IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 1012: Garden Plants: Names and Introduction in Medieval Northern Europe, II
Wednesday 9 July 2008, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Stockholms Universitet / Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp |
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Organiser: | Inger Larsson, Institutionen för svenska och flerspråkighet, Stockholms Universitet |
Moderator/Chair: | Kjell Lundquist, Department of Landscape Architecture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp |
Paper 1012-a | Plant Relicts from Medieval Norwegian Monastery Grounds (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Science |
Paper 1012-b | Medieval Vegetable Gardens (kålgårdar) in Stockholm: What Can They Tell Us about Gardening (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Science |
Paper 1012-c | Skriðuklaustur Monastery, East Iceland: Domestic Resources Designed for International Forms and Function (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Monasticism |
Abstract | When and how were the garden plants and gardening introduced in Northern Europe? Earlier researchers have assumed that the establishment of the various monastic houses also led to an increase in the introduction of new plants and new gardening ideas. Recent research has shown that this is only partly true. By combining evidence from different sources like mentioning in medical and botanical literature, vernacular plant names, geographical distribution, relict plants, archaeology, fossils, folklore, and floristics, and bringing together researchers from Sweden, Norway, and Iceland we hope eventually to get a fuller picture of garden plants and gardening in medieval Northern Europe. |