Negotiating the landscape : environment and monastic identity in the medieval Ardennes / Ellen F. Arnold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arnold, Ellen F. (Ellen Fenzel)

Series:

Middle Ages series

The Middle Ages series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abbaye de Stavelot (Stavelot, Belgium).

Benedictine monasteries--Belgium--Stavelot--History--To 1500.

Benedictine monasteries.

Human ecology--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History--To 1500.

Human ecology.

Human ecology--Ardennes--History--To 1500.

Landscapes--Religious aspects--History--To 1500.

Landscapes.

Landscapes--Ardennes--History--To 1500.

History.

Landscapes--Religious aspects.

Human ecology--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Ardennes--Religious life and customs--History--To 1500.

Ardennes.

Belgium--Stavelot.

Physical Description:

297 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Religious Roots: Foundation in the "Forest Wilderness" 31

Chapter 2 Controlling the Domesticated Landscape: Value, Ownership, and Religious Interpretations 62

Chapter 3 Fighting over Forests: Establishing Social and Religious Authority 110

Chapter 4 Creating Conflict: Forests in the Monastic Imagination 145

Chapter 5 The Religious Landscape and Monastic Identity 173.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780812244632

081224463X

OCLC:

785870961