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Informationen zum Autor Ellen F. Arnold teaches history at Ohio Wesleyan University. Klappentext Ellen F. Arnold teaches history at Ohio Wesleyan University.Ellen Arnold draws upon a rich archive of charters, property and tax records, correspondence, miracle collections and saints' lives to explore the ways in which interaction with the natural world affected the 'environmental imagination' and identity of the Benedictine monks of Stavelot-Malmedy in the medieval Ardennes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Approaching the Medieval Landscape 1 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 Epilogue: The Passio Agilolfi Revisited 213 Timeline 219 Handlist of Sources 223 Notes 227 Bibliography 271 Index 289 Acknowledgments 299
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Introduction: Approaching the Medieval Landscape 1
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
Epilogue: The Passio Agilolfi Revisited 213
Timeline 219
Handlist of Sources 223
Notes 227
Bibliography 271
Index 289
Acknowledgments 299
