Making Christian landscapes in Atlantic Europe :
conversion and consolidation in the early Middle Ages /
edited by Tomás Ó Carragáin and Sam Turner.
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| Summary: | Landscapes across Europe were transformed, both physically and conceptually, during the early medieval period (c AD 400-1200), and these changes were bound up with the conversion to Christianity and the development of ecclesiastical power structures. While Christianity represented a more or less common set of beliefs and ideas, early medieval societies were characterized by vibrant diversity: much can potentially be learned about these societies by comparing and contrasting how they adapted Christianity to suit local circumstances. This is the first book to adopt a comparative landscape approach to this crucial subject. It considers the imprint of early medieval Christianity on landscapes along the continent's western shore from Galicia to Norway, and across the northern islands from Britain and Ireland to Iceland. The construction of new monuments clearly led to some major physical changes, but landscapes are not just affected by tangible, material alterations: they are also shaped by new types of knowledge and changing perceptions. Christianity was associated with many such changes including new ways of seeing the land that directly affected how landscapes were inhabited and managed. By examining how people chose to shape their landscapes, this book provides fresh perspectives on the Christianization of Atlantic Europe -- |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cork, Ireland :
Cork University Press,
2016.
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 544-595) and index. Physical description: xvi, 622 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm. more |
| ISBN: | 1782052003 9781782052005 |
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction : making Christian landscapes in the early medieval Atlantic world / Tomás Ó Carragáin and Sam Turner
Ireland
2. Hallowed by saints, coveted by kings : Christianisation and land tenure in Rathdown, c. 400-900 / Gill Boazman
3. Reconstructing the territorial framework for ecclesiastical and secular power structures : a case study of the kingdom of Uí Fáeláin / Paul MacCotter
4. Conversion and consolidation in Leinster's royal heartland / Patrick Gleeson and Tomás Ó Carragáin
5. Territoriality and the cult of Saint Ciarán of Saigir / Anne Connon
6. Early ecclesiastical precincts and landscapes of Inishowen, County Donegal / Colm O'Brien and Max Adams
Wales and Scotland
7. Christianising the landscape in early medieval Wales : the island of Anglesey / Nancy Edwards
8. Feeding the body and claiming the spirit(s) : early Christian landscapes in west Wales / Rhiannon Comeau
9. Death and the formation of early Christian Scotland / Adrián Maldonado
England
10. The bones of the Northumbrian landscape : technologies of social change in the conversion period / Sam Turner and Chris Fowler
11. Streanaeshalch (Whitby), its satellite churches and lands / Thomas Pickles
12. Converting the Peak District? Britons, Angles and Christians / John Moreland
Gaul and Iberia
13. Funerary patterns in towns in France and England between the fourth and tenth centuries : a comparative approach / Elisabeth Lorans
14. Christianisation and parish formation in early medieval France : a case study of the dioceses of Rennes, Dol and St Malo / Anne Lunven
15. Parish boundaries and the illusion of territorial continuity in landscape archaeology : the evidence from the Touraine / Elisabeth Zadora-Rio
16. The creation of ecclesiastical landscapes in early medieval Galicia (northwest Spain, fifth to tenth centuries) / Jose Carlos Sánchez Pardo
Germanic and Nordic lands
17. From conversion to consolidation in eighth-century Hessia / John Henry Clay
18. The religious transformation of a landscape : Drenthe (the Netherlands), c. AD 800-1600 / Jan Kolen
19. Introducing Christianity to a challenging environment : the example of Norway / Saebjorg Walaker Nordeide
20. Alternative histories on the making of the early Christian landscape of Iceland / Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir.
1. Introduction : making Christian landscapes in the early medieval Atlantic world / Tomás Ó Carragáin and Sam Turner
Ireland
2. Hallowed by saints, coveted by kings : Christianisation and land tenure in Rathdown, c. 400-900 / Gill Boazman
3. Reconstructing the territorial framework for ecclesiastical and secular power structures : a case study of the kingdom of Uí Fáeláin / Paul MacCotter
4. Conversion and consolidation in Leinster's royal heartland / Patrick Gleeson and Tomás Ó Carragáin
5. Territoriality and the cult of Saint Ciarán of Saigir / Anne Connon
6. Early ecclesiastical precincts and landscapes of Inishowen, County Donegal / Colm O'Brien and Max Adams
Wales and Scotland
7. Christianising the landscape in early medieval Wales : the island of Anglesey / Nancy Edwards
8. Feeding the body and claiming the spirit(s) : early Christian landscapes in west Wales / Rhiannon Comeau
9. Death and the formation of early Christian Scotland / Adrián Maldonado
England
10. The bones of the Northumbrian landscape : technologies of social change in the conversion period / Sam Turner and Chris Fowler
11. Streanaeshalch (Whitby), its satellite churches and lands / Thomas Pickles
12. Converting the Peak District? Britons, Angles and Christians / John Moreland
Gaul and Iberia
13. Funerary patterns in towns in France and England between the fourth and tenth centuries : a comparative approach / Elisabeth Lorans
14. Christianisation and parish formation in early medieval France : a case study of the dioceses of Rennes, Dol and St Malo / Anne Lunven
15. Parish boundaries and the illusion of territorial continuity in landscape archaeology : the evidence from the Touraine / Elisabeth Zadora-Rio
16. The creation of ecclesiastical landscapes in early medieval Galicia (northwest Spain, fifth to tenth centuries) / Jose Carlos Sánchez Pardo
Germanic and Nordic lands
17. From conversion to consolidation in eighth-century Hessia / John Henry Clay
18. The religious transformation of a landscape : Drenthe (the Netherlands), c. AD 800-1600 / Jan Kolen
19. Introducing Christianity to a challenging environment : the example of Norway / Saebjorg Walaker Nordeide
20. Alternative histories on the making of the early Christian landscape of Iceland / Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir.