Episcopal patronage and social mobility in late medieval and Reformation Denmark

The consequences of the Danish Reformation, however, have not been at the centre of recent historiography. Most socio-economic research has concentrated on the background of the events, trying to identify developments in later medieval society which made the revolution of 1536 possible. This emphasis reflects an important trend in Danish historiography since the 1960s, namely the concern with the social and economic changes following the so-called 'late medieval crisis' .4