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
Autor principal: Arnold, Ellen Fenzel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Abbaye de Stavelot (Stavelot, Belgium)
Landscapes > Religious aspects
Landscapes
Human ecology > Religious aspects > Catholic Church
Human ecology
Benedictine monasteries
HISTORY > Medieval.
Benedictine monasteries > Belgium > Stavelot > History > To 1500.
Human ecology > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > History > To 1500.
Human ecology > Ardennes > History > To 1500.
Landscapes > Religious aspects > History > To 1500.
Landscapes > Ardennes > History > To 1500.
Europe > Ardennes
Belgium > Stavelot
Ardennes > Religious life and customs > History > To 1500.
History.
Electronic books.
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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