Early church organization in Skagafjörður, North Iceland. The results of the Skagafjörður Church Project
The article discusses the results of the Skagafjörður Church project. The aim of the project is to establish the number and nature of the earliest, Christian cemeteries and churches in the county of Skagafjörður, North Iceland. By employing a systematic regional approach to the study of early Christ...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:3456bcd98d224f2c917b55a6d38035cb 2023-05-15T16:47:25+02:00 Early church organization in Skagafjörður, North Iceland. The results of the Skagafjörður Church Project Guðný Zoëga 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/3456bcd98d224f2c917b55a6d38035cb EN NO SV eng nor swe Novus http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/CM/article/view/1151 https://doaj.org/toc/0801-9282 https://doaj.org/toc/2387-6700 0801-9282 2387-6700 https://doaj.org/article/3456bcd98d224f2c917b55a6d38035cb Collegium Medievale, Vol 27 (2015) Modern history 1453- D204-475 Medieval history D111-203 article 2015 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T13:26:44Z The article discusses the results of the Skagafjörður Church project. The aim of the project is to establish the number and nature of the earliest, Christian cemeteries and churches in the county of Skagafjörður, North Iceland. By employing a systematic regional approach to the study of early Christian cemeteries, a more nuanced interpretation of early church development can be generated. The research suggests that at least 130 cemeteries may have been established in Skagafjörður in the 11th century, following the official adaption of Christianity AD 999/1000. The results indicate a swift adoption of Christian burial rites and cemetery architecture and that at first most independent farmsteads had their own Christian household cemetery. The apparent uniformity of burial customs and architecture suggests some form of management or communality from the outset. Many of these cemeteries appear to have gone out of use in the late 11th/ early 12th centuries, an indication of increasing ecclesiastical control. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Skagafjörður ENVELOPE(-19.561,-19.561,65.875,65.875) |
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The article discusses the results of the Skagafjörður Church project. The aim of the project is to establish the number and nature of the earliest, Christian cemeteries and churches in the county of Skagafjörður, North Iceland. By employing a systematic regional approach to the study of early Christian cemeteries, a more nuanced interpretation of early church development can be generated. The research suggests that at least 130 cemeteries may have been established in Skagafjörður in the 11th century, following the official adaption of Christianity AD 999/1000. The results indicate a swift adoption of Christian burial rites and cemetery architecture and that at first most independent farmsteads had their own Christian household cemetery. The apparent uniformity of burial customs and architecture suggests some form of management or communality from the outset. Many of these cemeteries appear to have gone out of use in the late 11th/ early 12th centuries, an indication of increasing ecclesiastical control. |
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Early church organization in Skagafjörður, North Iceland. The results of the Skagafjörður Church Project |
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Early church organization in Skagafjörður, North Iceland. The results of the Skagafjörður Church Project |
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Early church organization in Skagafjörður, North Iceland. The results of the Skagafjörður Church Project |
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