Helle Vogt
Biographic Data
| ID | 3765910 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helle Vogt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helle |
| FAMILY NAME | Vogt |
| SIGNATURE | VOGT H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Patterns of Donations in Denmark, C. 1085–1325 – The Capitulary and Charter Evidence
By far the largest body of sources known from the Danish medieval period are documents about transfers of property, especially land. Most of these records were kept by ecclesiastical institutions in their capitularies to document their right to the often extensive landed property owned by the chapter, monastery or church. Even if some of this land was bought or came into their possession by an exchange of real property, most of it was given to th…
Defining Jurisdictional Boundaries in Thirteenth-Century Danish and Norwegian Town Law
The paper examines jurisdictional boundaries in late thirteenth-century town laws from Denmark and Norway, and the agents defining them. Danish towns were distinctly delineated physically and legally, while Norwegian towns had more flexible boundaries, with blurred physical demarcations. The border between burghers and other groups remained porous. Town laws, often overlooked, are analysed as normative frameworks within overlapping systems. The s…
The invisible poor in Norwegian and Danish town laws c 1200–c 1350
The most vigorous period of urban law production in both Denmark and Norway failed to regulate urban poverty, in particular for those falling outside the groups that comprised the personae miserabiles, the deserving poor. A close reading of Danish and Norwegian town laws, in Latin and the vernacular respectively, provides an understanding of how poverty fitted into the social and legal system of the towns. A comparative approach reveals both how …
«En kvinne skal straffes for alle forbrytelser som en mann»
I artikkelen sammenlignes kjønnsspesifikke straffer i nordiske middelalderlover innenfor temaene vold og drap, seksualmoral og tyveri. Her undersøkes spesielt egne straffer for kvinnelige lovbrytere, og prinsippene bak disse. Forfatterne spør om kvinnen ble ansett for å være et selvstendig rettssubjekt, og hvorvidt forbrytelsen tillagt kvinner spesielt ble sett som en krenkelse av familien eller mot samfunnet. Lovene som undersøkes har opphav i t…
The Danish Assemblies — An Arena for Ritualised Legal Action
Scholars investigating the medieval thing, the public assembly in Scandinavia, have focused primarily on its legal and political function. From such studies, an image has been created of the orderly and well-functioning assembly, concerned with testimonies of legal negotiations, political decisions, and public announcements. Narrative sources of the eleventh and twelfth centuries and the legislation from the early sixteenth century onwards, paint…
From tribute to taxpaying
The focus of the paper is about how the concept of property and the possession of land changed in Denmark from c. 1000 to 1250. Until the mid of the twelfth century, we are mostly depending of the archaeological material and the few narrative sources, and they give an impression of a system where various persons could have rights and claims to the same landed property – the farmer who cultivated it, the local lord who had a right to tribute, and …
Christine Ekholst. A Punishment for Each Criminal
Journal Article Christine Ekholst. A Punishment for Each Criminal: Gender and Crime in Swedish Medieval Law. Get access Christine Ekholst. A Punishment for Each Criminal: Gender and Crime in Swedish Medieval Law. (The Northern World, no. 67.) Boston: Brill, 2014. Pp. viii, 238. $142.00. Helle Vogt Helle Vogt University of Copenhagen [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historic…
Likewise no one shall be tortured’
The article deals with judicial torture, which was prohibited in the Danish legal system in the early modern period, essentially focussing upon the time from the Lutheran Reformation in 1536 to the introduction of a comprehensive statute book for the entire kingdom in 1683. The author’s perspective is comparative, especially looking for parallels and contrasts in Sweden during approximately the same period, but to some extent also including the c…
Disputing Strategies in Medieval Scandinavia
The book discusses how conflicts were handled in medieval Scandinavia. Using practice as analytical concept, the authors explore law and litigation in conjunction with non-formal legal proceedings such as out-of-court mediation, rituals, emotional posturing, and feuding.
Creating a Danish legal language
In the decades after 1200 the kingdom of Denmark developed a corpus of provincial laws written in Danish for the three major legal provinces. With the legislation for the eastern province of Scania as a starting point, this article shows how the writing down of the law led not only to the creation of a legal language but to a written vernacular language in general. It was not until the fifteenth century that written Danish was found outside of te…
The Function of Kinship in Medieval Nordic Legislation
A strict definition of kinship – a canonical one – was in introduced in to the Nordic medieval legislation. This replaced a looser definition. According to a canonical definition of kinship – constructed after the Church's incest prohibitions, you were obligated towards all your blood-relatives. This doctrine applies where: 1) The kin group acted as a legal person towards a third party in cases about paying of wergeld, and where the kinsmen colle…
Fledføring – elder care and the protection of the interests of heirs in Danish medieval laws
The Danish fledføring is a legal term referring to an institution which combined assistance to persons who, because of old age, illness or otherwise, were no longer able to provide for their own support, and the protection of their heirs' interests. During formal proceedings before the local court, the person in need would offer himself and all his property to his heirs, who would in return offer him food and shelter. The institution did not only…
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Fledføring – elder care and the protection of the interests of heirs in Danish medieval laws
The Danish fledføring is a legal term referring to an institution which combined assistance to persons who, because of old age, illness or otherwise, were no longer able to provide for their own support, and the protection of their heirs' interests. During formal proceedings before the local court, the person in need would offer himself and all his property to his heirs, who would in return offer him food and shelter. The institution did not only…
The Function of Kinship in Medieval Nordic Legislation
A strict definition of kinship – a canonical one – was in introduced in to the Nordic medieval legislation. This replaced a looser definition. According to a canonical definition of kinship – constructed after the Church's incest prohibitions, you were obligated towards all your blood-relatives. This doctrine applies where: 1) The kin group acted as a legal person towards a third party in cases about paying of wergeld, and where the kinsmen colle…
Disputing Strategies in Medieval Scandinavia
The book discusses how conflicts were handled in medieval Scandinavia. Using practice as analytical concept, the authors explore law and litigation in conjunction with non-formal legal proceedings such as out-of-court mediation, rituals, emotional posturing, and feuding.
Creating a Danish legal language
In the decades after 1200 the kingdom of Denmark developed a corpus of provincial laws written in Danish for the three major legal provinces. With the legislation for the eastern province of Scania as a starting point, this article shows how the writing down of the law led not only to the creation of a legal language but to a written vernacular language in general. It was not until the fifteenth century that written Danish was found outside of te…
Likewise no one shall be tortured’
The article deals with judicial torture, which was prohibited in the Danish legal system in the early modern period, essentially focussing upon the time from the Lutheran Reformation in 1536 to the introduction of a comprehensive statute book for the entire kingdom in 1683. The author’s perspective is comparative, especially looking for parallels and contrasts in Sweden during approximately the same period, but to some extent also including the c…
Christine Ekholst. A Punishment for Each Criminal
Journal Article Christine Ekholst. A Punishment for Each Criminal: Gender and Crime in Swedish Medieval Law. Get access Christine Ekholst. A Punishment for Each Criminal: Gender and Crime in Swedish Medieval Law. (The Northern World, no. 67.) Boston: Brill, 2014. Pp. viii, 238. $142.00. Helle Vogt Helle Vogt University of Copenhagen [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historic…
From tribute to taxpaying
The focus of the paper is about how the concept of property and the possession of land changed in Denmark from c. 1000 to 1250. Until the mid of the twelfth century, we are mostly depending of the archaeological material and the few narrative sources, and they give an impression of a system where various persons could have rights and claims to the same landed property – the farmer who cultivated it, the local lord who had a right to tribute, and …
The Danish Assemblies — An Arena for Ritualised Legal Action
Scholars investigating the medieval thing, the public assembly in Scandinavia, have focused primarily on its legal and political function. From such studies, an image has been created of the orderly and well-functioning assembly, concerned with testimonies of legal negotiations, political decisions, and public announcements. Narrative sources of the eleventh and twelfth centuries and the legislation from the early sixteenth century onwards, paint…
«En kvinne skal straffes for alle forbrytelser som en mann»
I artikkelen sammenlignes kjønnsspesifikke straffer i nordiske middelalderlover innenfor temaene vold og drap, seksualmoral og tyveri. Her undersøkes spesielt egne straffer for kvinnelige lovbrytere, og prinsippene bak disse. Forfatterne spør om kvinnen ble ansett for å være et selvstendig rettssubjekt, og hvorvidt forbrytelsen tillagt kvinner spesielt ble sett som en krenkelse av familien eller mot samfunnet. Lovene som undersøkes har opphav i t…
The invisible poor in Norwegian and Danish town laws c 1200–c 1350
The most vigorous period of urban law production in both Denmark and Norway failed to regulate urban poverty, in particular for those falling outside the groups that comprised the personae miserabiles, the deserving poor. A close reading of Danish and Norwegian town laws, in Latin and the vernacular respectively, provides an understanding of how poverty fitted into the social and legal system of the towns. A comparative approach reveals both how …
Defining Jurisdictional Boundaries in Thirteenth-Century Danish and Norwegian Town Law
The paper examines jurisdictional boundaries in late thirteenth-century town laws from Denmark and Norway, and the agents defining them. Danish towns were distinctly delineated physically and legally, while Norwegian towns had more flexible boundaries, with blurred physical demarcations. The border between burghers and other groups remained porous. Town laws, often overlooked, are analysed as normative frameworks within overlapping systems. The s…
Patterns of Donations in Denmark, C. 1085–1325 – The Capitulary and Charter Evidence
By far the largest body of sources known from the Danish medieval period are documents about transfers of property, especially land. Most of these records were kept by ecclesiastical institutions in their capitularies to document their right to the often extensive landed property owned by the chapter, monastery or church. Even if some of this land was bought or came into their possession by an exchange of real property, most of it was given to th…
History (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (8 works) · Historical Legal Studies and Society (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Danish (6 works) · Legislation (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Medieval Literature and History (4 works)