Negotiating the landscape : environment and monastic identity in the medieval Ardennes /

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The author draws upon a rich archive of charters, property and tax records, correspondence, miracle collections, and saints' lives to explore the ways in which interaction with the natural world affected the "environmental imagination" and identity of the Benedictine monks of Stavelot...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arnold, Ellen Fenzel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Middle Ages series.
Temas:
Abbaye de Stavelot (Stavelot, Belgium)
To 1500
Landscapes > Ardennes > History > To 1500.
Landscapes > Religious aspects > History > To 1500.
Human ecology > Ardennes > History > To 1500.
Human ecology > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > History > To 1500.
Benedictine monasteries > Belgium > Stavelot > History > To 1500.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Benedictine monasteries
Human ecology
Human ecology > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
Landscapes
Landscapes > Religious aspects
Ardennes > Religious life and customs > History > To 1500.
Belgium > Stavelot
Europe > Ardennes
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Approaching the medieval landscape
  • Religious roots : foundation in the "forest wilderness"
  • Controlling the domesticated landscape : value, ownership, and religious interpretations
  • Fighting over forests : establishing social and religious authority
  • Creating conflict : forests in the monastic imagination
  • The religious landscape and monastic identity
  • Epilogue : The Passio Agilolfi revisited.

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