The Making of Nordic Monasticism, c. 1076–c. 1350

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ID20249556
AutoresJames G Clark (University of Exeter, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume12
Fascículo8
Páginas581
Data de publicação2021-07-28
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel12080581
OpenAlexW3186056290
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas33

The introduction of regular religious life in the Nordic region is less well-documented than in the neighbouring kingdoms of northern Europe. In the absence of well-preserved manuscript and material remains, unfounded and sometimes distorting suppositions have been made about the timeline of monastic settlement and the character of the conventual life it brought. Recent archival and archaeological research can offer fresh insights into these questions. The arrival of authentic regular life may have been as early as the second quarter of the eleventh century in Denmark and Iceland, but there was no secure or stable community in any part of Scandinavia until the turn of the next century. A settled monastic network arose from a compact between the leadership of the secular church and the ruling elite, a partnership motivated as much by the shared pursuit of political, social and economic power as by any personal piety. Yet, the force of this patronal programme did not inhibit the development of monastic cultures reflected in books, original writings, church and conventual buildings, which bear comparison with the European mainstream

Ancient history · Archaeology · Eleventh · Elite · Kingdom · Mainstream · Monasticism · Piety · Political science · Politics · Timeline · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Law

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