Monasticism in North-Western Europe, 800-1200 / Tore Nyberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nyberg, Tore, 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monasticism and religious orders--Scandinavia--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Monasticism and religious orders.

History.

Scandinavia.

Monasticism and religious orders--Europe--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Local Subjects:

Monasticism and religious orders--Europe--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Physical Description:

x, 295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2000]

Contents:

1 The monastic geography of North-Western Europe 5

I The regions 5

II Communications 15

2 Early monasticism among Frisians and Saxons 18

I The Frisians 18

II The Saxons 19

3 The archbishops' options 27

4 Eleventh-century monasticism: Eastern Denmark 36

I The period 1020-1100 36

II Zealand and the diocese of Roskilde 39

III The two Scania dioceses 43

5 Eleventh-century monasticism: Funen and Jutland 52

I Funen and the diocese of Odense 52

II The three new dioceses of Jutland 63

6 Eleventh-century monasticism: Norway and Sweden 68

I Norway 68

II Sweden 78

7 Eleventh-century monasticism: Saxony, slesvig, Ribe 86

8 The great period: civil war 1 94

I The spirit of the epoch: revenge and penitence 94

II The alternative: disinterested prayer 104

9 The great period: civil war 2 116

I Monasticism in times of threat 116

II The Danish model in Sweden 120

III The Danish model in Norway? 140

10 The great period: civil war 3 148

11 The Valdemarian age 1: 1157 and the coming of competition 167

I Summing up: kings in the secular church and the monasteries 167

II Bishops and monasteries 170

III The new interpretation: peace and tension 172

IV Danish kingship and the new interpretation 176

V Swedish kingship and monasticism 181

12 The Valdemarian age 2: movements among monks 188

I The history of 'The Precious Island' 188

II Repeated patterns? 194

III New moves in Sweden 204

IV Women and the monastic option 207

13 The Valdemarian age 3: sons and daughters of St Augustine 213

14 The Valdemarian age 4: peripheria and conclusion 232

I Among the Obodrites and Pomeranians 232

II Among the Frisians 241

Appendix Development of Cistercian foundations in Denmark 248.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-265) and index.

ISBN:

1859282121

OCLC:

43069281