Exhibition: Fragments From the Past III

Our image of the Middle Ages is based on fragments and remains. This is the third and last part of an exhibition exploring how we put together the past. The opening will take place on February 4th at 3pm, University Museum of Bergen, Cultural History Collections.

In addition to the Museum's excellent collections of medieval material, the exhibition will present aspects of the Centre's research into 'Centre and Periphery in Medieval Europe'.

This time the focus will be on 'Penance and remission' and 'Sagas and saga writing', and like before these themes will be explored in the following talks:

• Wednesday February 29th at 7pm: Hilde Inntjore: Evig liv i denne verden?
• Wednesday 'March 14th at 6pm: Torstein Jørgensen: Bot og bedring - pilegrimer på vandring
  
• Wednesday March 28th at 7pm: Jonas Wellendorf: En nyttig norrøn litteratur
• Wednesday April 11th at 7pm: Else Mundal: Sagaskrivarane i Bergen

Opening houres University Museum of Bergen during winter  (01.09.- 31.05)
Tue - Fri: 10-15
Sat - Sun: 11-16
Monday closed

Opening houres University Museum of Bergen during summer (1.6-31.8)
Tue - Fri : 10-16
Sat - Sun : 11-16
Monday closed

Prior themes explord in this exhibition series:

• Monasteries and knowledge (spring 2011)
• Byzantium and the Nordic World (spring 2011)
• State and royal power (fall 2011)
• Law and justice (fall 2011)