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1 online resource (169 pages) |
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Contents |
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. |
Summary |
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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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
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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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Rome -- Religion.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Religion. |
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Vestal virgins.
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Vestal virgins. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Thompson, Lindsay J. Role of the Vestal Virgins in Roman Civic Religion : A Structuralist Study of the crimen incesti. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2010 9780773447653 |
ISBN |
9780773430143 |
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0773430148 |
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9780773447653 |
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0773447652 |
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