After my thesis defense in Spring 2016, about Johannes Magnus’ major work of history, the Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus, I have continued working with two smaller projects linked to Johannes Magnus himself or to his work. The first one, supported by a grant from Birgit and Gad Rausing’s stiftelse, is a study of the marginalia in Johannes Magnus’ copy, written by himself, of Marco Polo’s work about his travels in the East. The manuscript is now kept in the Vatican Library. The other, which is nearing its end (a monograph), is supported by grants from Gullberg/Thott, Åke Wiberg, and Gyllenstiernska Krapperupstiftelsen. This project too deals with marginalia, this time by King Eric XIV of Sweden (1533–1577). A few of his books have been preserved, and are kept in Uppsala and Stockholm. One of the books, and the one that is the focus of my study, is a copy of Johannes’ historical work. In the summer and autumn of 2018, I presented results from the two projects in Albacete (Spain) and Helsinki respectively, as well as in a recent symposium in Lund.

In addition, I have been one of the editors of Arne Jönsson’s 800-page Festschrift, written an article for a yearbook (Vetenskapssocieteten), and participated in four conferences with a presentation, one in Oslo, one in Vilnius, and two in Lund and at four as a listener (once in Uppsala and three times in Lund). The article resulting from the conference in Vilnius is published and an article version of one of the conference contributions in Lund is in preparation.

Books (1)

• Nilsson, A. (2016). Johannes Magnus and the Composition of Truth : Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus. Lund University (Media-Tryck). Dissertation.
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Editorships (1)

• Nilsson, A. M. H., Damtoft Poulsen, A. & Svensson, J. (2017). (Eds.) Humanitas : Festskrift till Arne Jönsson. Makadam förlag.

Articles (1)

• Nilsson, A. M. H. (2017). Lions, Hares, and Donkeys: Illustrating Regal Traits in Johannes Magnus’ Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus (1554). Literatūra, 59, 51-60.
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Book chapters (3)

• Nilsson, A. M. H. (2017). Ärkebiskop och historiker, känd och ändå okänd : Om Johannes Magnus liv och verk. Årsbok, Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund. Årsbok 2017, 137-151. Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund.
• Nilsson, A. M. H. (2017). Om paratexterna i de latinska utgåvorna av Johannes Magnus Historia de regibus. In Nilsson, A. M. H., Damtoft Poulsen, A. & Svensson, J. (Eds.) Humanitas : Festskrift till Arne Jönsson (pp. 629-645). Makadam förlag.
• Nilsson, A. (2014). Godtrogen och omgiven av dåliga rådgivare : Magnus Eriksson och heliga Birgitta i Johannes Magnus Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus. In Andersson, E., Kihlman, E. & Plaza, M. (Eds.) Latinet i tiden : En festskrift till Hans Aili (pp. 237-250), 60. Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis.
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Prefaces (2)

• Nilsson, A. M. H., Damtoft Poulsen, A. & Svensson, J. (2017). Förord. Humanitas : Festskrift till Arne Jönsson, 11-14. Makadam förlag.
• Nilsson, A. M. H., Damtoft Poulsen, A. & Svensson, J. (2017). Preface. In Nilsson, A. M. H., Damtoft Poulsen, A. & Svensson, J. (Eds.) Humanitas : Festskrift till Arne Jönsson (pp. 15-18). Makadam förlag.

Conference contributions (15)

• Nilsson, A. M. H. (submitted). Laughter in Johannes Magnus’ Historia de regibus (1554). Proceedings of the Colloquium Balticum XVI Lundense.
• Nilsson, A. M. H. (2019). Erik XIV och Johannes Magnus – om en kunglig läsning av ett historiskt verk.
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• Nilsson, A. M. H. (2019). Laughter in Johannes Magnus.
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• Nilsson, A. (2018). Johannes Magnus’ Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus and Gostagus the Tyrant. In Steiner-Weber, A. & Römer, F. (Eds.) Acta Conventus Neo-Latini, Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Vindobonensis : Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies (Vienna 2015) (pp. 511-520), 16. Brill.
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• Nilsson, A. M. H. (2018). Royal Marginalia: King Eric XIV of Sweden as Organiser of Knowledge.
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• Nilsson, A. M. H. (2018). The Fascination of Nature: Marginalia in a Renaissance Marco Polo Manuscript.
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• Nilsson, A. M. H. (2017). Truth in Renaissance Historiography : The Case of Johannes Magnus. In Jönsson, A. & Vogt-Spira, G. (Eds.) Spudasmata, The Classical Tradition in the Baltic Region : Perceptions and Adaptations of Greece and Rome (pp. 33-53), 171. Olms Verlag, Hildesheim.
• Nilsson, A. (2016). Creating Prototypes : The Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus and Antiquity.
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• Nilsson, A. (2015). Ett nytt perspektiv på danskfientligheten i Johannes Magnus Historia de regibus.
• Nilsson, A. (2015). Johannes Magnus’ Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus and the Case of Gostagus.
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• Nilsson, A. (2014). Die Antike und die Historia de regibus von Johannes Magnus.
• Nilsson, A. (2014). The Journey of a Monarch: From Good King to Tyrant.
• Nilsson, A. (2013). Royal Notes in the Margin : On Erik XIV of Sweden and the Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus.
• Nilsson, A. (2012). Johannes Magnus and the Truth. A Renaissance Historiography sketch.
• Nilsson, A. (2011). Saint Eric of Sweden : the Catholic National Hero of a Protestant Country.

Reviews (2)

• Nilsson, A. M. H. (submitted). Ett gotiskt storverk av lärdom. Lychnos : Lardomshistoriska samfundets arsbok = annual of the Swedish History of Science Society. Lärdomshistoriska samfundet, Uppsala universitet.
• Nilsson, A. M. H. (2017). Review of Patrick Baker, Ronny Kaiser, Maike Priesterjahn, Johannes Helmrath (ed.), Portraying the Prince in the Renaissance: The Humanist Depiction of Rulers in Historiographical and Biographical Texts. Transformationen der Antike, 44. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Bryn Mawr Commentaries.
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Articles in specialist publications and popular press (2)

• Nilsson, A. M. H. (2016). Med en svensk ärkebiskop i Rom : i Johannes Magnus fotspår. Romhorisont, 11-12. Föreningen Svenska Rominstitutets Vänner.
• Nilsson, A., Kraft, M., Luchmun, J., Nyström, M. & Svedberg, A. (2015). Inblickar och utblickar från en institutstillvaro : Stipendiater vid Svenska Rominstitutet 2014/2015. Romhorisont, 63, 5-7. Föreningen Svenska Rominstitutets Vänner.

Miscellaneous (2)

• Nilsson, A. M. H. (2016). A.M.H. Nilsson, Johannes Magnus and the composition of truth. Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus, PhD diss. Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University, 2016. Opuscula: Annual of the Swedish Institutes At Athens and Rome, 9. Editorial Committee of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome.
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• Nilsson, A. (2014). Tyrannbilden hos Johannes Magnus.