Sverre Håkon Bagge

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Professor
Centre for Medieval Studies
University of Bergen
PO Box 7800
NO-5020 Bergen NORWAY

Office Telephone: ( +47)55 58 23 25
Office Fax: (+47) 55 58 80 90
Active email: sverre.bagge@cms.uib.no
Relevant Webpage: http://www.uib.no/cms


SCHOLARLY INTERESTS:
Current area(s) of research:
Christianisation and State Formation in Northern and Eastern Europe
Medieval historiography


Selected publications, recent and forthcoming:
"Old Norse Theories of Society. From Rígsþula to Konungs skuggsiá", Jens Eike Schnall & Rudolf Simek (edd.), Speculum regale. Der altnorwegische Königsspiegel (Konungs skuggsiá) in der europäischen Tradition, Wien: Fassbinder, 2000.

"How can we use Medieval Historiography?", M. Dallapiazza et al. (red.), International Scandinavian and Medieval Studies in Memory of Gerd Wolfang Weber, Trieste: Edizioni Parnaso, 2000: 29-42.

"Law and Justice in Norway in the Middle Ages: A Case Study", Lars Bisgaard et al. (red.), Medieval Spirituality in Scandinavia and Europe. A Collection of Essays in Honour of Tore Nyberg (Odense: Odense University Press, 2001): 73-85.

"Medieval Societies and Historiography", Michael Borgolte (red.), Das europäische Mittelalter im Spannungsbogen des Vergleichs. Zwanzig internationale Beiträge zu Praxis, Problemen und Perspektiven der historischen Komparatistik (Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2001), s. 223-47.

Kings, Politics, and the Right Order of the World in German Historiography c. 950-1150. Studies in the History of Christian Thought 103, Leiden: Brill 2002, 444 s.

”Den heroiske tid – kirkereform og kirkekamp 1153-1214”, : Ecclesia Nidrosiensis 1153-1537. Søkelys på Nidaroskirkens og Nidarosprovinsens historie, red. Steinar Imsen (Senter for middelalderstudier, NTNU. Skrifter nr. 5): 47-80.

”Eleventh Century Norway: The Formation of a Kingdom”, P. Urbanczýk (red.), The Neighbours of Poland in the 11th Century, Warszawa 2002: 29-47.

“Ideologies and Mentalities”, K. Helle (red.), The Cambridge History of Scandinavia, vol. I, Cambridge 2003: 465-86.


WUN-IDENTIFIED RESEARCH COLLABORATION THEMES:
Multilingualism in the Middle Ages:
To some extent (i.e. Latin and verncacular).

History of the Medieval Book:

Medieval Chronicle Studies:
Yes. Please see URL above and the listed publications.


Ph.D.s UNDER SUPERVISION:
Leidulf Melve, Interest in : Arguments, Rhetoric, and Literary Public in the Libelli de lite c. 1050-1120
Sigbjørn Sønnesyn, Interest in : Ethics in Medieval Historiography
Jo Rune Ugulen, Interest in : Aristocratic and Ecclesiastical Landownership in Norway in the Middle Ages in a Comparative Perspective
Kristel Skorge, Interest in : Aristocratic Mentality in Froissart’s Chronicle


STAFF EXCHANGES/ONLINE RESOURCE CREATION/VIDEOCONFERENCING:
Yes, I am interested in exchange of PhD students and staff exchanges with WUN partner institutions.


MEDIEVAL COURSES TAUGHT:
No ordinary teaching, occasional lectures within the master programme at the Department of History.


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