Carsten Selch Jensen

Carsten Selch Jensen

Department of Church History
University of Copenhagen
Købmagergade 44-46, POB 2164
1150 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Email: csj@teol.ku.dk
Telephone: (+45) 353 23781

Curriculum vitae

Born 1964. Cand. phil. in History from the University of Odense 1988. Cand. theol. from the University of Aarhus 1992. Ph.D. on a dissertation on the Christian beliefs and thoughts among the Late Medieval townspeople of Lübeck, 1997. Research fellow at the Department of History, University of Southern Denmark, Odense 1999-2003. Since 2003 associate professor in Church History, University of Copenhagen.

Publications on crusades

The Chronicon Livoniae and the concept of frontiers in the process of Christianisation, to be published in 2005/06.

”The early Stage of Christianization in Livonia according to modern historical Writings and contemporary medieval Chronicles”, (to be published 2004. C. 15 p.)

”Urban life and the crusades in north Germany and the Baltics in the early 13th century” in Crusade and Conversion on the Baltic Frontier 1150-1500, ed. Alan V. Murray. Ashgate 2001. p. 75-94.

”Byer og borgere i 1200-tallets baltiske korstog” in Den Jyske Historiker nr. 89, 2000, p. 68-88.

”Valdemar Sejr, korstogsbevægelsen og den pavelige reformpolitik i 1200-tallets første halvdel” in Historisk Tidsskrift 2002,1. p. 23-54.

”Fjender eller venner? Dansk-vendiske alliancer i 1200-tallets første halvdel” in Venderne og Danmark – et tværfagligt symposium, Odense 2000. p. 85-92.

"The nature of the Early Missionary Activities and Crusades in Livonia, 1185-1201" in Medieval Spirituality in Scandinavia and Europe. A Collection of Essays in Honour of Tore Nyberg. Odense Universitetsforlag 2001, p. 121-137.

”Om at gøre Guds vilje. Korstog, stormagtspolitik og mission i Estland i 1200-tallet”, kronik i tidsskriftet SKALK, august 2002, p. 20-28.

”Communicating Crusades and Crusading Communications in the Baltic Region” in Scandinavian Economic History Review, Vol. 49,2, 2001, p. 5-25. (With John H. Lind and Kurt V. Jensen)

Papers and lectures on crusades, 1999-2004

Historiographical and methodological reflections on the article “Urban life and the crusades in north Germany and the Baltic lands in the early thirteenth century”. Helsinki Summer School, August 2004.

The Chronicon Livoniae and the concept of frontiers in the process of Christianisation, Helsinki, August 2004.

Hellige og retfærdige krige i middelalderen, Københavns Universitet, marts 2004.

Krig, korstog og kolonialisering: Den tyske Orden fra Palæstina til Preussen. Folkeuniversitetet, København, november 2003.

Gud vil det! Om korstog og hellig krig – mest i middelalderen, v. Øm Kloster Museums Venneforenings generalforsamling i Ry, marts 2002.

War and peace in Livonia. The Early missionary activities and crusades in the Baltic. IMC, Leeds 2001.

The nature of the early missionary activities and crusades in Livonia 1186-1201 – as described in modern historical writings and in contemporary medieval chronicles. Rome, January 2001.

Urban life and the crusades in North Germany and the Baltic region in the early 13th century. Institute of Historical Research, London and Emmanuel Colege, London, May 2000.

Krig i Middelalderen – barbari eller humanisme? Oplæg v. seminaret ”Mennesket i Historien”, Odense, marts 2000.

Fjender eller venner? Dansk-vendiske alliancer i 1200-tallets første halvdel. Seminar, Odense Universitet, december 1999.

Ridderordner i Baltikum – særligt den Tyske Orden. Århus Universitet, efteråret 1999.

Byer og borgere under 1200-tallets baltiske korstog. Århus Universitet, efteråret 1999.

Burghers and crusaders. North German Hanseatic Burghers and the Crusading Movement in the High Middle Ages. SSCLE, Jerusalem, July 1999.