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Sacred Britannia : The Gods and Rituals of Roman Britain.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, Limited, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (248 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780500774199
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sacred BritanniaDDC classification:
  • 292.211
LOC classification:
  • BL820.B2 .A434 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- PROLOGUE -- PROLOGUE: Introducing a Sacred Isle -- CHAPTER ONEThe Druids: Priesthood, power and politics -- CHAPTER TWOForeign Conquest and Shifting Identities: New cults and old traditions -- CHAPTER THREEMarching as to War: Religion and the Roman army -- CHAPTER FOURTown and Country: Urban devotions and rural rituals -- CHAPTER FIVECosmology in Roman Britain: Sky, earth and water -- CHAPTER SIXGut-Gazers and God-Users: Divination, curing and cursing -- CHAPTER SEVENSubverting Symbols: Heads, horns and seeing triple -- CHAPTER EIGHTCandles in the Dark and Spice from the Orient: Mystery cults -- CHAPTER NINEThe Coming of Christ: From many gods to one -- CHAPTER TENJourney into Avernus: Death, burial and perceptions of afterlife -- CHAPTER ELEVENWorshipping Together: Acceptance, integration and antagonism -- EPILOGUE:Closing the Curtain: Reflecting on things past -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Picture Credits -- Index -- Introducing a Sacred Isle -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- Chapter 1 -- 4 -- 5 -- 6 -- p. ii -- 7 -- 8 -- 9 -- 10 -- 11 -- CHAPTER ONE -- 12 -- 13 -- 14 -- 15 -- 16 -- 17 -- 18 -- 19 -- 20 -- 21 -- pp. ii -- iii -- 22 -- 23 -- 24 -- 25 -- Chapter 6.
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Intro -- PROLOGUE -- PROLOGUE: Introducing a Sacred Isle -- CHAPTER ONEThe Druids: Priesthood, power and politics -- CHAPTER TWOForeign Conquest and Shifting Identities: New cults and old traditions -- CHAPTER THREEMarching as to War: Religion and the Roman army -- CHAPTER FOURTown and Country: Urban devotions and rural rituals -- CHAPTER FIVECosmology in Roman Britain: Sky, earth and water -- CHAPTER SIXGut-Gazers and God-Users: Divination, curing and cursing -- CHAPTER SEVENSubverting Symbols: Heads, horns and seeing triple -- CHAPTER EIGHTCandles in the Dark and Spice from the Orient: Mystery cults -- CHAPTER NINEThe Coming of Christ: From many gods to one -- CHAPTER TENJourney into Avernus: Death, burial and perceptions of afterlife -- CHAPTER ELEVENWorshipping Together: Acceptance, integration and antagonism -- EPILOGUE:Closing the Curtain: Reflecting on things past -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Picture Credits -- Index -- Introducing a Sacred Isle -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- Chapter 1 -- 4 -- 5 -- 6 -- p. ii -- 7 -- 8 -- 9 -- 10 -- 11 -- CHAPTER ONE -- 12 -- 13 -- 14 -- 15 -- 16 -- 17 -- 18 -- 19 -- 20 -- 21 -- pp. ii -- iii -- 22 -- 23 -- 24 -- 25 -- Chapter 6.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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