Ellen F. Arnold teaches history at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Introduction: Approaching the Medieval Landscape 1
Chapter 1. Religious Roots: Foundation in the ''Forest Wilderness'' 31
Chapter 2. Controlling the Domesticated Landscape: Value, Ownership, and Religious Interpretations 62
Chapter 3. Fighting over Forests: Establishing Social and Religious Authority 110
Chapter 4. Creating Conflict: Forests in the Monastic Imagination 145
Chapter 5. The Religious Landscape and Monastic Identity 173
Epilogue: The Passio Agilolfi Revisited 213
Timeline 219
Handlist of Sources 223
Notes 227
Bibliography 271
Index 289
Acknowledgments 299