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Dateringen af den yngre tekst om hellig Niels af Aarhus

Svend Clausen — 2024-01-01

The date of the younger vita of St. Niels of Aarhus
St. Niels of Aarhus (d. 1180) was a local Danish saint from Aarhus diocese. Two anonymous vitae with accompanying short accounts of his miracles exist: an older one (the A-Legend) and a younger one (the B-Legend). Close textual analysis indicates that the A-Legend must be from 1250–1254, while the composition of the B-Legend has been fixed at around 1350 because it mentions Trugot, a canon of the cathedral chapter, and another canon and cantor named John. Both identities appear in another source from the year 1345. Based on new evidence, it can be determined that Cantor John’s time in office lies somewhere between 1325 and 1354. Meanwhile, the B-Legend describes Trugot as a deacon studying in Paris. The cathedral statutes of 1345 stipulated two years of university studies before a cleric could benefit from the estates of the chapter as elected canon and, as Trugot appears in the above-mentioned source from 1345 as a fully qualified canon, he must have been ‘a deacon studying in Paris’ before 1345. Hence, the date of the B-Legend can be moved from around 1350 to somewhere between 1325 (the earliest possible date Cantor John became a canon) and 1345 (the latest possible date for Trugot’s return to Denmark after his studies in Paris).

Territorialisering og ejendomsret. Nakskov by kontra grevinde Reventlow 1745-54

Niels Riisager — 2024-01-01

Territorialization and property: The city of Nakskov vs. Countess Reventlow 1745–1754
Historians of Danish rural history have long recognized that property rights in early modern times (in Danish fællesskabstiden) were highly complicated, often with a multilayered and collective structure that differs fundamentally from the modern norm of individual and absolute rights. Less has been written on the territorialization of property, i.e., how property rights were manifested in rural space. While some scholars have pointed out a general historical connection between property rights regimes and their spatial manifestation – for instance, in the sense that the consolidation of individual property rights went hand in hand with the emergence of stronger, more clearly defined property boundaries – the relation has generally been depicted as one of simple causation. However, based on a case study of a commission (kommissionsdomstol) established to decide the case between the borough of Nakskov and Countess Ida Margrethe von Reventlow in the year 1752, the present article shows that the interrelation between the legal and spatial dimensions of property was neither historically unidirectional nor a question of simple mutual reinforcement. Thus, the two dimensions could clash, with solutions being contingent upon the success of the concrete territorialization practices of the agents involved. In this case, the borough failed to provide a territorial shape to certain property rights, resulting in an imbalance between pre-existing rights and spatial arrangements.

Tekstilkunstneren Aase Seidler Gernes og hendes produktionssystem 1944-1970

Lise Skov — 2024-01-01

The textile artist Aase Seidler Gernes and her productive system 1944-1970
Recognition came late to Aase Seidler Gernes (1927–2018) because the site-specific artworks she produced with her husband, Poul Gernes (1925–1996), during the latter part of her career all appeared in his name only. The couple started with the artistic decoration of Herlev Hospital (inaugurated 1976), Denmark’s largest and most distinctive site-specific artwork, and continued with over one hundred sitespecific decorations of workplaces, schools, residential areas, health clinics and entertainment complexes. Often, the literature about Poul Gernes portrays Aase as a mere assistant, and it is replete with inaccurate claims about her early work as a textile artist being unskilled, domestic and without economic consequence. Based on the approach of Howard Becker’s Art Worlds and evidence from her manuscript workbooks, which she kept as diaries to track her production and continuous learning process, this paper corrects these misconceptions through a case study of her early career as an artisan textile printer. It describes the early period, starting from 1944 when Aase was apprenticed to Nordisk Stoftrykkeri, and continues to her first participation in the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition and the establishment of her own workshop in 1948. Here, she produced hand-printed and hand-painted textiles for private customers and art shops. This expansive era of modern, craft-based textile print was characterized by creative product development. During the busy years of the 1950s, there was a considerable market for hand-painted smocks, skirts and dresses. The artistic patterns she developed at the time were inspired by the constructionism of abstract art. She actively participated in the organizational network that marketed and promoted Danish Modern at home and abroad, including Landsforeningen Dansk Kunsthåndværk (The National Association for Danish Arts and Crafts) and the influential sales cooperative, Den Permanente. Around 1960, the organizational alliance between arts and industry was shattered, and Aase Seidler turned towards a more artistic approach to her work. This is evident from her growing production of wall hangings, exploration of different visual compositions, and experimental development of patterns with circles and ovals. A generous and sophisticated sense of colour continued to be the distinctive feature of her work, as is clearly demonstrated by a closer look at the site-specific art at Herlev Hospital.

Marienborgmødet den 21. august 1975. 1970’ernes økonomiske debat, mimsen og de økonomiske vismænd

Niels Kærgård — 2024-01-01

The Marienborg Meeting 21 August 1975: The Economic Debate of the 1970s, VAT reduction and the Economic Magi
In 1973–1974, the impact of the first oil crisis was felt worldwide. In Denmark, unemployment soared from less than 50,000 unemployed in the years before 1974 to around 250,000 in the early 1980s. This gave rise to heated debates on the available economic-political instruments. In this connection, the government arranged a meeting on 21 August 1975 at Marienborg and invited all 15 professors of economics at Danish universities to attend. The meeting resulted in a temporary reduction of VAT, with effect from 29 September 1975. This meeting and the temporary VAT reduction are of interest for several reasons: First, it provides insight into the interaction between economic experts and politicians, and into the mindset of Danish economists in the mid-1970s. They believed firmly in Keynesian fiscal policy and expected the economic crises soon to subside. Experience proved them wrong. Second, it shows that the unsuccessful economic policy in the 1970s was not due to incompetent politicians, but mainly to wrong advice from the country’s best economic experts. Third, the Marienborg meeting became a milestone in the history of the Danish Economic Council (the so called Economic Wisemen) because the occasion for the meeting was the refusal of the chairmen of the Danish Economic Council to act as the government’s confidential economic advisors. This confirmed the status of the Council as an independent institution and endowed it with great authority in public opinion.

Fordisme på dansk. Et svar til Jan Pedersen

Lars Kjølhede Christensen — 2024-01-01

Diplomatarium Danicum online

Markus Hedemann — 2024-01-01

Vikingetidens politiske økonomi

Per Vejrup-Hansen — 2024-01-01

Kosellecks historik – en status

Bernard Eric Jensen — 2024-01-01

Johann Konrad Dippel 1719: ærekrænkelse eller blasfemi?

Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen — 2024-01-01

Dansk-fransk kulturudveksling 1748-50 og 2020

Kristoffer Schmidt — 2024-01-01

Billeder af historie 4: historien som læremester

Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen — 2024-01-01

Karl-Erik Frandsen (25. juni 1940 - 25. maj 2023)

Bo Fritzbøger — 2024-01-01

Halvt vagtskifte på redaktionen

Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen — 2024-01-01

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