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A previous CAS project, 'The Nordic ‘Civil Wars’ in the High Middle Ages in a Comparative Perspective', has received high praise in a recent international review that compares the centre’s villa to the legendary Abbey Road Studios.

For Professor Hans Jacob Orning, studying the Middle Ages isn’t about nostalgia — it’s about perspective. His CAS project on medieval civil wars offers fresh ways to understand the conflicts and complexities of our own time.

Did you know that there were many common traits between Norwegian and Polish societies during the High Middle Ages and how they developed? Former CAS project leader Hans Jacob Orning and his colleagues have received a €1.4 million grant to find out more.

The “new wars” are actually very old, Hans Jacob Orning and Øyvind Østerud argue in their newly published book, Wars without State.

Leaders of a CAS project to better understand medieval civil wars look back on how their project unfolded during a year at the Centre.

The medieval historian talks about discovering his role in a collaborative book project during a six-month stint as a CAS fellow.

At a half-day seminar on medieval civil wars, CAS fellows examine how an ascendant Catholic Church influenced conflicts across Europe.

At a conference co-hosted by the CAS and the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History at the University of Oslo (UiO), historians explore how medieval elites avoided bloodshed and settled disputes.

CAS fellows talk about redefining Nordic medieval civil wars in light of conflicts from other regions and time periods.