c.1070 Queen Margaret Supports Religious Change

c.1070 Queen Margaret Supports Religious Change

Around 1070 King Malcolm III’s wife Margaret (later known as St Margaret of Scotland) brought a group of Benedictine monks to Dunfermline. The Benedictines were the commonest monastic order in Western Europe at that time. Over succeeding years Margaret tried to bring religious practices in Scotland in line with customs in Continental Europe. Margaret also encouraged pilgrimage to St Andrews, and set up a new ferry and hostel for pilgrims crossing the Forth. This was the origin of North and South Queensferry.

timelineoffifesreli

1070

egsr@st-andrews.ac.uk

Event

116

07/14/2021 03:51:55 pm

Sacred Landscapes of Fife

TEXT

1070

240