Religion in Archaic and Republican Rome and Italy

Evidence and Experience

AvEdward Bispham,Christopher Smith

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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The early religions of Rome have been the subject of perennial fascination, and considerable study. Roman religion has conveniently been seen as conservative and ritualistic, whose observances were kept for reasons of pragmatism rather than inspired by emotion and faith. This view is challenged in this book, which reflects the new interest and excitement in studies of Roman religion.

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Utgivningsdatum:2000-12-21
Mått:156 x 234 x 9 mm
Vikt:416 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Perspectives on the Ancient World
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9780748614318

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Edward Bispham is Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History, Brasenose College, Oxford. Christopher Smith is Professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews.

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A most stimulating book

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Preface; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; List of figures1. Introduction, Edward Bispham2. An anthropologist's view of ritual, Nicole Bourque3. Tuscan order: the development of Etruscan sanctuary, Vedia Izzet4. Sacred Rubbish, Fay Glinister5. Some thoughts on the 'religious romanisation' of Italy before the Social War, Olivier de Cazanove6. From Concordia to the Quirinal: notes on religion and politics in mid-republican/hellenistic Rome, Emmanuele Curti7. Prophet and text in the third century BC, J. A. North8. The games of Hercules, T. P. Wiseman9. Looking beyond the civic compromise: religious pluralism in late republican Rome, Andreas Bendlin10. Worshipping Mater Matuta: ritual and context, Christopher SmithNotes; Bibliography; Index