The Burden of History
Kirkjubæjarklaustur and the Biography of Landscape
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3149944 |
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| Authors | Sigrún Hannesdóttir (0000-0003-3364-5035, University of Iceland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 665 |
| Publication date | 2023-05-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel14050665 |
| OpenAlex | W4377043850 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
The importance of landscape has long been recognized within monastic studies, both as an economic and spiritual resource. This paper focuses on the surrounding landscape of a single monastic site, that is Kirkjubæjarklaustur on Síða (south Iceland), one of the two female monasteries established in Medieval Iceland. Through written sources, legends, and placenames, the aim of this paper is to reconstruct the biography of the landscape from before the founding of the monastery to after the Reformation. In particular, the paper considers how the perceived sacredness of the site of Kirkjubæjarklaustur may have been shaped by stories of Christian settlers prior to the monastic foundation and how the monastic memory informed the way in which the landscape was experienced after the Reformation and beyond
Archaeology · Art history · Biography · Environmental ethics · Environmental resource management · Geography · Landscape archaeology · Landscape design · Landscape history · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Philosophy · Religious Tourism and Spaces
| Highly cited | No |
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