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Benat Elortza Larrea

Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Email
benat.e.larrea@nord.no
Phone
+4774022805
Study location
Bodø
Areas of expertise
History, Maritime history, Medieval history, Norwegian history, European history, War history, Legal history, Social history
MLItt in Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of Aberdeen, 2014.
PhD in History, University of Aberdeen, 2018.
Bernadotte Postdoctoral Fellow, Göteborgs universitet, 2019-2020
Senior Lecturer, Göteborgs universitet, 2020.
Associate Professor, Nord universitet, 2021-
My recent publications focus on researching the Scandinavian 'state formation' processes, and the transformation of military institutions that took place within the development of the Scandinavian kingdoms.
Further research interests include kingship and governance in the Middle Ages, Scandinavian legal history, maritime history and socio-economic relations in the medieval period, among others.
2023
Aristocratic Women as Leaders of Dissent in Medieval Scandinavia: Source Misrepresentation, or Agency through Ultranormativity? Gender and Protest: On the Historical and Contemporary Interrelation of Two Social Phenomena 2023, Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter): s. 47-63 Elortza Larrea, Benat
Polity Consolidation and Military Transformation in Medieval Scandinavia: A European Perspective, c.1035–1320 2023, Brill Academic Publishers: Elortza Larrea, Benat
2021
Kinsmen, Friends or Mercenaries? Problematising the Presence of International Forces in Scandinavia between the Twelfth and the Fourteenth Centuries 2021, Scandia Journal of Medieval Norse Studies: Volum 4 s. 230-261 Elortza Larrea, Beñat
Archaic Martial Traditions in High Medieval Scandinavia: A Glimpse of Viking Age Warfare? 2021, Viking: Volum 84 s. 105-126 Elortza Larrea, Beñat
2020
The Transformation of Naval Warfare in Scandinavia during the Tweflth Century 2020, Journal of Medieval Military History: Larrea, Beñat Elortza
2019
The North as Home: Proceedings from the Nordic Research Network 2017 2019, Norvik Press: Drechsler, Stefan Andreas; Djuve, Heidi Synnøve; Larrea, Beñat Elortza; Gülen, Deniz Cem
2023
Organisator, Workshop: Circumpolar history 2023, Tveit, Miriam; Elortza Larrea, Beñat
2022
Moving on: High-status foreigners as guests in medieval Scandinavian households 2022, Elortza Larrea, Benat
Kinsmen, Friends or Mercenaries? Problematising the existence of ‘international’ forces in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Scandinavia 2022, Elortza Larrea, Benat
2021
Medieval Scandinavia: The Downfall of the Kalmar Union 2021, medievalists.net: Elortza Larrea, Beñat
Medieval Scandinavia: War, Plague, and the Beginning of the Kalmar Union 2021, medievalists.net: Elortza Larrea, Beñat
2020
The evolution of sieges in Scandinavia, ca. 950-1300 - From palisades to donjons 2020, Medieval Warfare: Volum X Elortza Larrea, Benat
Medieval Scandinavia: The Finnish Peoples 2020, medievalists.net: Elortza Larrea, Beñat
Medieval Scandinavia: The Formation of the Kingdom of Norway 2020, medievalists.net: Elortza Larrea, Beñat
Medieval Scandinavia: The Rise and Fall of the Danish Kingdom 2020, medievalists.net: Elortza Larrea, Beñat
Medieval Scandinavia: The Rise and Fall of the Icelandic Commonwealth 2020, medievalists.net: Elortza Larrea, Beñat
Medieval Scandinavia: Assemblies, Law-Giving and Language 2020, medievalists.net: Elortza Larrea, Beñat
Medieval Scandinavia: Power Dynamics in the Viking Age 2020, medievalists.net: Elortza Larrea, Beñat
Medieval Scandinavia: The Swedish Kingdom 2020, medievalists.net: Elortza Larrea, Beñat
"The entire realm to the duke did fall" - The Swedish Brothers' War 2020, Medieval Warfare: Volum X s. 20-25 Elortza Larrea, Benat
Danish naval organisation in the late twelfth century - Of ships and men 2020, Medieval Warfare: Volum X s. 10-13 Elortza Larrea, Benat
2019
Naval warfare in Iceland - The Battle of Flóabardagi 2019, Medieval Warfare: Volum IX s. 26-32 Elortza Larrea, Benat
2018
A grand victory during an hour of need - The Battle of Fimreite 2018, Medieval Warfare: Volum VIII s. 8-11 Elortza Larrea, Benat