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Rambam. Tidsskrift for jødisk kultur og forskning, 2018

Historisk Tidsskrift, 2017

Efter laengere tids sygdom gik Ólafía Einarsdóttir bort kort før jul. Hun var en eminent kender a... more Efter laengere tids sygdom gik Ólafía Einarsdóttir bort kort før jul. Hun var en eminent kender af det norrøne middelaldersamfund som arkaeolog, historiker og antropolog, og hun var stolt af sin islandske baggrund-en aegte efterkommer af de staerke sagakvinder. Ólafía var en kompromisløs forsker, der kraevede lige så meget af sig selv som af kollegerne og ikke mindst af den store flok af trofaste studerende. Ólafía blev fil.dr. fra Lunds Universitet i 1964, og et højdepunkt i hendes karriere var, da hun den 29. november 2009 blev udnaevnt til aeres-brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk

Le Livre des Comptes-faits ou le Tarif general de touttes les Monnoyes tant anciennes que nouvell... more Le Livre des Comptes-faits ou le Tarif general de touttes les Monnoyes tant anciennes que nouvelles. Paris, 1673. (later editions available on gallica.bnf.fr).

Schriften des Adam-Ries-Bundes Annaberg-Buchholz, 2023

The sixteenth century forms the watershed in the political development of Europe and via Europe, ... more The sixteenth century forms the watershed in the political development of Europe and via Europe, of the entire world, for Europe is the birthplace of the modern state." 1 The modern state is characterized by an advanced centralized government and a bureaucratic administration that controls the economy and the monetary system. The monetary system was, however, antiquated and not geared to handle economies of scale. The Scottish historian, Julian Goodare, explains: "The 'long hundred' of six score was the norm in Scotland for non-monetary sums from the early middle ages to the middle of the 17th century. It existed together with a 'long thousand', where c = 120, m = 1200… it was not part of a 'duodecimal system', rather of a mixed-base system in which decimals predominated… Calculations in this period were carried out on the counting-board, the medieval version of the abacus." 2 A similar counting system existed in Iceland until the beginning of the twentieth century. The aim of my presentation is to provide a key to understanding the arithmetic that was used in medieval and early modern monetary system used in thousands of accounts in Western Europe. This numerical system has not been studied in detail, because already in antiquity, mathematics split into a theoretical discipline, and a practical, called logistic, which was not included in the arithmetical curriculum. Plato (428/427-c.427 BC) in The Republic distinguished between arithmetic as 'divine' theory of numbers, which was appropriate for his philosophers to study, whereas the logistic was only appropriate for banausic businessmen for carrying out trade. This split still exist: Math is a university discipline, logistic is a study of arithmetic at trade colleges. The logistic has some characteristics that are used in ancient monetary systems that differ from mathematics. A basic feature of logistic is combining numbers with different qualities, such as odd or even, prime numbers, divisors, and the double/ halving system. Furthermore, the axioms differ from modern number concepts, such as the commutative law: A x B = B x A, which would only be valid if B = A.

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

France has been the main adversary of Hollywood's dominance of the moving image. Using France... more France has been the main adversary of Hollywood's dominance of the moving image. Using France as an example, the aim of this article is to demonstrate that Hollywood's dominant position in exports is a direct consequence of collusion and monopolistic trade practices among the eight Hollywood corporations in combination with unconditional diplomatic backing. The corporate offices in Manhattan exercised monopolistic power and control over film distribution and exhibition in the U.S. as well as abroad. Their mass production of films aimed at maximizing profits, thereby obstructing innovation in Europe. Primary sources in the U.S. National Archives from the period 1945–1971 demonstrate that Hollywood's trade association, the Motion Picture Association (MPAA), obtained massive diplomatic support from the U.S. Department of State to fend off opposition to Hollywood exports, especially French policies of cultural protectionism, which gained support in trade discussions in the GATT, the OECD, and the EEC.

The Medieval Review, 2016

The Medieval Review, 2002

Publikationsansicht. 52204069. Barnes, Viking America (Jens Ulff-Moller) (2002). Jens Ulff-Moller... more Publikationsansicht. 52204069. Barnes, Viking America (Jens Ulff-Moller) (2002). Jens Ulff-Moller. Abstract. Jens Ulff-Moller, University of Copenhagen, ulff@hum.ku.dk. Details der Publikation. Download, http://hdl.handle.net/2022/5147. Herausgeber, The Medieval Review. ...

Innovation>: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 2020

Franc has been the main adversary of Hollywood's dominance of the moving image. The aim of this a... more Franc has been the main adversary of Hollywood's dominance of the moving image. The aim of this article is to demonstrate that Hollywood's dominant position in exports is a direct consequence of collusion and monopolistic trade practices among eight Hollywood corporations in Manhattan. The MPAA obtained crucial assistance from the U.S. diplomatic system. - Introduction & conclusion

"Film Europe" and "Film America": Cinema, Commerce, and Cultural Exchange 1920-1939. ED. by Andrew Higson and Richard Maltby. University of Exeter Press, 1999

Hollywood obtained a dominant position abroad after World War I. Hollywood obtained almost full c... more Hollywood obtained a dominant position abroad after World War I. Hollywood obtained almost full control of the British market during the War, but in the 1920s, the American industry had important "foreign wars" with France, Germany, Italy, and the Scandinavian countries. This essay is based on a stody of the wealth of documents in the American government archives relating to the conflict with France.

Almanak fyrir Ísland, p. 90, 2019

Iceland had a peculiar numerical system counting in long and small hundreds, with the numerical m... more Iceland had a peculiar numerical system counting in long and small hundreds, with the numerical meaning as 120 and 100. Among the oldest examples is the counting of three hundred and four days in the year in Íslendingabók ch. 4. Long hundred counting was used in land evaluation, taxation, and values of ells of cloth. The counting system is described in an arithmetic book from 1746. The system can also be found in Royal Scottish accounts, and in northern England.

E-Cinema Content, 2001

Digital projection and filmmaking was studied at an international seminar at the Film House, Stoc... more Digital projection and filmmaking was studied at an international seminar at the Film House, Stockholm, Dec. 5th 2001 arranged by the Swedish Film Institute and the Content Module of European Digital Cinema Forum (EDCF). In the report, I contributed some reflections about the impact of digital moviemaking on film production and consumption. I was the only scholar taking part in the conference of business & government employees. Page 59-60.

CinémAction, 2002

The Danish Dogme 95 by Lars von Trier & Thomas Vinterberg, resulted in the creation of movies th... more The Danish Dogme 95 by Lars von Trier & Thomas Vinterberg, resulted in the creation of movies that became international successes with movies such as Vinterberg's Festen/ The Celebration (1998), and Lone Scherfig's Italian for Beginners (2000), and von Triers the Idiots (1998). The films were shot with digital cameras, which provided new aesthetic options for shooting films. A. Dod Mantle shot Festen with the mini SONY camera, and digital filmmaking has led to successful production of Danish movies and TV programs.

Sekvens 2000. Årbog for Film- & Medievidenskab. Mediesociologi Red. Frank Henriksen, 2000

After the occupation of Denmark, the showing of Hollywood movies in Denmark was problematic, beca... more After the occupation of Denmark, the showing of Hollywood movies in Denmark was problematic, because the Danish government restricted access and reduced film rentals due to currency issues. The head of the MPAA, Eric Johnson, who was also an officer of the Marshall assistance to Europe, fought this resistance, excluding films (Gone with the Wind) from showing in Denmark, and he reduced the amount of Marshall assistance to Denmark. The study is based on research of State Department documents in the National Archives in Washington, and in Danish government documents in the Danish national archives. The article is in Danish.

The EDCF Guide to Digital Cinema Production, ed. Lasse Svanberg., 2004

The Guide to Digital Cinema Production published by Lasse Svanberg from the Swedish Film Institut... more The Guide to Digital Cinema Production published by Lasse Svanberg from the Swedish Film Institute aims at exploring the new methods of filmmaking using digital cameras and editing suites. Danish film directors such as Lars von Trier, Søren Vinterberg, Per Fly and cameramen Anthony Dod Mantle, Peter Hjorth, Jørgen Johansson. Digital cameras enables a new film aesthetics, which is demonstrated in a number of recent Danish movies, e.g. Dogme 95 movies, leading to the success of Danish TV series.

Rambam, 2019

Niels and Harald Bohr were active rescuing German scientists out of Nazi Germany. Especially the ... more Niels and Harald Bohr were active rescuing German scientists out of Nazi Germany. Especially the Physics and Mathematical institutes at the University of Göttingen were severely damaged by the Nazis, targeting Jewish scientists, who emigrated to the U.K. and the U.S. where many of them became involved in the Manhattan project in Los Alamos and Chicago. In Danish (English abstract not included).

Rambam, 2018

During the occupation of Denmark, in October 1943 the Nazis suddenly began a persecution of the J... more During the occupation of Denmark, in October 1943 the Nazis suddenly began a persecution of the Jews. The rescue of 7,000 Jews from Denmark to Sweden has become world famous, not least due to the official state promotion of the book October '45 by Aage Bertelsen and his wife, who headed the "Lyngby-Group", in the suburb of Copenhagen. Two Jews were important, Professor of Scandinavian literature in Hamburg, Walter A. Berendsohn, who settled in Lyngby and the veterinarian David Sompolinsky, member of the ultra orthodox synagogue Machike Hadas, which the group rescued. Due to informers the group itself had to flee to Sweden in 1944, or ended in concentration camps, and becoming resisters several rescuers were murdered during the occupation (1940-45).

My late professor published an abstract of her paper given at the Saga Conference in Durham. She ... more My late professor published an abstract of her paper given at the Saga Conference in Durham. She finds the origin of the Calendar in Egypt - through Caesar's Julian calendar to Bede.
The paper is also available on
http://www.sagaconference.org/SC13/SC13_Olafia.pdf

Article of paper at the Durham saga conference 2006, investigating the traces of Celtic Christian... more Article of paper at the Durham saga conference 2006, investigating the traces of Celtic Christianity in Western Iceland and in Greenland.
A more recent article has been published in SMSR, University of Rome.
Also available at
http://www.sagaconference.org/SC13/SC13_Ulff-Moeller.pdf

Rambam. Tidsskrift for jødisk kultur og forskning, 2018

Historisk Tidsskrift, 2017

Schriften des Adam-Ries-Bundes Annaberg-Buchholz, 2023

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

The Medieval Review, 2016

The Medieval Review, 2002

Innovation>: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 2020

"Film Europe" and "Film America": Cinema, Commerce, and Cultural Exchange 1920-1939. ED. by Andrew Higson and Richard Maltby. University of Exeter Press, 1999

Almanak fyrir Ísland, p. 90, 2019

E-Cinema Content, 2001

CinémAction, 2002

Sekvens 2000. Årbog for Film- & Medievidenskab. Mediesociologi Red. Frank Henriksen, 2000

The EDCF Guide to Digital Cinema Production, ed. Lasse Svanberg., 2004

Rambam, 2019

Rambam, 2018

Submitted to Gripla, 2023

In Ari's Íslendingabók from 1120s he presents a Viking Age calendar from c. 930, in which the num... more In Ari's Íslendingabók from 1120s he presents a Viking Age calendar from c. 930, in which the number of days in a year is stated in overcounting and long hundreds as four in the fourth hundred (364), and 52 weeks in a year, as two in the sixth ten. The text edition Íslenzk fornrit has taken the counting method to have been original and changed Roman numerals to written text. The number of farmers in ch. 10 was incorrectly changed to a long hundred value, falsely increasing the medieval Icelandic population by 20%, for political reasons of the Independence Party, in order to claim that Iceland was more prosperous in the Free state period than under the Norwegian and Danish kings

Estienne de la Roche published Larismetique in 1520, which was partly taken from Nicolas Chuquet'... more Estienne de la Roche published Larismetique in 1520, which was partly taken from Nicolas Chuquet's book. La Roche expanded the commercial arithmetic section. I have focused on his method how to calculate the value of products as fractions of 240 (the Pound), and on the long hundred of 120, which is unfamiliar to him, and misunderstands. The long hundred was used in England, which I demonstrate with examples from Peterborough account books, published by Sandra Raban: Marc Bloc was wrong thinking that accounting was erroneous, he did not understand the arithmetic of that time.

by Alessandro Saggioro, Marianna Ferrara, David Charles Wright Carr, Jana Valtrová, Daniel Barbu, Silvia Alfayé, anita agostini, Andrea Nicolotti, Francesco Berno, Andrea Annese, Manuel Ceccarelli, Mitsutoshi Horii, Madlen Krueger, Michel Kobelinski, Jens Ulff-Moller, and Jens Ulff

Ólafía Einarsdóttir's memoirs from her time studying at the University of Lund Sweden, and stayin... more Ólafía Einarsdóttir's memoirs from her time studying at the University of Lund Sweden, and staying at the female college Studentskegården

Many Icelandic settlers emigrated from the Viking colonies in the British Isles, where they had ... more Many Icelandic settlers emigrated from the Viking colonies in the British Isles, where they had become acquainted with Christianity in the Celtic or Irish form. The purpose of this paper is first, to observe vestiges of this Christianity, as it appears in the Landnámabók and possibly in archaeology. Second, my aim is to observe the validity of the book as a historical document, by establishing an older core dating to the beginning of the 11th century, to which later compilers added orally transmitted information. About 100 settlers and their immediate descendants were unrelated to other families, which support an earlier date. The lack of internal evidence invalidates the idea that Ari wrote the book in the 12th century,

Schriften des Adam-Ries-Bundes, 2025

A Norse 364-day calendar of 52 weeks is first documented existing in the Viking Age according to ... more A Norse 364-day calendar of 52 weeks is first documented existing in the Viking Age according to Islendingabok ch. 4. It resembles a Jewish calendar documented in Essene, Dead Sea scrolls. The Church brought the Julian calendar to Scandinavia which interacted with the indigenous customs. Examples are from Norway, Sami, Finland and by Ole Worm. The Misseri calendar is still used in the Icelandic almanac

Schriften des Adam-Ries-Bundes Annaberg-Buchhol, 2023

Die Entwicklung der Mathematik in der frühen Neuzeit. Rainer Gebhardt. Adam-Ries-Bund, 2020

In French, the word "barrème" has the meaning "a scale"-for example a tax scale, or a salary aver... more In French, the word "barrème" has the meaning "a scale"-for example a tax scale, or a salary average, and in Spanish the related word "baremas" means an average. There is even an outdated proverb: C'est un Barème/barème, he is counting genius. and the opposite: "Avoir oublié son barrême"-signifying a person who is incapable of calculating. 1 Few Frenchmen are aware that the word is a patronym, based on the the name of the French arithmetician, François Barrême. He was born in Tarascon in Pro-vence on July 7, 1638, and died in Paris in 1703. He and his descendants published several mathematical treatises, and especially his "Comptes-faits" was immensely popular, which explains why his name became an ordinary word. His grandson Nicolas (1687-1742) published a book on double entry bookkeeping in 1721, and he reissued and revised some of his grandfather's books. Having published more than ten books, 2 François Barrême is considered to be the founder of commercial accounting and bookkeeping. But since several books had already been published on these topics, his position as a founder is questionable. Therefore, in my presentation, I will first examine the position of Barrême's publications in context of the development of French arithmetic textbooks, and second I focus on the position of double entry accounting in France. French Arithmetic textbooks from the 16h century The French literature on accounting from the 16th century is very sparse. This fact is sometimes explained by the low esteem of trade in a society, where the social groups that really mattered were the aristocracy and the high clergy. Even high commerce was only practiced, with only rare exceptions, by people without authority or prestige. It was not until the time of the great Minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert promoted trade and industry that commercial practices, including accounting , received official attention.

Estienne de la Roche published Larismetique (Lyon 1520), which introduced the Italian use of the ... more Estienne de la Roche published Larismetique (Lyon 1520), which introduced the Italian use of the decimal counting system in France, and showed how to do commercial calculation to his pupils, who would become tradesmen.
La Roche combined thus introduced decimal calculation into the traditional medieval arithmetic used for calculating e.g. prices. His book was a further development of the book MS by Nicolas Chuquet (c. 1480), maybe la Roche was his apprentice - and therefore he should
not be considered a plagiarizer.

Ossature 5: Special Théâtre et Cinéma, 2002

The article reviews my book about the French-American diplomatic conflicts over Hollywood's domin... more The article reviews my book about the French-American diplomatic conflicts over Hollywood's dominance of French film exhibition in the inter-war period ending with the Blum-Byrnes agreement. Arranged and translated into French by Françoise-Victoria Pansu, Lyon.