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• Not Just King of One Kingdom - The legacy of the Valdemarian Kings c. 1157-1375

Placing Blame and Creating Legitimacy - King Eric, Abel and Christopher and Battle for the Danish Throne c. 1242-1280s.

My thesis explores the conflict and struggle for the Danish Throne from the 1240s until the 1280s.
From the beginning of Eric VI's reign and the violent conflicts he fought with his brother Abel and to his murder in 1250, after which Abel became king. Abels short reign and subsequent death. Upon Abel’s death Christopher immediately laid claim upon the throne, asserting that Abel’s sons and thus Abel’s own right to throne was made invalid due to the nature of their father’s crime of fraternal regicide. Christopher and his successors would thus use Eric's violent end and place the blame on Abel in order to claim the Danish throne. The legitimacy of Christopher and his descendants remained for a near century dependent upon their ability to maintain Abel’s guilt and the encumbrance this laid upon Abel’s descendants. What followed after the death of Abel would be a continued struggle between his and Christopher’s descendant over not only the throne but also the duchy of southern Jutland.

The intention of this thesis is to investigate many of the historic claims of this period, investigating them in the light of both political utility (propaganda) and theories of conflict and conflict resolution.

Books (1)

• Hundahl, K. (2011). Rügen : a Forgotten Fief of the Danish Kings c. 1168–1325. Preter Rugiam et Terras ei Attinentes. Kerstin Hundahl. Licentiate thesis.
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Editorships (1)

• Kjær, L., Lund, N. & Hundahl, K. (2014). (Eds.) Denmark and Europe in the Middle Ages, c.1000–1525 Essays in Honour of Professor Michael H. Gelting. Ashgate.

Book chapters (2)

• Hundahl, K. (2014). Placing blame and creating legitimacy: the implications of Rügish involvement in the struggle over the succession amidst the Danish Church strife c.1258-1260. In Hundahl, K., Kjær, L. & Lund, N. (Eds.) Denmark and Europe in the Middle Ages, c.1000–1525. Essays in Honour of Professor Michael H. Gelting (pp. 269-285). Ashgate.
• Hundahl, K. (2014). The Capture of Valdemar II in 1223 by Henry of Schwerin - In the light of an entry from the Dunstable Annals. In Magnúsdóttir, A., Bagerius, H. & Hermanson, L. (Eds.) Det våras för medeltiden. Vänbok til Thomas Lindkvist (pp. 209-228). Göteborgs universitet.

Prefaces (1)

• Hundahl, K. & Kjær, L. (2014). Introduction: Denmark and Europe in the Middle Ages, c.1000–1525 Essays in Honour of Professor Michael H. Gelting. In Hundahl, K., Kjær, L. & Lund, N. (Eds.) [Host publication title missing]. Ashgate.

Reviews (2)

• Hundahl, K. (2015). Vikingatidens härskare. Historisk Tidskrift, 135, 539-541. Svenska historiska föreningen.
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• Hundahl, K. (2013). Rez. zu „Regesta Norvegica, Bd. IX: 1405-1419, hg. von Gunnar I Pettersen (Oslo 2010, Reicharchiv, 786 S.). Hansische Geschichtsblätter, 131, 346-347. Porta Alba Verlag.

Articles in specialist publications and popular press (2)

• Hundahl, K. (2014). Grev Henrik af Schwerin og Valdemar 2. Sejr : den følelsesladede fortælling : en analyse af det følesmæssige sprog i udvalgte pavebreve vedrørende tilfangetagelsen. Siden Saxo, 28-37. Statens arkiver, Dansk historisk fællesforening / Rigsarkivet.
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• Hundahl, K. (2013). Rejsebrevet: Endnu en middelalderkongres. Historikeren, 41-44. HIFO: Den norske historiske forening, HIFO: Den norske historiske forening.