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, founded by

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. 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 Fulda monastery 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". Since then, she has focused on the function of religious objects in the medieval West, particularly relics and their veneration. Raaijmakers was a former editor of the Dutch history journal ''Madoc''. Raaijmakers died on 2 May 2021, from cancer.

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{{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