Lokun íslensku miðaldaklaustranna

The founding of the fourteen monasteries that operated for a longer or shorter period in Iceland during the Middle Ages are in most cases known. Less is known about the exact timing of their dissolution. Nine monasteries were closed following the Reformation in the mid-sixteenth century, but this di...

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Main Author: Kristjánsdóttir, Steinunn
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Language:Icelandic
Published: Studia Theologia Islandica 2021
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Online Access:https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/ritrodgudfraedistofnunar/article/view/3827
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description The founding of the fourteen monasteries that operated for a longer or shorter period in Iceland during the Middle Ages are in most cases known. Less is known about the exact timing of their dissolution. Nine monasteries were closed following the Reformation in the mid-sixteenth century, but this did not happen all at once. Instead, the closures occurred gradually between 1539–1554. Some of the monastic houses had for various reasons been closed long before, mainly because of the political disputes that arose between secular and ecclesiastical powers in the country in the thirteenth century. Here, this article attempts to explore the fate of the Icelandic medieval monasteries, while at the same time exam-ining how, when and why each closure took place. Written sources as well as the results of archaeological excavations on the ruins of Skriðuklaustur will be considered. No monastery was closed due to plagues or natural disasters. Their growth and development were in all cases dependent on the country’s ecclesiastical authorities at any given time, although their dissolutions varied between monasteries. Stofnár þeirra fjórtán klaustra sem starfrækt voru í lengri eða skemmri tíma á Íslandi á miðöldum eru í flestum tilfellum þekkt en tímasetning og ástæður lokunar þeirra síður. Flestum, alls níu, var lokað í kjölfar siðaskiptanna um miðja sextándu öld en það gerðist ekki í einni svipan, heldur smám saman á tímabilinu frá 1539–1554. Nokkrum klaustranna hafði verið lokað löngu fyrr af ýmsum ástæðum en einkum þó vegna þeirra pólitísku deilna sem urðu um skiptingu veraldlegs og kirkjulegs valds í landinu á þrettándu öld. Hér er reynt að ná fram heildarmynd af lokun íslensku miðaldaklaustranna, um leið og skoðað verður með hvaða hætti lokunin átti sér stað í hverju tilviki fyrir sig, hvenær og hvers vegna. Stuðst verður við ritaðar heimildir sem veita vísbendingar um afdrif klaustranna en einnig er tekið mið af niðurstöðum úr fornleifauppgrefti á rústum Skriðuklausturs. Engu klaustri var lokað vegna áfalla eða ...
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spelling fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3827 2025-03-30T15:16:11+00:00 Lokun íslensku miðaldaklaustranna Kristjánsdóttir, Steinunn 2021-12-22 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/ritrodgudfraedistofnunar/article/view/3827 isl ice Studia Theologia Islandica Ritröð Guðfræðistofnunar https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/ritrodgudfraedistofnunar/article/view/3827/2633 https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/ritrodgudfraedistofnunar/article/view/3827/2405 https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/ritrodgudfraedistofnunar/article/view/3827 Copyright (c) 2021 Ritröð Guðfræðistofnunar Studia Theologia Islandica; No. 53 (2021): Ritröð Guðfræðistofnunar Ritröð Guðfræðistofnunar; Nr. 53 (2021): Ritröð Guðfræðistofnunar 2298-8270 1670-2972 Klaustur kirkjuvaldsstefnan siðaskipti miðaldir Ísland Monasticism the investiture controversy Reformation Middle Ages Iceland info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Greinar 2021 fticelandunivojs 2025-02-28T00:32:36Z The founding of the fourteen monasteries that operated for a longer or shorter period in Iceland during the Middle Ages are in most cases known. Less is known about the exact timing of their dissolution. Nine monasteries were closed following the Reformation in the mid-sixteenth century, but this did not happen all at once. Instead, the closures occurred gradually between 1539–1554. Some of the monastic houses had for various reasons been closed long before, mainly because of the political disputes that arose between secular and ecclesiastical powers in the country in the thirteenth century. Here, this article attempts to explore the fate of the Icelandic medieval monasteries, while at the same time exam-ining how, when and why each closure took place. Written sources as well as the results of archaeological excavations on the ruins of Skriðuklaustur will be considered. No monastery was closed due to plagues or natural disasters. Their growth and development were in all cases dependent on the country’s ecclesiastical authorities at any given time, although their dissolutions varied between monasteries. Stofnár þeirra fjórtán klaustra sem starfrækt voru í lengri eða skemmri tíma á Íslandi á miðöldum eru í flestum tilfellum þekkt en tímasetning og ástæður lokunar þeirra síður. Flestum, alls níu, var lokað í kjölfar siðaskiptanna um miðja sextándu öld en það gerðist ekki í einni svipan, heldur smám saman á tímabilinu frá 1539–1554. Nokkrum klaustranna hafði verið lokað löngu fyrr af ýmsum ástæðum en einkum þó vegna þeirra pólitísku deilna sem urðu um skiptingu veraldlegs og kirkjulegs valds í landinu á þrettándu öld. Hér er reynt að ná fram heildarmynd af lokun íslensku miðaldaklaustranna, um leið og skoðað verður með hvaða hætti lokunin átti sér stað í hverju tilviki fyrir sig, hvenær og hvers vegna. Stuðst verður við ritaðar heimildir sem veita vísbendingar um afdrif klaustranna en einnig er tekið mið af niðurstöðum úr fornleifauppgrefti á rústum Skriðuklausturs. Engu klaustri var lokað vegna áfalla eða ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Veita ENVELOPE(19.315,19.315,69.615,69.615) Skriðuklaustur ENVELOPE(-14.979,-14.979,65.044,65.044) Klaustur ENVELOPE(-18.803,-18.803,65.168,65.168)
spellingShingle Klaustur
kirkjuvaldsstefnan
siðaskipti
miðaldir
Ísland
Monasticism
the investiture controversy
Reformation
Middle Ages
Iceland
Kristjánsdóttir, Steinunn
Lokun íslensku miðaldaklaustranna
title Lokun íslensku miðaldaklaustranna
title_full Lokun íslensku miðaldaklaustranna
title_fullStr Lokun íslensku miðaldaklaustranna
title_full_unstemmed Lokun íslensku miðaldaklaustranna
title_short Lokun íslensku miðaldaklaustranna
title_sort lokun íslensku miðaldaklaustranna
topic Klaustur
kirkjuvaldsstefnan
siðaskipti
miðaldir
Ísland
Monasticism
the investiture controversy
Reformation
Middle Ages
Iceland
topic_facet Klaustur
kirkjuvaldsstefnan
siðaskipti
miðaldir
Ísland
Monasticism
the investiture controversy
Reformation
Middle Ages
Iceland
url https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/ritrodgudfraedistofnunar/article/view/3827