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A Companion to Saxo Grammaticus
Ever since the publication of Saxo Grammaticus’ Gesta Danorum at the beginning of the thirteenth century, scholars and laymen have grappled with the complex and marvellous chronicle. As much specialized scholarship has been published in Danish, this companion breaks new ground by giving a comprehensive and up-to-date tour of the work for a global audience. Attention is given to the unity of Saxo’s massive chronicle, whether he is dealing with a legendary pagan past or events from his own time. Saxo’s world and views are explored in ways that shed new light on all of northern Europe. Contributors are Bjørn Bandlien, Karsten Friis-Jensen, Michael H. Gelting, Thomas K. Heebøll-Holm, Lars Hermanson, Lars Kjær, Torben Kjersgaard Nielsen, Annette Lassen, Anders Leegaard Knudsen, Lars Boje Mortensen, Mia Münster-Swendsen, Erik Niblaeus, Roland Scheel, Karen Skovgaard-Petersen, Kurt Villads Jensen, and Helle Vogt.
Danmarks byer fra renæssance til enevælde
Danmarks byer spillede en nøglerolle i forandringerne af det danske samfund fra 1550 til 1850, det vil sige fra omkring Reformationen frem til industrialiseringen. Nye, protestantiske institutioner voksede frem sammen med en styrket og snart enevældig kongemagt. Krige og kriser bremsede købstædernes vækst, mens København voksede som hovedstad for den samlede helstat. Da den krakelerede med Napoleonskrigene, ramte en afmatning København, mens provinsbyerne oplevede en opblomstring, der formede grundstammen i det system af byer, vi kender i dag. Byerne formidlede nye impulser udefra, og uddannelsessteder og bogtrykkerier gjorde dem til omdrejningspunkter for tidens videnskabelige, kulturelle og kunstneriske udvikling. Centralt i det hele stod de mennesker, der levede i byerne. Så forskellige de var fra læredreng til borgerfrue, fra indfødt tjenestepige til schweizisk konditor, fra stolt håndværksmester til arbejdsom spindekone. Tilsammen gav de byerne karakter og et pulserende dagligliv.
Persuasive Technology
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the Second International Conference on Persuasive Technology for Human Well-Being, PERSUASIVE 2007, held in Palo Alto, CA, USA, in April 2007. The 37 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections and cover a broad range of subjects.
Denmark and Europe in the Middle Ages, c.1000–1525
Where medieval Denmark and Scandinavia as a whole has often been seen as a cultural backwater that passively and belatedly received cultural and political impulses from Western Europe, Professor Michael H. Gelting and scholars inspired by him have shown that the intellectual, religious and political elite of Denmark actively participated in the renaissance and reformation of the central and later medieval period. This work has wide ramifications for understanding developments in medieval Europe, but so far the discussion has taken place only in Danish-language publications. This anthology brings the latest research in Danish medieval history to a wider audience and integrates it with contemporary international discussions of the making of the European middle ages.
The Danish Resources c. 1000-1550
This pioneering work presents the first comprehensive economic history of medieval Denmark. It puts data produced by more than a century of historical research into a new context and includes a multitude of information based on primary research. The book abounds in knowledge of natural and human resources, rural life, urban industries, tax and commodity trade. Arguing that the development of the Danish resources from the eleventh to the middle of the fourteenth century cannot be viewed simply as a period of prosperity, and conversely that the Late Middle Ages were characterized as much by growth as by recession, the book places itself in an international historiographical controversy. The Danish Resources will become an indispensable standard work for students of Danish and north European medieval history.
2011
Particularly in the humanities and social sciences, festschrifts are a popular forum for discussion. The IJBF provides quick and easy general access to these important resources for scholars and students. The festschrifts are located in state and regional libraries and their bibliographic details are recorded. Since 1983, more than 639,000 articles from more than 29,500 festschrifts, published between 1977 and 2010, have been catalogued.
Feud in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
We tend to think of a feud as being a long established state of hostilities, especially between families or clans, which normally manifests itself in revengeful violence. One of the articles in this volume thus states: "What began as a dispute over the property rights of a woman to whom both parties were related quickly mutated into a violent clash between men, in which honour and reputation were at stake -- and from here to a full-blown feud the distance was rather short". However, the studies of feuds presented in this publication leave no doubt that they were very different in different societies. The phenomenon of feud turns out to be intimately connected with developments in society and...
Land og by på tværs 1000-1800
Middelalderhistorikeren Bjørn Poulsen har gennem fire årtier været blandt de mest produktive danske historikere. Et af de mange forskningsområder, hvor han har været med til at sætte dagsordenen, er studiet af forholdet mellem land og by. De to områder har traditionelt været meget opdelt – med en klar arbejdsdeling mellem for eksempel landbrugs- og byhistorikerne. I dette festskrift viser en række historikere, hvordan studiet af land og by med fokus på forbindelser og lighedstræk kan være mere frugtbart end at insistere på forskelle og særtræk. Tilsammen tegner bogens bidrag et billede af land- og bysamfundene i tiden 1000-1800, som er langt mere sammenhængende end hidtil antaget.
Zwischen Unterordnung und Selbstbehauptung
Die Gottorfer zählen zu den einflussreichsten Fürstenhäusern im nordeuropäischen Raum der Frühen Neuzeit und prägten auf vielfältige Weise die Geschichte der Länder des Ostseeraumes. Die Autorin Melanie Greinert nimmt in ihrem Werk die weiblichen Mitglieder des Hauses und ihre Teilhabe an der Konstituierung und Aufrechterhaltung dynastischer Macht in den Blick und legt damit die erste Monographie vor, in der die Bedingungen, die Möglichkeiten und die Grenzen herrschaftlichen Handelns der Herzoginnen von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf im höfischen Raum sowie in der kulturellen wie auch politischen Praxis aufgezeigt werden. Die Gesamtdarstellung, in der neben den verschiedenen Wirkungsbereichen der Herzoginnen auch ihre transregionalen Beziehungen dargelegt werden, leistet damit einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte von Fürstinnen in der Vormoderne.
Dronningemagt i Middelalderen
Historikerne har haft meget at sige om middelalderens konger. Hvem har ikke hort om Harald Blatand, Valdemar Atterdag og Christian 2.? Kongerne og deres store bedrifter er fast pensum og en integreret del af vores fAelles historiebevidsthed. Men hvad med dronningerne? Margrethe 1. kender vel alle, men hvad med de andre dronninger? En af grundene til, at dronningerne star i skyggen af deres gemaler, er reel nok: Dronningen havde som regel ikke lige sa meget magt som kongen. De har vAere nemme for historikerne at overse. Men en anden grund er, at historieskrivningen traditionelt har vAeret mandsdomineret. Denne bog kaster lys over Nordens glemte middelalderdronninger. De fleste af bogens artikler omhandler en enkelt dronning og har biografisk karakter. Andre artikler har et bredere sigte. Alle bidrager de til en storre forstaelse af dronningens magt i Nordens middelalder. Bogen er et festskrift til Anders Bogh, hvis disputats om Margrethe 1. (2003) har stimuleret interessen for dronningemagt i middelalderen.
