Monastic Iceland

This book provides an overview of medieval monasticism in Iceland, from its dawn to its downfall during the Reformation.

Blending the evidence from material remains and written documents, Monastic Iceland highlights the realities of everyday life in the male and female monasteries operated in Iceland. The book describes the incorporation of monasticism into the Icelandic society, the alleged land of the Vikings, and thus how the monasteries coexisted with the natural and social environments ...