Life at the monastery: Daily life in a medieval Danish Cistercian monastery

Lene Mollerup

Life at the monastery: Daily life in a medieval Danish Cistercian monastery

Museum Skanderborg

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Abstract

Elements of medieval monastic life can be told in various ways; by looking at broken pottery and animal bones from archaeological excavations or from the handwritten chronicle that tells the monks’ own story. This paper wishes to address basic daily life in a medieval Danish Cistercian cloister based on literary and archaeological sources.

Original language	English
Publication date	2008
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	International History Conference Medieval Village - Padise, Estonia Duration: 21 May 2009 → 22 May 2009

Conference

Conference	International History Conference Medieval Village
Location	Padise
Country/Territory	Estonia
Period	21/05/2009 → 22/05/2009

Keywords

Monastic life
Cistercian
Medieval

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