CONTACT INFORMATION:
Associate Professor, dr. philos.
Centre for Medieval Studies
University of Bergen
P.O.B. 7800
N-5020 Bergen, Norway
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SCHOLARLY INTERESTS:
Current area(s) of research:
Ecclesiastical history - Church and state in the Middle Ages.
Political history
State formation, particularly the early development of the Norwegian kingship, and the fate of the medieval Norwegian state in the Late Middle Ages.
Relations between Norway and the Holy See, Church and religion between unity and variety and between centre and periphery in medieval Europe, with a particular view to monasticism generally, particularly the Augustinian movement in Norway.
Subdisciplines:
Diplomatics, prosopography.
Selected publications, recent and forthcoming:
1996. «Erik av Pommerns norske kroning. »
[The Norwegian coronation of Erik the Pommeranian. A letter from King Richard II of England to Queen Margaret of April 1st 1393 shows that Erik the Pommeranian was coronated separately in Norway, some years before his coronation in Kalmar 1397. English Summary.] (Norwegian) Historisk tidsskrift 74 (1):1-21, (4):492-508.
Provincia Nidrosiensis i dronning Margretes unions- og maktpolitikk. Vol. 13, Skriftserie fra Historisk institutt. (Trondheim: Historisk institutt, NTNU, 1996.) 472 pp. ISBN 82-7765-013-2
[The Norwegian church province in the context of Queen Margaret's union- and powerpolitics (1380-1412). Includes a methodological discussion of the source value of five Icelandic annals. Norwegian text, English summary.]
1998. « Eidsivatingets lagtingsvedtekt fra 1444 om prestenes innkomster: En kilde til kunnskaper om Romerike i senmiddelalderen. »
[The statute of the Eidsivating 1944 concerning the incomes of the local priest: A source throwing light over the region Romerike within bishop-see of Oslo in the Middle Ages.] In Romerike i Middelalderen, edited by J. E. Horgen and L. Skovholt.
Margrete, den siste dronning i Sverreætten: Nordens fullmektige frue og rette husbonde. (Oslo: Cappelen, 2000.) 400 pp. ISBN 82-02-17642-5
[Margaret, the last Queen in the dynasty of Sverre: the authorised mistress and right housemaster of Scandinavia. A biography summing up the author's research on Queen Margaret (1353 - 1412).]
2003. Konkordat - konflikt - privilegium: Sættargjerden som indikator på forholdet stat - kirke fra Magnus Lagabøter til Christian I (1273 - 1458). In Ecclesia Nidrosiensis 1153-1537: Søkelys på Nidaroskirkens og Nidarosprovinsens historie, edited by S. Imsen. (Trondheim: Tapir.) 83-119 pp. ISBN 82-519-1873-1.
[Concordat - Conflict- Privilege. The Settlement of Tunsberg 1277 as an indicator on the relationship between state and church from Magnus the lawmender to Christian I (1273 - 1458). English summary.
Also editor of the posthumous article "Striden mellom erkebiskop Jørund og domkapitlet i Nidaros"
[The conflict between archbishop Jørund and the chapter of Nidaros], op. cit. 187-213.]
Forthcoming 2004:
"Magnus rex illustrius consanguineus meus".
The privilege for the church of Stavanger and its lost exhibits c. 1094 and c. 1170. To be published in the Norwegian review of history (Historisk tidsskrift).
The history of Utstein and its abbey. Editioner of the book and writer of the part on its medieval history.
WUN-IDENTIFIED RESEARCH COLLABORATION THEMES:
Multilingualism in the Middle Ages:
No teaching, but something which I have to take into my considerations concerning sources in Old Norse, Latin, other vernaculars like French and German. Initiator of the project Regesta Hanseatica Nordica, which aims to give abstracts in Scandinavian and English on all sources concerning the German Hansa's relations to the Nordic countries.
History of the Medieval Book:
Medieval Chronicle Studies:
No teaching, but a matter of interest in my research (Icelandic Annals).
Ph.D.s UNDER SUPERVISION:
STAFF EXCHANGES/ONLINE RESOURCE CREATION/VIDEOCONFERENCING:
Yes, I am interested in possible staff exchanges with WUN partner institutions, and in the development of online research resources, cfr. "Regesta Hanseatica Nordica."
MEDIEVAL COURSES TAUGHT:
Sources to medieval history, methodology, diplomatarian analysis.
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