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1 online resource |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The monastic geography of North-Western Europe; I The regions; II Communications; 2 Early monasticism among Frisians and Saxons; I The Frisians; II The Saxons; 3 The archbishops' options; 4 Eleventh-century monasticism: Eastern Denmark; I The period 1020-1100; II Zealand and the diocese of Roskilde; III The two Scania dioceses; 5 Eleventh-century monasticism: Funen and Jutland; I Funen and the diocese of Odense; II The three new dioceses of Jutland |
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6 Eleventh-century monasticism: Norway and SwedenI Norway; II Sweden; 7 Eleventh-century monasticism: Saxony, Slesvig, Ribe; 8 The great period: civil war 1; I The spirit of the epoch: revenge and penitence; II The alternative: disinterested prayer; 9 The great period: civil war 2; I Monasticism in times of threat; II The Danish model in Sweden; III The Danish model in Norway?; 10 The great period: civil war 3; 11 The Valdemarian age 1: 1157 and the coming of competition; I Summing up: kings in the secular church and the monasteries; II Bishops and monasteries |
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III The new interpretation: peace and tensionIV Danish kingship and the new interpretation; V Swedish kingship and monasticism; 12 The Valdemarian age 2: movements among monks; I The history of 'The Precious Island'; II Repeated patterns?; III New moves in Sweden; IV Women and the monastic option; 13 The Valdemarian age 3: sons and daughters of St Augustine; 14 The Valdemarian age 4: peripheria and conclusion; I Among the Obodrites and Pomeranians; II Among the Frisians; III Conclusion; Appendix Development of Cistercian foundations in Denmark; Bibliography; Index |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Monasticism and religious orders -- Scandinavia -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Monasticism and religious orders -- Europe -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
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Monasticism and religious orders -- Middle Ages
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Europe
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Scandinavia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315194547 |
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1315194546 |
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