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Bull, Edvard

Born Dec. 4, 1881, in Christiania (Oslo); died there Aug. 26, 1932. Norwegian historian and political leader. Professor (from 1917).

Bull was one of the leaders of the Norwegian Labor Party and in 1923 became its vice-chairman. In January and February 1928 he was minister of foreign affairs in the Hornsrud government. As a historian, Bull was primarily concerned with problems of Norway’s social development during the Middle Ages. He tried to reexamine these problems from a Marxist point of view.

WORKS

Folk og kirke i middelalderen: Studier til Norges historie. Copenhagen, 1912.
Sammenlignende studier over bondesamfundets kulturforhold: et arbeidsprogram. [Oslo], 1929.
Det norske folks liv og historje gjennem tidene, vols. 1-2. Oslo, 1931.

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The first half explored much more interesting territory, although pieces by Helseth's fellow Norwegians, Tveitt and Edvard Bull, and the Legende of Georges Enescu may have been included more for sentiment than quality.

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