Janneke Ellen Raaijmakers (

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, 28 June 1973 -

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, 2 May 2021) was a Dutch historian of the Middle Ages who specialized in the formation of monastic communities and the role of religious objects in the cult of the saints, with a particular focus on

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and the

Fulda monastery The Abbey of Fulda (; ), from 1221 the Princely Abbey of Fulda () and from 1752 the Prince-Bishopric of Fulda (), was a Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine abbey and Hochstift, ecclesiastical principality centered on Fulda, in the present-day Ger ...

, founded by

Saint Boniface Boniface, OSB (born Wynfreth; 675 –5 June 754) was an English Benedictines, Benedictine monk and leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of Francia during the eighth century. He organised significant foundations of ...

. Raaijmakers received her Ph.D. from the

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in 2003; her dissertation, ''Sacred Time, Sacred Space. History and Identity at the monastery of Fulda (744–856)'', investigates the

including the relics it acquired and their function, and the monastery's position in the "sacred landscape" of the

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. Between 2005 and 2010 she did postdoctoral research on

and the role his life and work played in the building and transformation of various monastic communities. She has published on various aspects of monastic and religious life, including necrologies. Her ''The Making of the Monastic Community of Fulda, c. 744 – c. 900'' was published by

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in 2012 and offered a "multidimensional portrait of

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influential monastery". Later in her career, Raaijmakers focused on the function of religious objects in the medieval West, particularly relics and their veneration. She was an editor of the Dutch history journal ''Madoc''. Raaijmakers died from cancer on 2 May 2021.

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Janneke Raaijmakers
at Digital Library for Dutch Literature {{DEFAULTSORT:Raaijmakers, Janneke 1973 births 2021 deaths Dutch medievalists Women medievalists Dutch women historians University of Amsterdam alumni Academic staff of Utrecht University People from Hilversum