What is fama, and what did it mean in the 13th century? That is the topic for this episode. Your host discusses the term's meaning in the Middle Ages, its Greek and Roman origins and its application in medieval legal thought and practice. 

Host: Thomas K. Heebøll-Holm, associate professor of Medieval History at the University of Southern Denmark (Odense) and head of the research project “Fama in Medieval Denmark (c. 1240-1340): Rumors, Reputation and Public Opinion” https://www.sdu.dk/da/om-sdu/institutter-centre/iks/forskning/forskningsprojekter/fama

The project and show is supported by the Carlsberg Foundation.

Podcast editor and producer: Sebastian Kirkgaard Nielsen

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Literature cited:

Connell, Charles W. Popular Opinion in the Middle Ages: Channeling Public Ideas and Attitudes (2016).

Fraher, Richard M. ‘Conviction According to Conscience: The Medieval Jurists'

Debate Concerning Judicial Discretion and the Law of Proof’, Law and History Review, vol. 7, no. 1, 1989, 23-88 

Théry, Julien. ‘“Fama”. Public Opinion as a Legal Category : Inquisitorial Procedure and the Medieval Revolution in Government (12th-14th centuries)’ in Micrologus. "Dicitur" : hearsay in science, memory and poetry. (2024: 32), 153-194.

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