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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Role of the Vestal Virgins in Roman Civic Religion : A Structuralist Study of the crimen incesti. |
Съдържание:
- THE ROLE OF THE VESTAL VIRGINS IN ROMAN CIVIC RELIGION: A Structuralist Study of the crimen incesti; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Chapter One
- Interpreting Culture; Chapter Two
- Roman Civic Religion; Chapter Three
- Roman Myth and Ritual; Chapter Four
- Roman Virginity and the Vestal Cult; Chapter Five
- Vestal Mythology; Chapter Six
- The Vestal Ritual Tradition; Chapter Seven
- Interpreting Vestal Virginity; Bibliography of Primary Sources; Bibliography of Secondary Sources; Index.