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The Letter from Porto Novo - Three Insights into the Danish Slave Trade in India
No full textIn the spring of 1696, a letter arrived at the Danish colony of Tranquebar on the Coromandel Coast. The Secret Council of the colony gathered at the fort to discuss a proposition from slave traders in the north to transport enslaved individuals across the Indian Ocean on Danish ships. The Danish East India Company’s involvement in the Asian slave trade, particularly in the 17th century, is known. However, the poor condition of the company archives has hindered in-depth research. Recent preservation and transcription efforts have made previously inaccessible archival material available to historians, providing new insights into the trade and transportation of enslaved people. This article uses the letter from Porto Novo as a focal point to re-examine Danish colonial activities in Asia and their connections in the late 17th and early 18th centuries
Vinge and Jasonsminde–Two East Danish Settlements from the Second Half of the Late Neolithic
No full textThis paper presents two settlements from the second half of the Late Neolithic.Both are from the northeastern part of the island of Zealand in eastDenmark. Six and thirteen houses, respectively, were excavated at the sites.Remains of contemporary graves have been excavated close to both settlements.Based on analyses of the landscape, pollen data and grain finds, itis suggested that the subsistence of the two settlements was based on intensivecereal cultivation and stock farming. We suggest that two or threehouses on each site may have been inhabited contemporarneously. Thehouses, their date and the contemporary graves indicate that East Denmarkwas influenced by Southwest Sweden and the Early Bronze Age societies onthe Continent during the second half of the Late Neolithic
Dendrokronologisk undersøgelse af Lave/fjøs fra Åvik, Lindesnes kommune, Agder fylke, Norge
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Pennies for the King's Towns:Ribe and Haithebu-pennies from 9th Century
No full textThis paper presents 540 pennies from Brita Malmer's combination groups 3-6 (KG 3-KG 6). The analysis divides the coin types into pennies from Ribe and Haithabu, the most prominent towns in Viking Age Denmark. The coins are divided into 10 main types, and adetailed review of types and varieties is presented, which are dated based on numismatic considerations, input from treasure finds and archaeological excavations. The period of minting is extended from c. 825-60 to cover the remaining part of the 9th century and, forone of the coin types, extended further to cover a period well into the 10th century. The coins are divided according to their use: as payment or in a demonetized form as coin-pendants. Based on the use of the coins as either payment or converted into coin-pendants and in combination with the geographical distribution, it is argued that there were two economic zones, one around Ribe and one around Hedeby in the 9th century where money was used as a managed local currency, so that pennies from the two towns largely excluded each other. In connection with the earliest penny from Ribe (c. 820/30-c. 850), one of the main types presented is a halfpenny – a significant innovation in Danish monetary history. Finally, the coinage is linked to a strong royal presence that had both the necessary power and control, as well as the organizational skills to implement and maintain coinage over quite long periods of time, and to a certain extent to enforce managed local currencie
Viking pregnancy was deeply political – new study
No full textPregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets; foetuses set to avenge their fathers; and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial.These are some of the realities uncovered by the first interdisciplinary study to focus on pregnancy in the Viking age, authored by myself, Kate Olley, Brad Marshall and Emma Tollefsen as part of the Body-Politics project
