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Browse entries by authors, anonymous works, saints, and genres to discover a lesser-known side of medieval Nordic history. | Browse entries by authors, anonymous works, saints, and genres to discover a lesser-known side of medieval Nordic history. | ||
[[File:CODICUM logo .png|alt=CODICUM|thumb|The content of "Medieval Nordic Literature in Latin" is being updated as part of CODICUM, an ERC-funded research project (2025-2030). Photo: CODICUM[[File:EU ERC logo.png|alt=ERC|thumb|This project is funded by the European Research Council, ERC.]]]] | [[File:CODICUM logo .png|alt=CODICUM|thumb|The content of "Medieval Nordic Literature in Latin" is being updated as part of CODICUM, an ERC-funded research project (2025-2030). Photo: CODICUM[[File:EU ERC logo.png|alt=ERC|thumb|This project is funded by the European Research Council, ERC. Photo: European Commission]]]] | ||
[[File:Carmen gratulatorium.png|alt=Carmen gratulatorium|thumb|Medieval manuscripts offer glimpses into the intellectual and artistic life of the past. This one, for example, features a Latin gratulatory poem from medieval Scandinavia—''Carmen gratulatorium'', Uppsala Universitetsbibliotek C 233, 50v. Source: www.alvin-portal.org]] | [[File:Carmen gratulatorium.png|alt=Carmen gratulatorium|thumb|Medieval manuscripts offer glimpses into the intellectual and artistic life of the past. This one, for example, features a Latin gratulatory poem from medieval Scandinavia—''Carmen gratulatorium'', Uppsala Universitetsbibliotek C 233, 50v. Source: www.alvin-portal.org]] | ||
== About the encyclopedia == | == About the encyclopedia == | ||
Revision as of 07:28, 12 September 2025
This encyclopedia (wiki) encompasses a range of Latin texts written by authors who came from - or were connected to - the Nordic region during the Middle Ages.
From saints’ lives to chronicles and scholarly documents, these medieval texts reveal a vibrant intellectual culture beyond the Old Norse sagas. They reflect the Nordic region's integration into European intellectual and cultural life at the time, with Latin serving as the language of scholarship and administration.
Browse entries by authors, anonymous works, saints, and genres to discover a lesser-known side of medieval Nordic history.
About the encyclopedia
Purpose
The purpose of this website is to provide in-depth introductions to all known literary works written in Latin in the Nordic countries before the Reformation (ca 1530). We hope to document the breadth and importance of writings in Latin which have too often been treated as footnotes to the vernacular literatures.
Types of entries
There are four types of entries: (1) named authors, (2) titles of anonymous works (3) saints, including legends, sermons, liturgical texts belonging to each Nordic saint (found under sanctus / sancta), (4) a few collective articles on genres such as Annales and Catalogi.
A few entries of important authors are still missing, most notably Sancta Birgitta, Wilhelm of Æbelholt, Brynolf Algotsson, and Magister Matthias.
Founders and editors
This site was founded by Stephan Borgehammar, Karsten Friis-Jensen (†), Lars Boje Mortensen and Åslaug Ommundsen.
It is currently edited by Stephan Borgehammar, Lars Boje Mortensen, Åslaug Ommundsen and Steffen Hope.
The site was established in 2012, and in 2025, the articles are being edited and updated in accordance with current research. Updates are carried out as part of the CODICUM project.
Citation
Articles should be referred to as [Author] [Entry] 2012 in Medieval Nordic Literature in Latin (eds Borgehammar, Friis-Jensen, Mortensen, Ommundsen) (Most articles were finished before 2008, but some are updated further).
