Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Denmark was among the first countries to publish medieval ballads, which were highly valued especially in the 19th century. However, later scholarship has adopted a much more skeptical stand towards these ballads, generally suggesting that they are no older than the time when they were written down (1550–1600). This article critically examines this suggestion and presents a new reading of four ballads that comment on events from the reigns of Danish kings John and Christian II.
Source: Mirator
Author: Lars Bisgaard
Institution: University of Southern Denmark
Language: English
Subfield: Classics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409469509