Engineering Miracles: Water Control, Conversion and the Creation of a Religious Landscape in the Medieval Ardennes
Ellen F. Arnold
Though sometimes at odds, the religious and economic identities of medieval monks could also reinforce one another. Benedictine throughout world engaged in transformation while seeking to flee many kinds secular involvement. In early high Middle Ages, Ardennes actively worked reconcile this by constructing a framework for their practical activities. They controlled, managed engineered water resources, created miracle stories that highlighted these Medieval had cultural reasons creating about control, need firmer place discussions environment technology. This article demonstrates were able use authority control message support supplement temporal powers. The resources was more than an or necessity; it deeply connected monastic identity relationships between world.
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