Bjørn Poulsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5601914 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bjørn Poulsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bjørn |
| FAMILY NAME | Poulsen |
| SIGNATURE | POULSEN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7976-8458 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Contextualizing an early medieval village
The remains of a 12th to 14th century village, Petersborg, were recently excavated at the foot of Urnehoved Bank in Southern Jutland near the famous regional Urnehoved Thing, known from the 12th century onwards. It is suggested that a large farm in the village was inhabited by a bailiff, and that the settlement was owned by an aristocratic family named Urne. One of the members of this family is documented by an inscription on a tombstone in the c…
A Port on the Øresund
This article analyses the formation and early development of Copenhagen, Denmark, through the methodological concept of biography. How can we understand the development of the town from a small, anonymous port in the eleventh century to the successful merchant’s town that it was in the thirteenth century? Which people, events, and wider processes in society had impact on the development of early Copenhagen? In this article, a biographical approac…
The Chronology of Medieval Copenhagen
Historical sources reveals that Copenhagen was founded in the late 12th century AD by Bishop Absalon. However, during the excavation for the new metro in central Copenhagen a previously unknown early medieval cemetery was discovered and excavated at the Town Hall Square. Radiocarbon ( 14 C) analysis was conducted on the 9 individuals found in situ , together with 11 individuals from the other early medieval cemetery in Copenhagen, belonging to th…
From a port for traders to a town of merchants
Copenhagen’s earliest history has long been shrouded in uncertainties. This is mainly due to insufficient source material. Basic questions – how old is the town, how did it originate, and where was the oldest settlement situated? – are still under discussion, as are questions regarding specific features of the early medieval town. Was Absalon’s twelfth-century castle preceded by an earlier one? What does a centrally placed, early medieval horsesh…
Danske byer i middelalderen
A Classical Manor in Viking Age and Early Medieval Denmark
Een klassiek tweeledig domein in Denemarken ten tijde van de Vikingen en de vroege Middeleeuwen ? Dit artikel onderzoekt het bewijsmateriaal voor het bestaan van klassieke tweeledige domeinen in het tijdperk van de Vikingen en de vroege Middeleeuwen. Daarnaast bespreekt het welke alternatieve systemen er gebruikt zouden kunnen zijn om de zeer grote Vikingboerderijen te beheren, die recent door Scandinavische archeologen werden ontdekt. Het artike…
Physical and Cultural Space in Pre-Industrial Europe
Marko Lamberg, Marko Hakanen, and Janne Haikari, eds. Physical and Cultural Space in Pre-Industrial Europe: Methodological Approaches to Spatiality. Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2011. 394 pp. + 32 color pls. $58.95. ISBN: 978–91–85509–61–4. - Volume 65 Issue 4
Settlement and lordship in Viking and early medieval Scandinavia
This volume aims to define the changing nature of lordship in Viking and early medieval Scandinavia. Advances in settlement archaeology and cultural geography have revealed new aspects of social power in Viking Age and early medieval Scandinavia. New sources and approaches allow us to question the traditional view that Scandinavian aristocrats developed from Viking raiders into Christian landlords. Seventeen thematic chapters by leading scholars …
The Danish Resources c. 1000-1550
This pioneering work presents the first comprehensive economic history of medieval Denmark. It puts data produced by more than a century of historical research into a new context and includes a multitude of information based on primary research. The book abounds in knowledge of natural and human resources, rural life, urban industries, tax and commodity trade. Arguing that the development of the Danish resources from the eleventh to the middle of…
Trade and consumption among late medieval and early modern Danish peasants
In general late medieval and early modern patterns of consumption have received increasing interest in recent years. 1 Recent works on late medieval consumption include Dyer, Christopher, Standards of living in the Later Middle Ages: Social change in England c. 1200–1520. Cambridge 1989; Dyer, Christopher, The Consumer and the Market in the Later Middle Ages, Economic History Review, 42, 1989, 305–326; Dirlmeier, Ulf, Fouquet, Gerhard, Ernährung …
Agricultural Technology in Medieval Denmark
The necessity of state in early modern peasant society
Slesvig Før Delingen I 1490 Et Bidrag Til Senmiddelalderens Finansforvaltning
Anders Andrén
The Chronology of Medieval Copenhagen
Historical sources reveals that Copenhagen was founded in the late 12th century AD by Bishop Absalon. However, during the excavation for the new metro in central Copenhagen a previously unknown early medieval cemetery was discovered and excavated at the Town Hall Square. Radiocarbon ( 14 C) analysis was conducted on the 9 individuals found in situ , together with 11 individuals from the other early medieval cemetery in Copenhagen, belonging to th…
Anders Andrén
Slesvig Før Delingen I 1490 Et Bidrag Til Senmiddelalderens Finansforvaltning
Agricultural Technology in Medieval Denmark
The necessity of state in early modern peasant society
Trade and consumption among late medieval and early modern Danish peasants
In general late medieval and early modern patterns of consumption have received increasing interest in recent years. 1 Recent works on late medieval consumption include Dyer, Christopher, Standards of living in the Later Middle Ages: Social change in England c. 1200–1520. Cambridge 1989; Dyer, Christopher, The Consumer and the Market in the Later Middle Ages, Economic History Review, 42, 1989, 305–326; Dirlmeier, Ulf, Fouquet, Gerhard, Ernährung …
The Danish Resources c. 1000-1550
This pioneering work presents the first comprehensive economic history of medieval Denmark. It puts data produced by more than a century of historical research into a new context and includes a multitude of information based on primary research. The book abounds in knowledge of natural and human resources, rural life, urban industries, tax and commodity trade. Arguing that the development of the Danish resources from the eleventh to the middle of…
Settlement and lordship in Viking and early medieval Scandinavia
This volume aims to define the changing nature of lordship in Viking and early medieval Scandinavia. Advances in settlement archaeology and cultural geography have revealed new aspects of social power in Viking Age and early medieval Scandinavia. New sources and approaches allow us to question the traditional view that Scandinavian aristocrats developed from Viking raiders into Christian landlords. Seventeen thematic chapters by leading scholars …
A Classical Manor in Viking Age and Early Medieval Denmark
Een klassiek tweeledig domein in Denemarken ten tijde van de Vikingen en de vroege Middeleeuwen ? Dit artikel onderzoekt het bewijsmateriaal voor het bestaan van klassieke tweeledige domeinen in het tijdperk van de Vikingen en de vroege Middeleeuwen. Daarnaast bespreekt het welke alternatieve systemen er gebruikt zouden kunnen zijn om de zeer grote Vikingboerderijen te beheren, die recent door Scandinavische archeologen werden ontdekt. Het artike…
Physical and Cultural Space in Pre-Industrial Europe
Marko Lamberg, Marko Hakanen, and Janne Haikari, eds. Physical and Cultural Space in Pre-Industrial Europe: Methodological Approaches to Spatiality. Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2011. 394 pp. + 32 color pls. $58.95. ISBN: 978–91–85509–61–4. - Volume 65 Issue 4
Danske byer i middelalderen
From a port for traders to a town of merchants
Copenhagen’s earliest history has long been shrouded in uncertainties. This is mainly due to insufficient source material. Basic questions – how old is the town, how did it originate, and where was the oldest settlement situated? – are still under discussion, as are questions regarding specific features of the early medieval town. Was Absalon’s twelfth-century castle preceded by an earlier one? What does a centrally placed, early medieval horsesh…
The Chronology of Medieval Copenhagen
Historical sources reveals that Copenhagen was founded in the late 12th century AD by Bishop Absalon. However, during the excavation for the new metro in central Copenhagen a previously unknown early medieval cemetery was discovered and excavated at the Town Hall Square. Radiocarbon ( 14 C) analysis was conducted on the 9 individuals found in situ , together with 11 individuals from the other early medieval cemetery in Copenhagen, belonging to th…
A Port on the Øresund
This article analyses the formation and early development of Copenhagen, Denmark, through the methodological concept of biography. How can we understand the development of the town from a small, anonymous port in the eleventh century to the successful merchant’s town that it was in the thirteenth century? Which people, events, and wider processes in society had impact on the development of early Copenhagen? In this article, a biographical approac…
Contextualizing an early medieval village
The remains of a 12th to 14th century village, Petersborg, were recently excavated at the foot of Urnehoved Bank in Southern Jutland near the famous regional Urnehoved Thing, known from the 12th century onwards. It is suggested that a large farm in the village was inhabited by a bailiff, and that the settlement was owned by an aristocratic family named Urne. One of the members of this family is documented by an inscription on a tombstone in the c…
Historical and Archaeological Studies (13 works) · History (9 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Danish (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Middle Ages (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)