Religion in Archaic and Republican Rome and Italy
Evidence and Experience
Will be published approx. on 21. December 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7486-1431-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
A most stimulating book * Ancient West and East * this is a book that students of early Roman religion should read thoroughly and carefully. There is much here that is exciting.... The articles in this volume will surely spark dialogue and further research * Bryn Mwr Classical Review * The contributors have managed to write interesting and innovative chapters, and the book as a whole emerges as a counter to those who have downplayed elements like belief and emotion in the study of Roman religion in recent years." * Prudentia * The articles in this volume are well-written and the authors and editors have evidently taken care to ensure that their work is accessible to the widest possible audience. The majority of the papers contain a convenient appraisal of the current state of research including appropriate theoretical approaches...this is a volume that should be read by anyone with a serious interest in the religious history of archaic and republican Rome." * Scholia *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
416 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7486-1431-8 (9780748614318)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
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.
Content
Preface; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; List of figures
1. Introduction, Edward Bispham
2. An anthropologist's view of ritual, Nicole Bourque
3. Tuscan order: the development of Etruscan sanctuary, Vedia Izzet
4. Sacred Rubbish, Fay Glinister
5. Some thoughts on the 'religious romanisation' of Italy before the Social War, Olivier de Cazanove
6. From Concordia to the Quirinal: notes on religion and politics in mid-republican/hellenistic Rome, Emmanuele Curti
7. Prophet and text in the third century BC, J. A. North
8. The games of Hercules, T. P. Wiseman
9. Looking beyond the civic compromise: religious pluralism in late republican Rome, Andreas Bendlin
10. Worshipping Mater Matuta: ritual and context, Christopher Smith
Notes; Bibliography; Index
1. Introduction, Edward Bispham
2. An anthropologist's view of ritual, Nicole Bourque
3. Tuscan order: the development of Etruscan sanctuary, Vedia Izzet
4. Sacred Rubbish, Fay Glinister
5. Some thoughts on the 'religious romanisation' of Italy before the Social War, Olivier de Cazanove
6. From Concordia to the Quirinal: notes on religion and politics in mid-republican/hellenistic Rome, Emmanuele Curti
7. Prophet and text in the third century BC, J. A. North
8. The games of Hercules, T. P. Wiseman
9. Looking beyond the civic compromise: religious pluralism in late republican Rome, Andreas Bendlin
10. Worshipping Mater Matuta: ritual and context, Christopher Smith
Notes; Bibliography; Index