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1. Title Title of document 2. Parishes and churches - Medieval Visby and Gotland
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Anders Andrén; Stockholm University;
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) Archaeology
 
4. Subject Keyword(s) Cistercians; burial customs; churches of wood or stone; influences from the East and West church; monastic life; stonemasons; vicarages; gravestones; parishes
 
6. Description Abstract The chapter starts with a discussion about the transition to Christianity, inluding Christian cemeteries and burial grounds of pagan origin used contemporarily until the early twelfth century. The foundation of the Cistercian monastery at Roma in 1164 marked the final establishment of the western church on the island. From Roma, the chapter proceeds to a general overview of all 94 medieval parish churches in the countryside, in order to present trends in the building and rebuilding of the stone churches in time and space. The chapter ends in a discussion about the formation of parishes, since that may serve as an introduction to the much disputed issue on the social order of the island, which will be further discussed in the next chapter.
 
7. Publisher Organizing agency, location Equinox Publishing Ltd
 
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9. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 01-Nov-2026
 
10. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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12. Format File format PDF
 
13. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/26487
 
14. Identifier Digital Object Identifier 10.1558/equinox.26487
 
15. Source Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) Equinox eBooks Publishing; Medieval Visby and Gotland
 
16. Language English=en en
 
18. Coverage Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) Visby; Gotland,
medieval period
 
19. Rights Copyright and permissions Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd