The church in fourteenth-century Iceland : the formaton of an elite clerical identity / by Erika Sigurdson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sigurdson, Erika, author.

Series:

Northern world ; v. 72.

The Northern world ; Volume 72

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history.

Iceland--Church history.

Iceland.

Genre:

Church history.

Physical Description:

vi, 207 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Summary:

In The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland, Erika Sigurdson provides a history of the fourteenth-century Icelandic Church with a focus on the the social status of elite clerics following the introduction of benefices to Iceland. In this period, the elite clergy developed a shared identity based in part on universal clerical values, but also on a shared sense of interdependence, personal networks and connections within the framework of the Church. The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland examines the development of this social group through an analysis of bishops sagas, annals, and documents. In the process, it chronicles major developments in the Icelandic Church after the reforms of the late thirteenth century, including its emphasis on property and land ownership, and the growth of ecclesiastical bureaucracy. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Iceland in the Fourteenth Century 10

Iceland and the Kings of Norway 11

The Aristocracy in Iceland and the Administration of Iceland 16

The Icelandic Church 1264-1300 21

Defining the Period 27

2 Sources and Authorship: The Intellectual Milieu 30

Contemporary Sagas in a Fourteenth-Century Context 31

Bishops' Sagas 35

Árna saga 38

Guðmundar saga D (Guðmundar saga Arngríms Brandssonar) 40

Jóns Þáttr Halldórssonar and Exemplary Material 42

Annals 47

Skálholtsannáll 53

Brot af Skálholtsannáll 54

Lögmannsannáll 54

Flateyjarannáll 55

Gottskálksannáll 56

Documentary Sources 57

Authorship and Intellectual Milieu 59

3 The Icelandic Church after 1264 62

Parish and Local Structures 64

Staðir 67

Monasteries 69

Jurisdiction 72

Church Officials within Iceland 74

Iceland and Niðarós 83

Foreign Bishops 92

4 Elite Priests in Iceland 96

Staðir, Church Centres, and Benefices 97

Elite Priests in the Norwegian Age (1269-1400) 99

Staðir and Clerical Income 109

Elite Clerical Social Networks 118

Archiepiscopal Benefices 126

Elite Identity: Clerical Identity 129

Clerical Concubinage, Fostering, and the Children of Clerics 130

Clerical Violence and Conflict 136

Conclusion 146

5 Norway and Elite Icelandic Clerical Identity 148

Iceland and Niðarós: Introduction 149

Icelandic Clergy in Norway 153

Icelandic Perceptions of Norway and Niðarós 162

Conclusion 174.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004301177

9004301178

OCLC:

913829364