with outbreaks of plague in Amsterdam, Hamburg, London and Stockholm and with the intra-regional prescription of these…
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