The Church in the Orkney Earldom
This paper discusses the relationships between churches and secular power centres within the Earldom of Orkney from the eleventh to the thirteenth century. Parish churches and chapels in Orkney were closely linked to the estates of the earls and this paper uses landscape analysis to place the church...
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ftuhipublicatio:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/a50a83e0-1582-46ca-ba3a-ee8e44b25b0b 2023-10-01T03:56:54+02:00 The Church in the Orkney Earldom Gibbon, Sarah Jane Þorláksson, Helgi Sigurðardóttir, Þóra Björg 2012 https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/a50a83e0-1582-46ca-ba3a-ee8e44b25b0b https://www.snorrastofa.is/en/snorrastofa/rannsoknir-og-fraedi/bokautgafa eng eng Reykholt: Snorrastofa Cultural and Medieval Centre info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Gibbon , S J 2012 , The Church in the Orkney Earldom . in H Þorláksson & Þ B Sigurðardóttir (eds) , From Nature to Script : Reykholt, Environment, Centre and Manuscript Making . vol. VII , Snorrastofa (Series) , Reykholt: Snorrastofa Cultural and Medieval Centre , Reykholt , pp. 165-183 . church history Historical Archaeology Orkney Scandinavia Medieval bookPart 2012 ftuhipublicatio 2023-09-07T22:20:55Z This paper discusses the relationships between churches and secular power centres within the Earldom of Orkney from the eleventh to the thirteenth century. Parish churches and chapels in Orkney were closely linked to the estates of the earls and this paper uses landscape analysis to place the churches within their settlement contexts. Several of the best-evidenced churches are discussed using archaeological, onomastic and written evidence. Following this, the crux of the paper discusses the development of the parish churches and the impact of the Earls, the chief men of Orkney and the bishop on this dramatic change to the ecclesiastical and secular landscape of Orkney. Comparison is made between the development of the church in Orkney and Iceland as well as the broader European context. Book Part Iceland University of the Highlands and Islands: Research Database of UHI |
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This paper discusses the relationships between churches and secular power centres within the Earldom of Orkney from the eleventh to the thirteenth century. Parish churches and chapels in Orkney were closely linked to the estates of the earls and this paper uses landscape analysis to place the churches within their settlement contexts. Several of the best-evidenced churches are discussed using archaeological, onomastic and written evidence. Following this, the crux of the paper discusses the development of the parish churches and the impact of the Earls, the chief men of Orkney and the bishop on this dramatic change to the ecclesiastical and secular landscape of Orkney. Comparison is made between the development of the church in Orkney and Iceland as well as the broader European context. |
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Þorláksson, Helgi Sigurðardóttir, Þóra Björg |
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The Church in the Orkney Earldom |
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The Church in the Orkney Earldom |
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The Church in the Orkney Earldom |
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The Church in the Orkney Earldom |
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The Church in the Orkney Earldom |
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Reykholt: Snorrastofa Cultural and Medieval Centre |
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2012 |
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https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/a50a83e0-1582-46ca-ba3a-ee8e44b25b0b https://www.snorrastofa.is/en/snorrastofa/rannsoknir-og-fraedi/bokautgafa |
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Gibbon , S J 2012 , The Church in the Orkney Earldom . in H Þorláksson & Þ B Sigurðardóttir (eds) , From Nature to Script : Reykholt, Environment, Centre and Manuscript Making . vol. VII , Snorrastofa (Series) , Reykholt: Snorrastofa Cultural and Medieval Centre , Reykholt , pp. 165-183 . |
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