The Constitutive Science of Benedictine Literacy: The Archive of Þingeyrar Abbey in Iceland

The monastic archives of Iceland have rarely been made the subject of specific studies. This article is intended to survey the history of one such archive, belonging to the Benedictine Abbey of Þingeyrar in Northern Iceland, which was founded 1133 and dissolved 1551. Through its extraordin...

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Published in:Religions
Main Author: Gottskálk Jensson
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
Subjects:
Icelandic literature
Þingeyrar Abbey and Cloister
archival studies
Benedictine diplomatics
medieval libraries
Árni Magnússon
repatriation of cultural artifacts
Þingeyrar
Iceland
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14070862

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