Negotiating the Landscape: Environment and Monastic Identity in the Medieval Ardennes

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