The Abbesses of Iceland

The female monasteries that operated in Iceland during medieval times, Kirkjubæjarklaustur and Reynistaðarklaustur, are the largest- and longest-operating institutions run by women to ever exist in the country. The names of the abbesses—the leaders of the female monasteries, some of which led the mo...

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Main Author: Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 4
Further subjects:B female monasteries
B medieval Iceland
B Monasticism
B prioress
B Kirkjubæjarklaustur
B Benedictine Order
B Reynistaðarklaustur
B abbess
B Ora labora
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