John H. Lind

John H. Lind

Stenosgade 7 II th
DK-1616 København V
Denmark.
Tel.: (+45) 3379 1454.
E-mail: John_Lind@hist.sdu.dk.

Curriculum vitae

b. 1945, Cand.mag. (MA) with History as first and Russian as second subject from University of Copenhagen 1973, where I defended my Dr.Phil. dissertation about the medieval border between Sweden and Novgorod in 1993.
Main publications: Mellem “Venska” og “Vinska”. Finsk: fra almuesprog til statsbærende kultursprog, København 1989 (Finsk afdelings skrifter 3); Nöteborgsfreden och Finlands medeltida östgräns, vol. 2-3 in Skrifter utg av Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland 427:2-3, Helsinki 1991 (diss.); Ingermanlandskie “russkie boiare” v Shvetsii. Ikh sotsial’nye i genealogicheskie korni [with English Summary: The Ingrian "Russian boiars" in Sweden. Their Social and Genealogical Origin], Moskva 2000 (Istoriko-rodoslovnago obshchestva v= Moskve. Rossiiskoi rodoslovnyi fond vyp. 6).

Publications pertaining to crusades

"Hvornår blev Valamo klosteret grundlagt?" in Historisk Tidskrift för Finland 1979, 234-61.

"I.P. Shaskol’skij, Bor’ba Rusi protiv krestonosnoj agressii na beregach Baltiki v XII-XIIIvv" in Historisk Tidskrift för Finland 1979, 292-96.

"Varæger, nemtser og novgoroder år 1188. Hvor var Chorzhek og Novotorzhec?" in Historisk Tidskrift för Finland 1981, 145-77.

" “Ryssesabeln”, “Finlands Bjørn”, Novgorods løve samt nogle fisk. En strid på våben" in Historisk Tidskrift för Finland 1983, 373-93.

"Ivan IV’s Great State Seal and his Use of some Heraldic Symbols during the Livonian War" in Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas 33, München 1985, 481-94.

"Sources and Pseudo-Sources on the Foundation of the Valamo Monastery" in Scandinavian Journal of History 11 (1986), 115-33.

"The Russian Sources of King Magnus Eriksson’s Campaign Against Novgorod 1348-1351 – Reconsidered" in Mediaeval Scandinavia 12, Odense 1988, 248-72.

"The Martyria of Odense and a Twelfth Century Russian Prayer. To the Question of Bohemian Influence on Russian Religious Literature" in The Slavonic and East European Review 68:1, London 1990, 1-21.

"Pochitanie skandinavskikh sviatykh na Rusi i datsko-russkie otnosheniia XII veka" [Veneration of Scandinavian saints in Russia and Danish-Russian relations in the 12th century] in Istoriia SSSR 1991:6, 188-98.

"Magnus Eriksson som birgittinsk konge i lyset af russiske kilder" in Birgitta, hendes værk og hendes klostre i Norden, Nordiskt Birgitta-symposium i Mariager 1990, Odense 1991, 103-28 (English Summary).

"Nekotorye soobrashcheniia o Nevskoi bitve i ee znachenie" [Consideration concerning the Battle on the Neva and its importance] in Aleksandr Nevskii i ego epokha, Sankt Peterburg 1995, 44-54 [censured by editors].

"Early Russian-Swedish Rivalry. The Battle on the Neva in 1240 and Birger Magnusson’s Second Crusade to Tavastia" in Scandinavian Journal of History, 16:4, 1991, 269-95.

"Bishop Thomas in Recent Historiography. Views and Sources" in Suomen varhaishistoria (ed. Kyösti Julku), Oulu 1992, 304-16 =Studia historica septentrionalia 21.

"De russiske ægteskaber. Dynasti- og alliancepolitik i 1130’ernes danske borgerkrig" in (dansk) Historisk Tidsskrift 92, 1992, 225-63.

"Fortællingen om Valamoklosteret. En nyfunden kilde til klosterets ældste historie" in Historisk tidskrift för Finland 1992, 1-30.

"Chto i gde proizoshlo v 1188 godu? Zagadochnaia stat’ia Novgorodskoi pervoi letopisi" [What happened in 1188 and where? An enigmatic entry in the First Novgorod Chronicle], in Arkhiv Russkoi istorii 4, Moskva 1994, 191-205.

"The Polna Rivers and Russia’s Medieval Borders with the Scandinavian West" in Traditions and Innovations. Papers presented to Andreas Haarder (PEO: Pre-publications of the English Department of Odense University, Special Issue, June 1994), Odense 1994, 155-70.

"“Razgranihitel’naia gramota” i novgorodsko-norvezhskie dogovory 1251 g. i 1326 g." [The "Border Charter" and the Norwegian-Novgorodian treaties 1251 and 1326], in Novgorodskii istoricheskii sbornik 6 (16), Spb 1997, 135-43.

"Valamon luostarin perustamisen poliittinen tausta" [The political background of the foundation of the Valamo Monastery], in “Te meniitte asumaan meren saareen...”, Tutkimuksia Valamon luostarista, Valamon luostarin kirjaston julkaisuja 1, Heinävesi 1994, 33-40.

"De russiske krøniker som kilde til kontakter i Østersøområdet", Det 22. nordiske historikermøte Oslo 13.-18. august 1994. Rapport I: Norden og Baltikum, Oslo 1994, 35-46.

"Karelens deling. Fra Nødeborgsfreden 1323 til Stolbovafreden 1617" in Historicus skriftserie, 1994, 23-32.

"Russko-shvedskaia granitsa po Orekhovetskomu (Nöteborg - Pähkinälinna) miru i politicheskii status severa Fennoskandii" [The Russian-Swedish border of the Nöteborg Treaty [1323] and the political status of Northern Fenno-Scandia], in Srednie veka 59, Moskva 1997, 96-115.

"Den dansk-russiske traktat 1302. Erik Menveds østpolitik og omvæltningen i de nordiske alliancer i 1302" in Historisk Tidsskrift 96, 1-31.

"The Legacy of the Russo-Swedish Peace Treaty of 1323. Confessional Conflicts in the Karelian Border Region" in Renvall Institute Publications 9, Helsinki 1997, 233-40.

"Var Valdemarstidens venderkorstog "topmålet af hykleri"?" in Venderne og Danmark. Et tværfagligt seminar 2 december 1999 Syddansk Universitet, Odense 2000, 93-9.

"The Russian Testament of King Magnus Eriksson - a Hagiographic Text?" in Medieval Spirituality in Scandinavia and Europe. A Collection of Essays in Honour of Tore Nyberg, Edited by Lars Bisgaard, Carsten Selch Jensen, Kurt Villads Jensen and John Lind, Odense 2000, 195-212.

"The Russian-Swedish Border According to the Peace Treaty of Nöteborg (Orekhovets-Pähkinälinna) and the Political Status of the Nothern Part of Fennoscandia" in Mediaeval Scandinavia 13, 2000, 100-117.

"East and West in the North: The First Border and Local Community" in Borders and Communities. A Conference held by the Centre for Nordic Research, University College London, September 10-11 1998, London 2001, 85-94.

"Poniatie “nemcy” kak natsional’no-konfessional’noe opredelenie. Ego proiskhozhdenie i rannie sluchai upotrebleniia" [The concept "Nemtsy" as national-confessional marker. Its origin and early use], in Srednie veka 62, Moskva 2001, 96-102.

"Consequences of the Baltic Crusades in Target Areas. The Case of Karelia" in Crusade and Conversion on the Baltic Frontier1150-1500, ed. Alan V. Murray, Aldershot 2001, 133-49.

"Scandinavian Nemtsy and Repaganized Russians. The Expansion of the Latin West During the Baltic Crusades and its Confessional Repercussions" in The Crusades and the Military Orders: Expanding the Frontiers of Medieval Latin Christianity (CEU), Budapest 2001, 481-497

"The Order of the Sword-Brothers and Finland. Sources and traditions" in Ordines militares – Colloquia Torunensia Historica XI, Torun 2001, 159-64.

"Religiozno-politicheskie predposylki ”Rukopisaniia korolia sveiskogo Magnusha” po shvedskim i russkim istochnikam" [The religious and political basis of "The Swedish King Magnus’ Testament" according to Swedish and Russian sources], in Drevneishie gosudarstva Vostochnoi Evropy 1999, Moskva 2001, 211-29.

(with Carsten Selch Jensen and Kurt Villads Jensen) "Communicating Crusades and Crusading Communication in the Baltic Region" in Scandinavian Economic History Review 49:2, 5-25.

"Den faldt fra himlen ned" [Dannebrog], kronik i Skalk 6, December 2001, 20-27.

"Kirkerne, Fyrsterne og Venderkorstogene" in Venner og Fjender. Dansk-vendiske forbindelser i vikingetid og tidlig middelalder. Indlæg fra et tværvidenskabeligt seminar i Stubbekøbing d. 25.-26. september 2000, Næstved 2002, 17-27.

"Russian Echoes of the Crusading Movement 1147-1478. Impulses and Responses" in Middelalderforum. Tverrfaglig tidsskrift for middelalderstudier 3. Årg. 1-2, Oslo 2003, 210-35.

Forthcoming

"Collaboration and confrontation betwen East and West on the Baltic Rim as result of the Baltic crusades" in Der Ostseeraum und Kontinentaleuropa (1100-1600), Greifswald

"The Concept of ‘Europeanisation’ on the Baltic Rim as Seen from the East" in Lund Studies in Medieval Archaeology and the CCC-papers

"The Politico-Religious Landscape of Medieval Karelia" forthcoming in Fennia

"Puzzling Approaches to the Crusading Movement in Recent Scandinavian Historiography" forthcoming in ???

"Mobilization of the European Periphery against the Mongols. Innocent IV's All-European Policy in its Baltic Context" forthcoming in Papers of the XIIth Visby Symposium held at Gotland Centre for Baltic Studies, Gotland University College, Visby, In the framework of Culture Clash or Compromise (CCC), September 28th-30th 2001. Acta Visbyensia 12

"A Swedish Crusader King as Russian Orthodox Saint on the Valamo Archipelago?" forthcoming in Cahiers slaves

(with Ane Bysted, Carsten Selch Jensen and Kurt Villads Jensen) Danske Korstog. Krig og Mission i Østersøen, København (Høst & Søn) 2004.

Contributions to the Encyclopedia of the Crusades, to be published by ABC-Clio, 2001-03, Daniil Romanovich; Finland; Fulco, bishop of Estonia; Innocent IV; Kammin; Karelia; Keksholm; Landskrone; Magnus II Eriksson; Novgorod; Nöteborg, treaty; Rügen; Stensby, treaty; Sweden; Viborg; Wendish Crusade.

Other

Official opponent at defense of Atsuo Nakazawa's diss. "Rukopisanie Magnusha" kak drevnerusskoi pamiatnik (issledovanie i teksty), at Institut Russkoi Literatury (Pushkinskii dom) Rossiiskoi Akademii nauk. Otdelenie Drevnerusskoj Literatury, St Peterburg, 9 October 2000

Papers and lectures pertaining to crusades

What took really place in 1188 and where? at Institut istorii AN SSSR, Moskva, April 1987.

The Concept of Nemtsy as National-Confessional Delimitation. From the Ninth to the Twelfth Centuries, at conference "Millennium of the Russian Church", Joensuu and Uusi Valamo Monastery, 22-24 September 1988.

Magnus Eriksson som birgittinsk konge i lyset af russiske kilder, at Nordisk Birgitta-symposium: Birgitta, hendes værk og hendes klostre i Norden, Mariager, 11 March 1990.

Some Problems Concerning the Neva Battle and its Significance, at conference "Aleksandr Nevskii i ego vremia" marking the 750 anniversary of the Battle on the Neva 15 July 1240, Leningrad, 28 June 1990.

Bishop Thomas in Recent Historiography. Views and Sources, at conference Suomen varhaishistoria, Oulu-Torneå 14 June 1991

"Razgranichitel'naia gramota" i novgorodsko-norvezhskie dogovory 1251 g. i 1326 g., at conference Novgorodiana extranea, Novgorod, 12 August 1993.

Border Myths in the Formation of Theories. Border Theories in the Formation of Myths., at seminar Myt som gränspost, Renvall Institute, University of Helsinki, 26 October 1993.

Borders and Natural Borders, at seminar Concepts of Northern Nature. An interdisciplinary Workshop on Northern Regions, Renvall Institute, University of Helsinki, 28 October 1993.

Borders in the North 700-1600, at A Network Conference on "Nationbuilding and Periphery in the North", Renvall Institute, University of Helsinki, 9-10 December 1993.

The Political Background of the Foundation of Valamo Monastery, at Seminar on Old Valamo, in Uusi Valamo 10 December 1993.

De russiske krøniker som kilde til kontakter i Østersøområdet, Rapport ved Det 22. nordiske historikermøte Oslo 13.-18. august 1994.

The Medieval Eastern Border between Sweden and Russia, at seminar Landscape and Northern National Identity, Renvall Institute, University of Helsinki, 11 – 12 November 1994.

The international background of the Danish-Russian treaty in 1301/2, foredrag ved Tsentr Zapadnoevropeiskogo Srednevekov'ia, Instituta Vseobshchei istorii RAN, Moskva, 16 January 1995.

Viborg gennem tiderne, at Finlandsinstitutet, København, 30 November 1995.

Novgorod. Vor glemte nabo. Træk af de skandinavisk-russiske forbindelser til c. 1300. at Slaviska Institutionen, University of Lund, 6 December 1995.

The Legacy of the Russo-Swedish Peace Treaty of 1323 Confessional Conflicts in the Border Region. at The Dividing Line. Seminar on Borders and National Peripheries, Renvall Institute, University of Helsinki 22-23 November 1996.

Korstog og gensidig fremmedgørelse i Baltikum, Foredrag ved seminar Danmark og Korstogsbevægelsen, University of Odense, 5 December 1997.

The Consequences of the Baltic Crusading Movement for the Target Countries, in Session Danish and Baltic Crusades at The International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, 11 July 1998.

The First Border between East and West in the North, at 'Borders and Communities'. University College, London, 10-11 September 1998.

Borgerkrig og korstog. Valdemarernes storhedstid. at Folkeuniversitet, Odense, 1 February 1999.

On Reactions to the Western Crusades from Target People in the Baltic Area, at conference Expanding the Frontiers of Medieval Latin Christianity: The Crusades and the Military Orders, Central European University, Budapest, 26-28 February 1999.

The Politico-Religious Landscape of Medieval Karelia, at conference "Karelia - landscape of two cultures", University of Helsinki 6-7 March 1999.

Baltic Crusades and the Target Countrics, at the Fifth Conference of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East, Jerusalem and Acre, 13-18 July 1999.

Dynastisk/kulturelle relationer mellem Danmark, Baltikum og Rusland, at Seminar on Crusades, Universitety Center of Ålborg, 8 September 1999.

The Order of the Sword-Brothers and Finland. Sources and traditions, at Ordines militares – Colloquia Torunensia Historica, Torun, 24-26 September 1999.

Uroven' informirovannosti central'nykh vlastei i konflikty v raione Arktiki v XVI veke (Levels of Information and Conflicts Concerning the Arctic Region in the Sixteenth Century), at seminar "International Relations in the North of Europe: History and Modern Times", Murmansk State Pedagogical Institute, 25-28. October 1999.

Rusland/Baltikum og korstogene. De geo-etno-politiske forudsætninger, guest lecture at "Korstogene – teologi, politik og manifestation", University of Aarhus, 16 November 1999.

Rusland/Baltikum og korstogene. De geo-etno-politiske forudsætninger, guest lecture at University of Copenhagen 17 November 1999.

Var Valdemarstidens venderkorstog "topmålet af hykleri"? at seminar Venderne og Danmark, University of Southern Denmark, 2 December 1999.

Christianisation in the Baltic Region before and after the rise of the Crusading Idea: Consequences of the Crusades for the Target People. at seminar "The Scandinavian Crusades and the Integration of the Baltic Region in Latin/Western Europe", Renvall Institute, University of Helsinki, 21 February 2000.

Skandinaviske korstog og deres konsekvenser for folk og lande de rettedes mod, at joint workshop with Project Culture Clash or Compromise (CCC), University of Gotland, Visby, 11-14 April 2000.

Collaboration and confrontation betwen East and West on the Baltic Rim as result of the Baltic crusade, at seminar "Der Ostseeraum und Kontinentaleuropa (1100-1600)" in the framework of Culture Clash or Compromise (CCC), Greifswald Universität, 15-18 June 2000.

Kirkerne, Fyrsterne og de tidlige Venderkorstog, at workshop on Danish-Wendish relations in the Viking Age and early Middle Ages ,. Stubbekøbing, 25.-26. september 2000.

The concept of „Europeanisation“ as seen from the East, at seminar "The European frontier - An interdisciplinary symposium on methods and theories concerning clashes and compromises" in the framework of Culture Clash or Compromise (CCC), University of Lund, October 13-15 2000.

Noget om korstog og deres konsekvenser, at Det danske Institut for Videnskab og Kunst i Rom (Accademia di Danimarca), 19 December 2000.

On Puzzling Approaches to the Crusading Movement in Recent Scandinavian Historiography, at conference 'Medieval History Writing and Crusading Ideology. A Research Course in Rome' (Accademia di Danimarca), 11-18 January 2001.

Dansk-russiske forbindelser i middelalderen, at NOM. Foreningen for Nordeuropæisk Oldtid og Middelalder, 23 April 2001.

Collaboration and confrontation between East and West in the Baltic during the early Baltic crusades, at International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, 11 July 2001.

Mobilization of the European Periphery against the Mongols. Innocent IV's All-European Policy in its Baltic Context, at conference in the framework of Culture Clash or Compromise (CCC), University of Gotland, Visby September 28th-30th 2001.

A Swedish Crusader King as Russian Orthodox Saint on the Valamo Archipelago? at 'Colloque international: L'Ile et le sacré', Universite de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), U.F.R d'etudes slaves, 2-4 octobre 2001.

Rusland – ind og ud af Europa, guest lecture at "Europa: Center og periferi 1000-1600", Roskilde University Center, 16 October 2001.

Novgorod mellem historie og arkæologi, at conference "Byer og land i europæisk Middelalder - et tværfagligt symposium", University of Copenhagen, 15 March 2002.

Innocent IV's All-European Policy. Mobilization of the European Periphery against the Mongols, Paper read at the conference "Writing European Histories: Centres and Peripheries" at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 30 and 31 May 2002.

Jagten på Lyø - Et kapitel i det danske rigsarkivs historie, at seminar Land og By 2002, Horne, Funen, 25-27 October 2002.

Mellem Rom og Konstantinopel. Danmark, Rusland og Korstogene, Esrum Monastery, 30 October 2003.

Skt Vitus, Svantevit og de danske korstog, Stengårds kirke, Valdemarsdagen, 15. juni 2004.