Christians and Pagans in Roman Britain (Routledge Revivals)
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Christians and Pagans in Roman Britain (Routledge Revivals)

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Christians and Pagans in Roman Britain (Routledge Revivals)

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In Christians and Pagans in Roman Britain, first published in 1991, Professor Dorothy Watts sets out to distinguish possible Pagan features in Romano-British Christianity in the period leading up to and immediately following the withdrawal of Roman forces in AD 410.

Watts argues that British Christianity at the time contained many Pagan influences, suggesting that the former, although it had been present in the British Isles for some two centuries, was not nearly as firmly established as in other parts of the Empire. Building on recent developments in the archaeology of Roman Britain, and utilising a nuanced method for deciphering the significance of objects with ambiguous religious identities, Christians and Pagans in Roman Britain will be of interest to classicists, students of the history of the British Isles, Church historians, and also to those generally interested in the place of Christianity during the twilight of the Western Roman Empire.

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Information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780415742948
eBook ISBN
9781317803096
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History
GENERAL INDEX
Aediculae: See Shrines; Roman, household
Affusion: See Baptism, affusion
Afterlife
belief in 25, 58
Celtic 3, 190
Christian 49, 56, 190, 194
pagan 69, 71, 190, 205, 207, 208, 253
Roman 25, 177, 190
Altars 175, 176, 252
Christian 122, 123, 181, 252
placement 122, 123, 181
portable 128
pagan 105, 106, 110, 155, 174, 181, 182, 202, 251, 252, 255
christianised 161, 175, 176, 202, 203, 251, 252
deliberate concealment 78
deliberate destruction 76, 105
portable 174
position 181
profaned 105
Amphitheatres 113
Apostolic succession, principle of 7, 8, 9
Apostolic Tradition 176
Apsidal buildings: See churches, apsidal
Architecture
funerary 198
religious 109
Art
Celtic 2
‘Deal Man’ 4
Christian 34, 36
frescoes 103, 126
sites: Lullingstone 102; Silchester 181
Jewish elements 201
mosaics 35, 36, 75, 204, 206, 208
Bellerophon-and-Chimaera 207
Orpheus 207
pagan motifs:
Bacchus 123
Bellerophon 35, 36
Bellerophon...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Table of Contents
  8. List of figures
  9. Preface
  10. I THE RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND
  11. II SIGNIFICANT PRIOR RESEARCH
  12. III IDENTIFICATION OF CHRISTIAN CEMETERIES
  13. IV IDENTIFICATION OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
  14. V FURTHER CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS AND INSCRIPTIONS
  15. VI LINKS WITH PAGAN RELIGIONS AND PRACTICES
  16. VII CONCLUSIONS
  17. Appendix: Strainers and other instruments in early Church ritual (Eoin de Bhaldraithe)
  18. Notes
  19. Bibliography: Archaeological and secondary sources
  20. Name index
  21. Place index
  22. General index