Emilie Luther Valentin

Postdoctoral researcher. Social and cultural historian of crime, punishment, control and coercion in early modern Denmark. Focus on imprisonment and witchcraft.

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

Have you ever wondered how to be(come) the perfect inmate in an eighteenth-century prison workhouse? Maybe not - but perhaps you can find the answer in my newly published article? @tandfonline #twitterstorians #earlymodern https://t.co/cBLrAN74yZ

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

✨Less than two weeks left to submit your abstract for our conference on Witchcraft and Authority in October!

#earlymodernhistory #history

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

Call for paper is out for what I'm sure will be a very exciting conference on witchcraft and authority in Northern Europe which will take place in October in Copenhagen! #twitterstorians #earlymodern #hextag

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

@JohanHeinsen Næ, hvor nyttigt!

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

@JohanHeinsen Cool!

[Louise Hauberg Lindgaard @LouiseLindgaar2]

Waiting for Louise Nyholm Kallestrup - first female professor at SDUs history departement - to start her inaugural lecture 🧙‍♀️

Congratulations, @Witchykallestrp !

#hextag

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

The statements are a fascinating source material that I had a lot of fun reading through. If you want to look through them (and feel comfortable reading 18C Danish) they are available to peruse on this platform (look under Erklæringer...): https://t.co/W6FgJQdhlm

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

When Anne Kirstine Eriksdatter petitioned for release in the 1770s, he implored the authorities: ‘[I] ask that she remain here until her sentence has expired, such punishment will, for the future, too, be the better for her recollection and be a warning against bad undertakings’.

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

Some inmates figured out how to work the system (so to speak) in order to receive a positive statement from the warden. Others never quite seemed to get the hang of it. Some even went as far as attempting to marry their way out of the prison - although not always successfully.

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

He therefore argued: "This gives one little reason to doubt that she could make her living in an honest way if she were granted the most humbly petitioned for freedom." Sometimes, however, he was not at all convinced that an inmate deserved release:

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

Have you ever wondered how to be(come) the perfect inmate in an eighteenth-century prison workhouse? Maybe not - but perhaps you can find the answer in my newly published article? @tandfonline #twitterstorians #earlymodern https://t.co/cBLrAN74yZ

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

For instance, when life prisoner Maren Jensdatter petitioned for her release in 1783, the warden noted that her irreproachably behaviour and her good work morale, made her a strong worker

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

The article examines c. 300 character statements made by the warden to accompany petitions made for inmates’ release between 1769-1789. The statements generally remarked on the inmate’s crime, behaviour, and the likelihood of their earning an honest living if released

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

Så lad os endelig lytte til de kvinder, der har forsket i trolddomsforfølgelserne og siddet med kildematerialet @Witchykallestrp @LouiseLindgaar2 @MariaOeElleby #kvinderiforskning

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

Selvfølgelig skal vi have kvinder i forskning! 🙋🏻‍♀️ De kvinder der på ulykkeligvis blev brændt på bålet blev dog ikke forfulgt pga deres klogskab. Trolddomssager omhandlede frygten for det onde og var en del af tidens religiøse forestillingsverden @politiken #vagthavendehistoriker

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

Når vi går kilderne igennem, er det kun et fåtal af de trolddomsanklagede der kan karakteriseres som “kloge folk” - langt hen af vejen var det helt almindelige mennesker #dkforsk #sdu

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

Platformen er guldgruppe af kilder i forhold til straffe- og kriminalitetshistorie - kig igennem alt lige fra retsforhør, supplikerklæringer og forbryderviser!

[Johan Heinsen @JohanHeinsen]

We're building a platform with sources on the history of labour coercion and punishment in Denmark. It is called Carceral Copenhagen (at least for now). It is unfinished (and mostly in Danish): but why not share it anyway: https://t.co/0uK1vYT3bl

[Louise Hauberg Lindgaard @LouiseLindgaar2]

And finally, @ELutherValentin tells us about: "Trusting a Clergyman: The Parish Priest as a Figure of Authority in Witchcraft Trials in 17th Century Denmark".

A very fascinating session at #ESSHC23, indeed!

[Louise Hauberg Lindgaard @LouiseLindgaar2]

At the #ESSHC2023 with @ELutherValentin, @Witchykallestrp and many other lovely people!

The first session on my programme is "Lordship and Serfdom from the 16th to 20th Century".

And in a few hours: the witches! 🧙‍♀️

[Emilie Luther Valentin @ELutherValentin]

@JohanHeinsen Smukt!