In this final installment of the introduction of the individual projects on fama in medieval Denmark, we talk about my (the host) current research. Based on an article, that will be published in the autumn, we’ll talk further about the relationship between rumors, reputation and public opinion. And then, we’ll have a look at my current work on the Danish kings weaponization of fama from about. 1251 to 1319.

Heebøll-Holm, T. K. (forthcoming). ‘Fama and 13th Century Denmark: A New Approach to Old Sources’. (Swedish) Historisk Tidskrift.

Host: Thomas K. Heebøll-Holm, associate professor of Medieval History at the University of Southern Denmark (Odense) and head of the research project “Fama in Medieval Denmark (c. 1240-1340): Rumors, Reputation and Public Opinion” https://www.sdu.dk/da/om-sdu/institutter-centre/iks/forskning/forskningsprojekter/fama

The project and show is supported by the Carlsberg Foundation.

Podcast editor and producer: Sebastian Kirkgaard Nielsen

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In this episode, we continue our introduction of the individual projects on fama in medieval Denmark. The laws are often an important place to look for talk and regulation of talk, and her postdoctoral Sigrun Borgen Wik examines exactly that: the Danish medieval laws and approach to fama and honour.

The interview is based on the article:

Vogt, Helle & Sigrun Borgen Wik '"Fame et honoris”? Reputation in twelfth and thirteenth century Danish law', submitted to The Legal History Review.

Host: Thomas K. Heebøll-Holm, associate professor of Medieval History at the University of Southern Denmark (Odense) and head of the research project “Fama in Medieval Denmark (c. 1240-1340): Rumors, Reputation and Public Opinion” https://www.sdu.dk/da/om-sdu/institutter-centre/iks/forskning/forskningsprojekter/fama

The project and show is supported by the Carlsberg Foundation.

Podcast editor and producer: Sebastian Kirkgaard Nielsen

Logo design: Mikkel Larris, SDU Graphics

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-fama-podcast/about/?viewAsMember=true

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In the first five episodes, we’ve talked about various general aspects of the Fama project. So in this episode we talk to Emma Lindgaard Smed, PhD.-fellow on the project about her thesis about public opinion, crowds, fama and the Danish Church.

Host: Thomas K. Heebøll-Holm, associate professor of Medieval History at the University of Southern Denmark (Odense) and head of the research project “Fama in Medieval Denmark (c. 1240-1340): Rumors, Reputation and Public Opinion” https://www.sdu.dk/da/om-sdu/institutter-centre/iks/forskning/forskningsprojekter/fama

The project and show is supported by the Carlsberg Foundation.

Podcast editor and producer: Sebastian Kirkgaard Nielsen

Logo design: Mikkel Larris, SDU Graphics

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-fama-podcast/about/?viewAsMember=true

You can likewise follow the podcast on Facebook and Instagram.

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