My Albion

A chronicle of sundry adventures in England.

lørdag 28. februar 2026

A stranger to someone - a view of Norway from Salamanca

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  los raudos torbellinos de Noruega  - Luís de Gongora, Soledades  In the library of the University of Salamanca there are four globes, dona...
torsdag 26. februar 2026

Saint George in Stokkemarke

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In the later medieval period, i.e., from the late fourteenth century onwards, the cult of Saint George underwent a remarkable surge in Denma...
søndag 22. februar 2026

On the eve of Saint Peter's Chair - a pattern breaking?

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  Five years ago, I was living in my native village and I wrote a blogpost on how the feast of Cathedra Petri, or Saint Peter's Chair, ...
tirsdag 17. februar 2026

Small stages - on the importance of minor publications

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I like small stages  - Mark Knopfler   In 2000, I watched an interview with Mark Knopfler on a Norwegian talkshow. I had recently become awa...
fredag 30. januar 2026

Ephemeral records of history - an example from the fjords

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'Lads,' he cried, 'there's spoor here;'  - John Buchan, Prester John  In the right perspective, all records of history a...
torsdag 29. januar 2026

Gateway reading - the case of The Silent Rifleman

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There is an old truism that children should be encouraged to read comic books because doing so leads to reading other books. While this is t...
onsdag 21. januar 2026

A stone for Saint Agnes

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Today is the feast of Saint Agnes of Rome, who was killed during the Diocletian persecutions of the early fourth century. She was one of the...
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Steffen
Norwegian medievalist, bibliophile, lover of art, music and food. This blog is a mixture of things personal and scholarly and it serves as a venue for me to share things I find interesting with likeminded people.
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