Þingeyrar Abbey in Northern Iceland: A Benedictine Powerhouse of Cultural Heritage

• Published in: Religions
• Main Author: Gottskálk Jensson
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Latin literature; Icelandic and Old Norse literature; Þingeyrar Abbey; cultural heritage; monasticism; Þingeyrar; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12060423

Þingeyrar Abbey was founded in 1133 and dissolved in the wake of the Lutheran Reformation (1550), to virtually disappear with time from the face of the earth. Although highly promising archeological excavations are under way, our material points of access to this important monastic foundation are st...