Performing the Sacra: Priestly roles and their organisation in Roman Britain
«Making sense of the usually fragmented and ambiguous material is no small task, and presenting such a comprehensive dataset is achievement enough. But the author goes further, highlighting remarkable continuity between the Iron Age and Roman period, and assessing the pattern of deposition as well as use.
Edward Biddulph, Current Archaeology
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‘Performing the Sacra: Priestly roles and their organisation in Roman Britain’ addresses a range of cultural responses to the Roman conquest of Britain with regard to priestly roles. The approach is based on current theoretical trends focussing on dynamics of adaptation, multiculturalism, and appropriation and discarding a sharp distinction between local and Roman cults. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Archaeopress
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781789690972
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 29 x 21 cm
Anmeldelser
«Making sense of the usually fragmented and ambiguous material is no small task, and presenting such a comprehensive dataset is achievement enough. But the author goes further, highlighting remarkable continuity between the Iron Age and Roman period, and assessing the pattern of deposition as well as use.
Edward Biddulph, Current Archaeology
»
«'The large quantity of objects from Roman Britain associated with people performing priestly functions is apparent to anyone who has written about religion in the province. Esposito’s book, based on a London thesis, brings most of these together... and is consequently very much to be welcomed.'»
Martin Henig, Britannia, Cambridge University Press