The Burden of History: Kirkjubæjarklaustur and the Biography of Landscape

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 M...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Religions
Main Author: Sigrún Hannesdóttir
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023
Subjects:
monastic studies
monastic archaeology
medieval history
Icelandic history
female monasticism
landscape biographies
Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
BL1-2790
Kirkjubæjarklaustur
Iceland
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14050665
https://doaj.org/article/2980fe859a2c467cafdfb9137f81480a

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