Indholdsfortegnelse Indledning.............................................................................................................................................3 Metoderedegørelse...........................................................................................................................4 Afgrænsning.....................................................................................................................................7 Historiografi.....................................................................................................................................8 Retshistorie...................................................................................................................................8 Saxos værk....................................................................................................................................9 Vores projekt...............................................................................................................................11 Historisk Baggrund – Valdemarstiden................................................................................................12 Den realpolitiske samtid.................................................................................................................12 Opgangsperiode..............................................................................................................................14 Kirkens magtudbredelse.................................................................................................................15 Voldssamfundet..............................................................................................................................16 De tyske kejsere og pavemagten i Rom.........................................................................................18 Investiturstriden .........................................................................................................................18 Ret......................................................................................................................................................20 Romerret og kanonisk ret...............................................................................................................20 Romerret.....................................................................................................................................21 Kanonisk ret................................................................................................................................23 Den danske retsudvikling – baggrund for landskabslovene...........................................................25 Samfundsændringer – fra Knud til Knud...................................................................................26 Landskabslovene........................................................................................................................28 Indholdet i lovene.......................................................................................................................29 De politiske aktører på Saxos tid........................................................................................................31 Saxo selv.........................................................................................................................................31 Absalon...........................................................................................................................................31 Valdemar.........................................................................................................................................33 Knud...............................................................................................................................................33 Anders Sunesen..............................................................................................................................34 Om værket Gesta Danorum................................................................................................................34 Begrebsafklaring – hævn og straf.......................................................................................................35 Hævn...............................................................................................................................................36 Straf................................................................................................................................................37 Privat hævn og straf....................................................................................................................39 Samfundets hævn og straf..........................................................................................................40 Guds hævn og straf.....................................................................................................................40 Analyse...............................................................................................................................................41 Hævn og straf i hedensk tid................................................................................................................41 Samfundets hævn og straf..............................................................................................................42 Uffes hævn..................................................................................................................................42 Bikke og Broder Kongesøn........................................................................................................44 Privat hævn og straf........................................................................................................................45 Kede og Vige..............................................................................................................................51 Kong Gorm og Thorkild.............................................................................................................53 Guds hævn og straf.........................................................................................................................54 Thorkilds rejse til helvede..........................................................................................................54 Kong Regner og Harald..............................................................................................................57 1 Hævn og straf i kristen tid..................................................................................................................59 Samfundets hævn og straf..............................................................................................................59 Privat hævn og straf........................................................................................................................68 Guds hævn og straf.........................................................................................................................74 Diskussion - del 1...............................................................................................................................84 Sammenligning af privat og samfundshævn og straf i hedensk og kristen tid...............................85 Sammenligning af delkonklusioner............................................................................................86 Hvad er Saxos værdier og normer set i lyset af privat og samfundshævn og straf i Gesta Danorum?.......................................................................................................................................88 Guds hævn og straf.........................................................................................................................89 Samfundsstrukturens påvirkning af Saxos forståelse af hævn og straf......................................92 Diskussion – del 2..............................................................................................................................94 Sammensmeltningen af privat og samfundets hævn og straf.........................................................94 Konklusion.......................................................................................................................................100 Perspektivering til ”The Invention of the State” af Cheyette...........................................................102 Abstrakt............................................................................................................................................107 Dansk referat................................................................................................................................107 Deutsche Kurzfassung..................................................................................................................107 English abstract............................................................................................................................107 Litteraturliste....................................................................................................................................109 Formidlingsafsnit..............................................................................................................................112 Individuelle studieforløbsbeskrivelser ..........................................................................................................................................................120 2 Indledning Udgangspunktet for dette projekt er at