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Article

Religious Images and Iconoclasm in Reformation Iceland

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Sigrún Hannesdóttir
Department of Archaeology, University of Iceland, 102 Reykjavík, Iceland
Religions 2021, 12(6), 428; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12060428
Submission received: 29 April 2021 / Revised: 4 June 2021 / Accepted: 6 June 2021 / Published: 9 June 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Medieval Monasticism in Northern Europe)

Abstract

This work assesses what happened to liturgical objects from Icelandic churches and monastic houses during and after the Lutheran Reformation, through an examination of written sources, such as inventories and Visitation books, and material evidence in museum collections and from archaeological excavations. The aim of this work is first, to assess the extent and nature of iconoclasm in Iceland and secondly to re-examine traditional narratives of the Icelandic Reformation in the light of material culture.
Keywords: Reformation; devotional objects; iconoclasm; church history; Icelandic history Reformation; devotional objects; iconoclasm; church history; Icelandic history

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Hannesdóttir, S. (2021). Religious Images and Iconoclasm in Reformation Iceland. Religions, 12(6), 428. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12060428

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