Learned societies of the 17th and 18th centuries formed an international network for exchange of ... more Learned societies of the 17th and 18th centuries formed an international network for exchange of scientific ideas and results through correspondence and circulation of publications. The era of the French revolution and the Napoleonic wars meant a blow to this network. In the post-Napoleonic era, learned societies had to find their place in a new order of scientific knowledge, where the universities were to play a more important part. This paper will deal with how one such society, The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, met these challenges in the period ca. 1810-1870. The society, which had been founded in 1760 in the city of Trondheim, had participated in the international exchange of scientific knowledge through the network of learned societies, but by the turn of the century, it found itself in a peripheral position, both due to the lack of active members, but also hastened on by the troubled political situation. The Society met this challenge by reinventing itself as a locally based organization, aiming to play an important role on the national stage, and with pretences to uphold its international network. The first two goals were successfully achieved, but the society struggled to place itself in a meaningful international context. Most successfully, this was done in the exchange of publications and the maintenance of the best scientific library in Norway, and partly it was done by trying to engage the personal networks of the leading members abroad. By the second half of the century, it was obvious that these strategies had to be based in a scientific environment of a more professional nature, such as a university or a research-based museum. The latter course was chosen by the society around 1870.
... Rikenes sammensatte strukturer ga dermed større spillerom for regioner, lokalsam-funn ogstend... more ... Rikenes sammensatte strukturer ga dermed større spillerom for regioner, lokalsam-funn ogstender, blant annet ved at de mer aktivt og med større hell kunne forfølge en politikk for å bevare eller ... Magne Njåstad, Espen Andresen, Sonja Englund & Tord Theland, ”Landet i midten ...
Hvor mektig var konge og kirke i middelalderens Norge? Hvor gikk grensen for makt? I denne avhand... more Hvor mektig var konge og kirke i middelalderens Norge? Hvor gikk grensen for makt? I denne avhandlingen blir disse sporsmalene belyst gjennom analyser av konflikter og konfliktlosning i det norske ...
Learned societies of the 17th and 18th centuries formed an international network for exchange of ... more Learned societies of the 17th and 18th centuries formed an international network for exchange of scientific ideas and results through correspondence and circulation of publications. The era of the French revolution and the Napoleonic wars meant a blow to this network. In the post-Napoleonic era, learned societies had to find their place in a new order of scientific knowledge, where the universities were to play a more important part. This paper will deal with how one such society, The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, met these challenges in the period ca. 1810-1870. The society, which had been founded in 1760 in the city of Trondheim, had participated in the international exchange of scientific knowledge through the network of learned societies, but by the turn of the century, it found itself in a peripheral position, both due to the lack of active members, but also hastened on by the troubled political situation. The Society met this challenge by reinventing itself as a locally based organization, aiming to play an important role on the national stage, and with pretences to uphold its international network. The first two goals were successfully achieved, but the society struggled to place itself in a meaningful international context. Most successfully, this was done in the exchange of publications and the maintenance of the best scientific library in Norway, and partly it was done by trying to engage the personal networks of the leading members abroad. By the second half of the century, it was obvious that these strategies had to be based in a scientific environment of a more professional nature, such as a university or a research-based museum. The latter course was chosen by the society around 1870.
... Rikenes sammensatte strukturer ga dermed større spillerom for regioner, lokalsam-funn ogstend... more ... Rikenes sammensatte strukturer ga dermed større spillerom for regioner, lokalsam-funn ogstender, blant annet ved at de mer aktivt og med større hell kunne forfølge en politikk for å bevare eller ... Magne Njåstad, Espen Andresen, Sonja Englund & Tord Theland, ”Landet i midten ...
Hvor mektig var konge og kirke i middelalderens Norge? Hvor gikk grensen for makt? I denne avhand... more Hvor mektig var konge og kirke i middelalderens Norge? Hvor gikk grensen for makt? I denne avhandlingen blir disse sporsmalene belyst gjennom analyser av konflikter og konfliktlosning i det norske ...
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