Sacred Britannia

Höfundur Miranda Aldhouse-Green

Útgefandi Thames & Hudson

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Print ISBN 9780500252222

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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Dedication
  • About the Author
  • Other titles of interest
  • Contents
  • Prologue: Introducing a Sacred Isle
  • Chapter 1 The Druids Priesthood, power and politics
  • Chapter 2 Foreign Conquest and Shifting Identities New cults and old traditions
  • Chapter 3 Marching as to War Religion and the Roman army
  • Chapter 4 Town and Country Urban devotions and rural rituals
  • Chapter 5 Cosmology in Roman Britain: Sky, earth and water
  • Chapter 6 Gut-Gazers and God-Users: Divination, curing and cursing
  • Chapter 7 Subverting Symbols: Heads, horns and seeing triple
  • Chapter 8 Candles in the Dark and Spice from the Orient: Mystery cults
  • Chapter 9 The Coming of Christ: From many gods to one
  • Chapter 10 Journey into Avernus: Death, burial and perceptions of afterlife
  • Chapter 11 Worshipping Together: Acceptance, integration and antagonism
  • Epilogue: Closing the Curtain: Reflecting on things past
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Picture Credits
  • Plates
  • Index
  • Copyright

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