The Role of the Vestal Virgins in Roman Civic Religion a Structuralist Study of the crimen incesti.
This study introduces a question, somewhat disregarded or discounted in recent years, regarding the link between the Vestals and early Christian consecrated virgins. In a political interpretation of the ancient Roman virginity cult, this work demonstrates that female virginity was understood by both...
| Основен автор: | Thompson, Lindsay J. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Lewiston :
Edwin Mellen Press,
2010.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=502267 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Role of the Vestal Virgins in Roman Civic Religion : A Structuralist Study of the crimen incesti. |
| Резюме: |
This study introduces a question, somewhat disregarded or discounted in recent years, regarding the link between the Vestals and early Christian consecrated virgins. In a political interpretation of the ancient Roman virginity cult, this work demonstrates that female virginity was understood by both Christian and non-Christian Romans as a symbolic analogue of the securely intact body politic. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (169 pages) |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780773430143 0773430148 |