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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thompson, Lindsay J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
Colección:Hors serie
Temas:
Vestal virgins.
Vestales.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION > Antiquities & Archaeology.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
European Religions - pre-Christian.
Vestalin.
Religion > Römer.
Rome > Religion.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (169 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780773430143
0773430148

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