Monastic Iceland

ISBN-13: 9781032420721 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 320 str.

University of Iceland Steinunn (Department of Archaeology

Opis

Monastic Iceland provides an overview of medieval monasticism in Iceland, from its dawn to its downfall during the Reformation.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. The Historiography of Medieval Monasticism in Iceland; 3. The Making of Icelandic Society; 4. The Christianization; 5. The Monastic Landscape; 6. Visiting the Monastic Houses; 7. Disruptive Events; 8. The Monastic Communities; 9. Iceland’s Five Hundred Years of Monasticism: The End

O autorze

Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Iceland. Her main interests lie in the field of medieval monasticism, feminism, and gender archaeology. Steinunn has published two monographs in Icelandic. Both books were nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize. Steinunn was the head of Department of Philosophy, History and Archaeology, University of Iceland, from 2018 to 2022.