CONTACT INFORMATION:
Professor
Centre for Medieval Studies (CMS)
University of Bergen
P.O. Box 7800
N-5020 Bergen, Norway
| Office Telephone: | (+47)55588087 |
| Office Fax: | (+ 47)-55588090 |
| Active email: | torstein.jorgensen@cms.uib.no |
| Relevant Webpage: | http://www.uib.no/cms |
SCHOLARLY INTERESTS:
Current area(s) of research:
Penitence in Late Middle Ages
supplications to Apostolic Penitentiary
Relations between Norway and Holy See
Church and religion between unity and variety and between centre and periphery in medieval Europe
Religious change and Christianisation in Europe around AD 1000.
Selected publications, recent and forthcoming:
Letters to the Pope: Norwegian Relations to the Holy See in the Late Middle Ages, Stavanger 1999.
Forthcoming:
Synder og pavemakt: Botsbrev fra Den norske kirkeprovins og Suderøyene til Pavestolen 1438-1531 (This book will contain a full text transcribed edition of the Latin penitentiary supplications from Norway, Iceland, the Orkneys and Hebrides, the Norwegian translation of the same texts, informative introductory chapters on the Penitentiary Office as well as different registers). Plans for English edition of the same book.
Article on same topic to be included in New History of Penance, Abigail Fiery (ed.), to be published 2004/2005.
WUN-IDENTIFIED RESEARCH COLLABORATION THEMES:
Multilingualism in the Middle Ages:
History of the Medieval Book:
Medieval Chronicle Studies:
Other Possible Themes:
Church and religion between unity and variety in Medieval Europe, cfr. Programme on CMS webpage listed above.
Penitence in Late middle Ages – established network of researchers from different European countries working on the supplication registers in the Apostolic Penitentiary, Rome.
Ph.D.s UNDER SUPERVISION:
STAFF EXCHANGES/ONLINE RESOURCE CREATION/VIDEOCONFERENCING:
Yes, I am interested in staff exchanges with WUN partner institutions.
MEDIEVAL COURSES TAUGHT:
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