Medieval Monasticism in Northern Europe

• Other Authors: Kristjánsdóttir, Steinunn (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; medieval gardening; horticulture; monastery garden; herb; relict plants; medicinal plants; Iceland; Norse Greenland; monasticism; Benedictine Order; Augustine Order; liturgical music; monastic institutions; St Olav; Sweden; Middle Ages; Latin literature; Icelandic and Old Norse literature; Þingeyrar Abbey; cultural heritage; Reformation; devotional objects; iconoclasm; church history; Icelandic history; architecture; bridgettine order; Finland; monastic archaeology; Naantali; plan; spatial organisation; middle ages; Denmark; medieval Latin monasticism; medieval religious history; historiography; medieval northern Europe; interdisciplinarity; monastic heritage; monasteries; medieval scandinavia; Augustinians; Benedictines; Cistercians; Premonstratensians; manuscript fragments; aristocracy; medieval Sweden; nunneries; nuns; monks; donations; gifts; diplomas; charters; gender; masculinity; religious orders; Ireland; Wales; England; Scotland; conquest
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While the Christian monastic tradition and its development on the mainland of Europe has been extensively studied by scholars, medieval monasticism in Northern Europe has gained considerably less attention. However, interest in the topic has grown steadily, as can be observed from the varied researc...