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Medieval research at the University of Bergen

The Medieval studies at UiB can be traced back to the founding of the Bergen Museum in 1825.

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The Medieval age is an essential and integral part of Bergen’s and Western Norway’s history. The university and the museum sector constitute a large and diverse academic environment within Medieval studies.

There is great diversity at UiB in Medieval studies: archaeologists, literary scholars, historians, legal studies, linguists, art historians and many more.

Research groups and projects

Here is an overview of research groups and externally funded projects that currently conduct research in the field of the Middle Ages:

sff 2002–2012

Between 2002 and 2012 the Faculty of Humanities had a Norwegian Centre of Excellence (SFF), a scheme administered by the Research Council of Norway: Centre for Medieval Studies (CMS).

The ten years of SFF status put Bergen on the map within Medieval research.

Lærdomstårnet Typus Grammaticae frå Margarita philosophia (1503)

Research Group for Medieval Philology

The members of the group have in common that they are engaged in research with a philological slant, that is, that the study of texts stands central to their work.
Battle of the Milvian Birdge by Giulio Romano

Research group: Ancient, medieval, and early modern studies (RAMES)

The research group gather scholars working with the period from the earliest human societies until c. 1800.
Carta marina de Olaus Magnus

Research Group for Law and Culture in the Pre-Modern North

The research group studies the development of legal and cultural practices in Northern Europe.
ReVISION: Re-assessing St. Birgitta of Sweden and her Revelations in Medieval England: Circulation and Influence, 1380-1530

St. Birgitta of Sweden in Medieval England

A research project led by Laura Saetveit Miles on St. Birgitta of Sweden and her Revelations in Medieval England, re-assessing their circulation and influence between 1380-1530. Funded by a Young Research Talents Grant from the Norwegian Research Council.
Front page BKP

Borgund Kaupang

The Borgund Kaupang Project (BKP) is a research project aiming to study the life and death of a medieval town in western Norway
AM 101 4to, Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Copenhagen, Denmark

Transformations of Medieval Law

Innovation and Application in Early Modern Norwegian Law Books.

15.04.2021