About Markus

Markus Dolinsky is a historian and docotoral student at the Chair of Medieval History, University of Erfurt, a member of the Research Unit on Voluntariness since 2020, and Co-Investigator in the subproject on medieval martyrdom. His research interests include the history of the English and Scandinavian Middle Ages, intercultural exchange, and the history of ethnography, gender, and religion.

Research Field

Medieval History

Affiliation

University of Erfurt

Department of History

Project
Markus Dolinsky

Markus Dolinsky

Co-Investigator (Medieval History)

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Voluntariness in Medieval History – Workshop and Talks

On April 20, 2023, our subproject in Medieval History, „Martyrdom and Voluntariness,” welcomes historians Sara M. Butler (Ohio State University) and Steffen Hope (University of Oslo) to Erfurt for a workshop entitled “Dying voluntarily in the Middle Ages”. Together, we will explore various forms of voluntary death and their medieval discour

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Are We Fated?

By Elena M. E. Kiesel and Markus Dolinsky

Pagans against Christians, brothers against brothers, free will against fate: in the Canadian-Irish television series Vikings viewers are immersed in a conflict-laden world characterized by a search for religious…

Voluntariness On Tour – Our Project on Martyrdom in Berlin

On Saturday, November 19, 2022, Markus from the subproject “Martyrdom and Voluntariness” presents aspects of his PhD-project at the conference “Verzicht. Mediävistische Perspektiven” in Berlin and will reflect on dying voluntarily and renunciation.

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Did ÇŞlvir Die For Faith?

by Markus Dolinsky

When Norway’s Christian king, Ă“láfr Haraldsson, received a tip-off at Easter 1021 that his vassal ÇŞlvir was presiding over a pagan feast of sacrifice, he dispatched his troops to summarily slay him and his…

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