torsdag 29. juni 2017

The apocryphal saint-king and the king who never was

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When researching the cult and literature of saints, one is very often dealing with figures whose historicity is doubtful, and sometimes e...
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tirsdag 27. juni 2017

Music for writing a thesis

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I am nearing the end of my PhD thesis, at least that is what the calendar tells me. For the next few months I will be shoulder-deep in wri...
fredag 23. juni 2017

From Derek Walcott's Midsummer

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For the Vigil of Saint John the Baptist, which is when Norwegians and Danes celebrate midsummer with a great bonfire, I give you an extract ...
onsdag 14. juni 2017

The typology of decapitation - the case of Edmund Martyr and John the Baptist

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When working on the cult and literature of saints, one of the most noteworthy aspects one comes across is the many ways in which one holy ...
onsdag 31. mai 2017

Learning to transcribe - a few personal notes on working with Saint Edmund Martyr

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One of the recurring sensations in my time in academia is the feeling that there are things with which you never really finish. Today thi...
søndag 28. mai 2017

Saint George in Odense, part 2

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One of the first blogposts I put together after I had moved to Odense in 2014 presented two separate depictions of Saint George which I ...
mandag 22. mai 2017

The tooth of time - a little nugget from Ribe

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As mentioned in the previous blogpost, the beginning of last week was spent in the southwestern Danish town of Ribe, an important medieval...