Monastic Iceland

Author : Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000830156

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Monastic Iceland by Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir Pdf

This book provides an overview of medieval monasticism in Iceland, from its dawn to its downfall during the Reformation. Blending the evidence from material remains and written documents, Monastic Iceland highlights the realities of everyday life in the male and female monasteries operated in Iceland. The book describes the incorporation of monasticism into the Icelandic society, the alleged land of the Vikings, and thus how the monasteries coexisted with the natural and social environments on the island while keeping their general aims and objectives. The book shows that large social systems, such as monasticism, can cross social and natural borders without necessitating fundamental changes apart from those triggered by the constant coexistence of nature and culture inside the environment they exist within. The evidence provided debunks the myth that Icelandic monasteries, male or female, were isolated, silent places or simple cells functioning principally as retirement homes for aristocrats. To be a member of an ecclesiastical institution did not mean a quiet, secluded life without any outside interaction, but rather active participation in the surrounding community. The book is for researchers in archaeology, osteology, and medieval history, in addition to all those interested in monasticism and the medieval history of northern Europe.

Author : Ryder Patzuk-Russell
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501514432

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The Development of Education in Medieval Iceland by Ryder Patzuk-Russell Pdf

Medieval Iceland is known for the fascinating body of literary works it produced, from ornate court poetry to mythological treatises to sagas of warrior-poets and feud culture. This book investigates the institutions and practices of education which lay behind not only this literary corpus, but the whole of medieval Icelandic culture, religion, and society. By bringing together a broad spectrum of sources, including sagas, law codes, and grammatical treatises, it addresses the history of education in medieval Iceland from multiple perspectives. It shows how the slowly developing institutions of the church shaped educational practices within an entirely rural society with its own distinct vernacular culture. It emphasizes the importance of Latin, despite the lack of surviving manuscripts, and teaching and learning in a highly decentralized environment. Within this context, it explores how medieval grammatical education was adapted for bilingual clerical education, which in turn helped create a separate and fully vernacularized grammatical discourse.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004465510

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Dominican Resonances in Medieval Iceland by Anonim Pdf

This book explores the life and times of Jón Halldórsson, bishop of Skálholt (1322–39), a Dominican who had studied the liberal arts and canon law in Paris and Bologna, and provides a snapshot with wider implications for understanding of medieval literacy.

Author : Erika Sigurdson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004301566

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The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland by Erika Sigurdson Pdf

In The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland, Erika Sigurdson offers an account of the fourteenth-century Icelandic Church, and the development of an elite beneficed clergy after the ecclesiastical reforms of the late thirteenth century.

Author : Jon Johannesson
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780887553318

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A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth by Jon Johannesson Pdf

The founding of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth in 930 A.D. is one of the most significant events in the history of early Western Europe. This pioneering work of historiography provides a comprehensive history of Iceland from 870 A.D. to the end of the Commonwealth in 1262.

Author : Roberta Gilchrist
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781108496544

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Sacred Heritage by Roberta Gilchrist Pdf

Forges innovative connections between monastic archaeology and heritage studies, revealing new perspectives on sacred heritage, identity, medieval healing, magic and memory. This title is available as Open Access.

Author : Debbie Nevins,Zawiah Abdul Latif,Jonathan Wilcox
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781502622181

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Iceland by Debbie Nevins,Zawiah Abdul Latif,Jonathan Wilcox Pdf

Known as the land of fire and ice, Iceland is an island with a distinct cultural identity which has exploded in recent years as a tourism hotspot. In this title, colorful maps, dynamic photographs, and traditional recipes help bring to life the culture of Iceland. Readers will learn about the vibrant customs, economy, and peoples of this Nordic nation and discover how the country continues to be shaped by its unique history and geography.

Author : Jesse L. Byock
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1990-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0520069544

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Medieval Iceland by Jesse L. Byock Pdf

Gift of Joan Wall. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-248) and index. * glr 20090610.

Author : Tore Nyberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351761369

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Monasticism in North-Western Europe, 800–1200 by Tore Nyberg Pdf

This title was first published in 2000: This is a full-scale integrated synthesis of the origins, spread and effects of monasticism in Scandinavia, and along the shores of the Baltic and the North Sea. Beginning with a review of the geography and communications by land and, especially, by sea, of the region, the author goes on to describe early monasticism among the Frisians ,Saxons and the Danes, then in Norway and Sweden, Saxony, Slesvig and Ribe, and finally Pomerania and the southern and eastern Baltic littoral. Throughout the book he stresses the place of abbeys and convents within their local surroundings, as centres of conversion, recruitment and redistribution of wealth. He traces the intellectual, literary and liturgical connections between monastic centres and neighbouring cathedral towns and royal strongholds, and the means by which orders or congregations maintained discipline from the centre. He also describes the leaders who emerged from convent, abbey or congregation to command local and regional political and cultural life, and the ways in which monastic centres influenced popular devotion.

Author : Ben Waggoner
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780578092706

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Norse Magical and Herbal Healing by Ben Waggoner Pdf

Written in Iceland around the year 1500, the little book now known only as AM 434a is a treasure trove of medieval medical knowledge. The book lists healing uses for over ninety different herbs. It gives advice on health matters ranging from bloodletting to steam baths to the influence of the moon on health and human life. And it contains a number of magical spells, charms, prayers, runes, and symbols to bring health, wealth, and good fortune. The roots of the healing traditions in AM 434a go back thousands of years before the book itself was written. We are honored to present the first complete English translation of AM 434a. Complete notes and commentary explain this texts's historical and cultural background. Medievalists, historians of science and magic, herbalists, and anyone interested in medieval Scandinavian lore and life will find this book indispensable.

Author : Paul A. White
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000938838

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Non-Native Sources for the Scandinavian Kings' Sagas by Paul A. White Pdf

Traditional scholarship on the kings' sagas has tended to focus on the textual histories and interrelationships between the various twelfth- and thirteenth-century Scandinavian manuscripts. Thus previous scholars have striven to ascertain chronology, dating, and potential literary borrowings between the various native medieval manuscripts without considering the possibility of foreign textual influences on native literary traditions. Non-Native Sources for the Scandinavian Kings' Sagas prompts scholars to look beyond the borders of medieval Scandinavia in the attempt to account for seemingly inexplicable literary motifs and historical accounts.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433081648754

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The Downside Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : IBP, Inc.
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781438782720

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Iceland Immigration Laws and Regulations Handbook: Strategic, Practical Information and Basic Regulations by IBP, Inc. Pdf

Iceland Immigration Laws and Regulations Handbook: Strategic, Practical Information and Basic Regulations

Author : Mikael Males
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110642377

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The Poetic Genesis of Old Icelandic Literature by Mikael Males Pdf

This book assesses the importance of poetry for the Old Icelandic literary flowering of c. 1150–1350. It addresses the apparent paradox that an extremely conservative form of literature, namely skaldic poetry, was at the core of the most innovative literary and intellectual experiments in the period. The book argues that this cannot simply be explained as a result of strong local traditions, as in most previous scholarship. Thus, for instance, the author demonstrates that the mix of prose and poetry found in kings’ sagas and sagas of Icelanders is roughly contemporary to the written sagas. Similarly, he argues that treatises on poetics and mythology, including Snorri’s Edda, are new to the period, not only in their textual form, but also in their systematic mode of analysis. The book contends that what is truly new in these texts is the method of the authors, derived from Latin learning, but applied to traditional forms and motifs as encapsulated in the skaldic tradition. In this way, Christian Latin learning allowed for its perceived opposite, vernacular oral literature of pagan extraction, to reach full fruition and to largely replace the very literature which had made this process possible in the first place.

Author : Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350413184

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Autobiographical Traditions in Egodocuments by Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon Pdf

Using the Icelandic context, Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon examines egodocuments as distinct and fascinating manifestations of microhistory, reflecting on their nature, the circumstances in which they originated, and their strengths and weaknesses for scholarly research. Autobiographical Traditions in Egodocuments successfully makes the case for egodocuments being an intriguing part of the material culture of their time, with ample consideration given to the role of the book within individual households and the impact a source such as autobiography has had on people's daily lives. Magnússon also provides an insightful historiographical account of how the egodocument has been used in historical works both in Iceland and elsewhere in the world since the 19th century.