The Leirvik 'Bonhústoftin' and the Early Christianity of the Faroe Islands, and beyond.

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dc.contributor.authorSheehan, John
dc.contributor.authorStummann Hansen, Steffen
dc.contributor.funderUniversity College Corken
dc.contributor.funderNordic Research Council for the Humanities (NOS-H)en
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-29T13:36:38Z
dc.date.available2016-08-29T13:36:38Z
dc.date.issued2006-01
dc.date.updated2012-11-20T16:38:08Z
dc.description.abstractThe best-preserved early church site on the Faroe Islands, locally known as Bønhústoftin (English: prayer-house ruin), is located in the settlement of Leirvík on the island of Eysturoy. Although the site is well known it has neither been the subject of a proper archaeological survey nor has it ever been included in discussions of the nature of early Christianity in the Faroe Islands. The site was recently surveyed and described by the authors, and the results of this work are presented here. Other sites of related type, both in the Faroe Islands and elsewhere, are identified and the archaeological and historical contexts within which these sites should be considered, including the evidence from Toftanes and Skúvoy, are discussed.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity College Cork (Department of Archaeology); Nordic Research Council for the Humanities (NOS-H)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationSheehan, J., and Stummann Hansen, S. (2006) 'The Leirvik 'Bonhústoftin' and the Early Christianity of the Faroe Islands, and beyond', Archaeologica Icelandica, 5(1), pp. 27-54.en
dc.identifier.endpage54en
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleArchaeologica Icelandicaen
dc.identifier.startpage27en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3034
dc.identifier.volume5en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherArchaeologia Islandicaen
dc.rights© 2006, Institute of Archaeology, Icelanden
dc.subjectChristianityen
dc.subjectFaroe Islandsen
dc.subjectChapelen
dc.titleThe Leirvik 'Bonhústoftin' and the Early Christianity of the Faroe Islands, and beyond.en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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