The Fama Podcast

Post.doc: Laws, Talk and Reputation

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. 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. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

PhD.-project: The Church Struggle

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. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Prosperity, Crises and Conspiracies: An Introduction to 13th century Denmark

In the previous episodes we have explored fama and some of its component parts such as rumors, reputation and public opinion. We have dealt with these from a mainly theoretical angle, but the idea is to employ them on the situation in medieval Denmark from c. 1240-1340. However, I am well aware that most listeners will have a limited knowledge of Danish history. Therefore, in this episode I shall take the listener on a tour of the history of high medieval Denmark. So tune in and listen to a story of the rise and fall of a royal dynasty, of regicides and of conspiracies. 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 [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 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thefamapodcast.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/thefamapodcast.bsky.social] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-fama-podcast/about/?viewAsMember=true [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-fama-podcast/about/?viewAsMember=true] You can likewise follow the podcast on Facebook and Instagram. There is very literature on medieval Denmark in English, but Jensen Kurt Villads and Kirsi Salonen. Scandinavia in the Middle Ages 900-1550 - Between Two Oceans (2023) is a useful introduction. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Reputation and Public Opinion

In this episode of the audiolog of the project, “Fama in Medieval Denmark, c. 1240-1340”, we discuss two central component parts of fama, namely reputation and public opinion. What are they really, and how do we deal with these concepts when we study the Middle Ages? 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 [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 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thefamapodcast.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/thefamapodcast.bsky.social] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-fama-podcast/about/?viewAsMember=true [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-fama-podcast/about/?viewAsMember=true] You can likewise follow the podcast on Facebook and Instagram. Literature cited: Chauvin, Pierre-Marie. ‘La sociologie des réputations. Une définition et cinq questions’, Communications, 93(2), 131-145. MacGugan, Joanna. Social Memory, reputation and the politics of death in medieval Irish lordship (2023).  Origgi, Gloria. La Réputation. Qui dit quoi de qui? (2015). Origgi, Gloria. Reputation.What it is and why it matters (2018). Wilson, Ian and Nigel Bryant (ed. et trans.). The Book of Geoffroi de Charny with the Livre Charny (2021). ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Rumours

In this episode, we'll be having a look at one of the absolute cornerstones of fama—namely, rumours. Rumours are perhaps the most mesmerising bit of fama, but they're extremely hard to pin down in terms of what they actually are. So tune in and hear a brief discussion of rumours, their relationship to fama, and how one might apply modern theories on rumours on medieval source material. 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 [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 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thefamapodcast.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/thefamapodcast.bsky.social] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-fama-podcast/about/?viewAsMember=true [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-fama-podcast/about/?viewAsMember=true] You can likewise follow the podcast on Facebook and Instagram. Literature cited: Aldrin, Philippe. Sociologie politique des rumeurs (2005) Allport, Gordon and Leo Postman. The Psychology of Rumor (1947) Bloch, Marc. ‘Reflexions d’un historien sur les fausses nouvelles de la guerre’ (1921), in Marc Bloch, L’Histoire. La Guerre, la Résistance (2006), 293-316.  Gauvard, Claude. « De grace especial » Crime, État et société en France à la fin du Moyen Âge, (2010).  Neubauer, Hans-Joachim. The Rumour. A Cultural History (1999). ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.