Randi Bjørshol Wærdahl
+4773596437
+4799018215
Dragvoll, Bygg 11, rom 11528 Dragvoll, Trondheim
About
Academic expertise and fields of interest
My field of expertise is Norwegian and Nordic medieval history, and my primary fields of research are women's political and economic agency c. 1100-1550, and the relationship between the king of Norway and the Norse island communities c. 1100-1400.
Teaching (2025-26)
- HIST1300/1350 Eldre historie til og med ca. 1750
- HIST2003 Europa i høy- og senmiddelalderen
- Supervising bachelor- and fordypning theses in history and in five year teacher education in history
- Supervising masters theses in history and in five year teacher education in history
Supervising responsibilities, PhD level
- PhD, NTNU Rakel Igland Diesen (dissertation 2023), Conceptions of Nordic childhood in medieval hagiography (main supervisor)
- PhD, NTNU Susann Anett Pedersen (dissertation 2021), Choice and consequence
Propertied women’s economic agency in Norway c. 1400-1550 (main supervisor) - PhD, NTNU Heidi Anett Øvergård Beistad (dissertation 2016), An Almost Fanatical Devotion to the Pope. Power and Priorities in the Integration of the Nidaros Province, c. 1153-1300 (sole supervisor)
- PhD, NTNU Aina Heen Pettersen (dissertation 2022), Farin Vestir and Back: Social and Itinerary Perspectives on Insular Objects in Viking-Age Norway. (co-supervisor)
- PhD, NTNU Tom Lorenz (dissertation 2025), Fragments and Palimpsests Recycling and Recontextualisation of Latin Manuscripts Connected to Medieval Iceland. (co-supervisor)
National representative the Viking Congress (2014-)
Publications
2020
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Njåstad, Magne;
Wærdahl, Randi Bjørshol.
(2020)
Helgener i nord. Nye studier i nordisk helgenkult.
Novus Forlag
Novus Forlag
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
2019
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Wærdahl, Randi Bjørshol.
(2019)
«Manndtz Nature vdj hindis hiertte» - Kvinner i krig og konflikt i nordisk senmiddelalder.
Collegium Medievale
Academic article
2018
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Wærdahl, Randi Bjørshol.
(2018)
A Well-adjusted Immigrant: Isabella Bruce, Queen Dowager of Norway, 1299-1358.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2017
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Wærdahl, Randi Bjørshol.
(2017)
The opportunity to profit from favourable circumstances: a widow's benefits of holding crown fiefs in Norway in the 1520s.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Wærdahl, Randi Bjørshol.
(2017)
Gautr Jónsson of Mel: Craftsman of Battle and Chief Oral Source of Hákonar saga.
Brill Academic Publishers
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2011
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Wærdahl, Randi Bjørshol.
(2011)
The Incorporation and Integration of the King's Tributary Lands into the Norwegian Realm c. 1195-1397.
Brill Academic Publishers
The Northern World (53)
Academic monograph
Journal publications
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Wærdahl, Randi Bjørshol.
(2019)
«Manndtz Nature vdj hindis hiertte» - Kvinner i krig og konflikt i nordisk senmiddelalder.
Collegium Medievale
Academic article
Books
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Njåstad, Magne;
Wærdahl, Randi Bjørshol.
(2020)
Helgener i nord. Nye studier i nordisk helgenkult.
Novus Forlag
Novus Forlag
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Wærdahl, Randi Bjørshol.
(2011)
The Incorporation and Integration of the King's Tributary Lands into the Norwegian Realm c. 1195-1397.
Brill Academic Publishers
The Northern World (53)
Academic monograph
Part of book/report
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Wærdahl, Randi Bjørshol.
(2018)
A Well-adjusted Immigrant: Isabella Bruce, Queen Dowager of Norway, 1299-1358.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wærdahl, Randi Bjørshol.
(2017)
The opportunity to profit from favourable circumstances: a widow's benefits of holding crown fiefs in Norway in the 1520s.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wærdahl, Randi Bjørshol.
(2017)
Gautr Jónsson of Mel: Craftsman of Battle and Chief Oral Source of Hákonar saga.
Brill Academic Publishers
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Outreach
2022
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Academic lectureWærdahl, Randi Bjørshol. (2022) Tingets muligheter og begrensninger. Adelskvinners handlingsrom i senmiddelalderen. Forhandling og samhandling. Eidsivatinget i ett tusen år 1022-2022 2022-04-29 -
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Academic lectureWærdahl, Randi Bjørshol. (2022) Potensielt og eksepsjonelt? Elitekvinners makt og innflytelse i norsk høy- og senmiddelalder. Centre for Advanced Studies Foredrag , Oslo 2022-01-19 - 2022-01-19
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Academic lectureWærdahl, Randi Bjørshol. (2022) Den vakreste kjærlighetsgaven. Fru Helvig Hardenberg og Codex Hardenbergianus. Nasjonalbiblioteket Norrøne lovmanuskripter i 600 år , Oslo 2022-03-29 - 2022-03-29
2021
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LectureWærdahl, Randi Bjørshol. (2021) Henvist til tømmerhallen? Kvinners politiske handlingsrom i høymiddelalderen. NTNU Institutt for historiske og klassiske studier Instituttseminar 2021-05-26 -
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Popular scientific lectureWærdahl, Randi Bjørshol. (2021) Ville fugler og griske godseiere. Inger mot Inger. Kunnskapsbyen 2021-03-10 -