Temp - tidsskrift for historie

https://tidsskrift.dk/temp/issue/feed Temp - tidsskrift for historie 2024-12-19T09:24:50+01:00 Bertel Nygaard temphist@cas.au.dk Open Journal Systems https://tidsskrift.dk/temp/article/view/152240 Ludvig Holberg og oplysningstidens lærde republik 2024-12-16T15:15:04+01:00 Brian Kjær Olesen brp@gad.dk

This article explores the relationship between Ludvig Holberg and the Enlightenment republic of letters. The article has two principal aims: first, to shed light on how we can understand Holberg’s intellectual biography within the context of the republic of letters; second, to examine how Holberg’s life and work may be used to illuminate central aspects of the cultural and intellectual history of this republic. Beginning with Holberg’s early European travels, the article examines the place of the republic of letters in Holberg’s intellectual self-perception and the ways in which he constructed various learned personas.

During the early twentieth century, the cities of Viborg and Aarhus competed over the location of the High Court for western Denmark. This article analyses this rivalry, focusing on the reasons for the decision to place the court in Viborg in the context of regional power dynamics and theories of urban identity. The primary explanations for the court’s placement in Viborg include the city’s long history as a judicial centre and the resulting urban identity, interest-driven politics, and historical narratives, combined with the political composition of the Folketing and Landsting, as well as the regional and national power dynamics. The struggle for the court was part of a long-standing rivalry and identity clash between Viborg and Aarhus, which can be seen as an ongoing conflict over influence, significant institutions, prestige, economy and power between the two unofficial capitals of Jutland. As the historical capital, Viborg often won in conflicts over traditional and symbolic institutions, while Aarhus, as the modern capital connecting the central government to Jutland, triumphed in areas like infrastructure, economy, and education. The regional interests and urban identities of Jutland’s former and current capitals continue to be manifested in the rivalry between Viborg and Aarhus.

On May 10, 1875, the Danish Ministry for Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs decided to end the teaching of handwriting in Gothic script in Danish schools. From then on, pupils were to be taught to write only in Latin script. This article examines the circumstances surrounding the transition from Gothic to Latin handwriting in Denmark in the late 19th century. The motivation for the change was to improve student’s general writing skills by teaching a single alphabet rather than two. The initiative for the change, however, came from Denmark’s teachers who argued that the Latin script was easier and that teaching only one script would save precious time. Nonetheless, practical circumstances delayed the change. I discuss whether the discontinuation of Gothic writing can be linked to the prevailing national identity politics brought on by the Schleswig Wars. While the shift from Gothic writing could possibly be seen as an identity-political act to distance Danish culture from German influence after Denmark’s defeat in the Second Schleswig War, the transition to Latin was more likely an attempt to move culturally closer to the rest of Scandinavia.

2024-12-19T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Louise Karoline https://tidsskrift.dk/temp/article/view/152245 Nation branding og Den Lille Havfrue i eksil 2024-12-16T15:21:02+01:00 Marie Beukel Bak brp@gad.dk

During the Second World War, London hosted several exile movements, including the Danish Council, each campaigning for their own nation and goals. In November 1944, the Danish Council organised the exhibition “Fighting Denmark” to showcase the Danish resistance. The aim of the exhibition was twofold: to achieve Allied recognition for the Danish effort and to highlight the Council’s work. The exhibition presented the Danish resistance as a united force that rose against the Nazi occupation, with resistance taking various forms, ranging from active sabotage to passive resistance. The exhibition was organised thematically, with a particular emphasis on the last year and a half of the occupation, highlighting events such as the August Uprising in 1943 and the Peoples’ Strike in 1944. Thus, the narrative of the exhibition was part of the Danish myth of the occupation, deeply ingrained in the collective memory of the war years. Here, the narrative was presented to the Allies in order to portray the democratic and proud Danes united in the heroic rise against the Nazi occupation.

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2024-12-19T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Leonora Lottrup Rasmussen https://tidsskrift.dk/temp/article/view/152253 Jens Krasilnikoff, 1962-2024 2024-12-16T15:34:22+01:00 Nina Javette Koefoed brp@gad.dk

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2024-12-19T00:00:00+01:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Nina Javette Koefoed https://tidsskrift.dk/temp/article/view/152255 Debat & anmeldelser 2024-12-16T15:36:29+01:00 Nicolai Mariegaard von Eggers brp@gad.dk Mikkel Thelle brp@gad.dk Jens Toftgaard brp@gad.dk Frederik Lynge Vognsen brp@gad.dk

Anmeldeser af: Gary Kates: The Books that Made the European Enlightenment: A History in 12 Case Studies Bloomsbury 2022 Henning Bro: Hovedstadsmetropolen Frydenlund Academic 2023 Aske Hennelund Nielsen, Lise Ræder, Jonas Hørup Ruskjær og Rasmus Skovgaard Jakobsen (red.): VAERK. Museumssamlinger, politik og opbygning Aarhus Universitetsforlag 2023