søndag 27. februar 2022

A brief point about grand narratives of history

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The other day I got a worried message from a close friend. He was asking my opinion about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and showed great ...
torsdag 24. februar 2022

Achronology and the lives of saints - the case of Saint Servatius at Skive Church, Denmark

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  In a previous blogpost , I wrote about how medieval art sometimes condenses elements of a saint’s life into an achronological summary, whe...
lørdag 19. februar 2022

The biggest book so far

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  We do not always foresee the consequences of our actions. About two weeks ago, I ordered a book through the university library, which is p...
mandag 14. februar 2022

How to choose a book - on lists and selecting

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  In two recent blogposts ( here , and here ) I gave an overview of some of the main principles that guide my selection of reading materials...
søndag 30. januar 2022

A mingled past - or, Adventures in medievalism, part 3

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Uses of the Middle Ages in a modern context are a bit like dust bunnies: Once you start looking for them, they are everywhere, sometimes eve...
tirsdag 25. januar 2022

The saint in the pot - Saint Erasmus at Skive

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One of my various side-projects these days entails a revisit to the saints of the Church of Our Lady in Skive in Northern Jutland. The churc...
fredag 7. januar 2022

Saint Knud Dux, Saint Hulpe, and the limits of saintly fame

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Today, January 7, is the feast of Knud Lavard, son of the Danish king Erik Ejegod (r.1095-1103), who was murdered by his cousin Magnus, son ...