Format:
1 online resource (385 pages)
ISBN:
9789004428690
Series Statement:
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Ser.
Content:
Pilgrimage and Economy in the Ancient Mediterranean brings together diverse scholarship to explore the socioeconomic dynamics of ancient Mediterranean pilgrimage from archaic Greece to Late Antiquity, the Greek mainland to Egypt and the Near East.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Author Biographies -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Embedded Economies of Ancient Mediterranean Pilgrimage -- Part 1 Movements -- Chapter 2 Movement, Labour and Devotion: a Virtual Walk to the Sanctuary at Mount Kasios -- Chapter 3 Braided Networks: Pilgrimage and the Economics of Travel Infrastructure in the Late Antique Holy Land -- Part 2 Communities -- Chapter 4 Gathering in the Panhellenic Sanctuary at Delphi: an Archaeological Approach -- Chapter 5 Hellenistic Festivals: Aspects of the Economic Impact on Cities and Sanctuaries -- Chapter 6 Housing Pilgrims in Late Antiquity: Patrons, Buildings, and Services -- Part 3 Transactions -- Chapter 7 The Monetisation of Sacrifice -- Chapter 8 'What Will You Give Me?': Narratives of Religious Exchange -- Chapter 9 Space, Exchange and the Embedded Economies of Greek Sanctuaries -- Chapter 10 Pricing Salvation: Visitation, Donation and the Monastic Economies in Late Antique and Early Islamic Egypt -- Chapter 11 Do ut des: The Function of Eulogiai in the Byzantine Pilgrimage Economy -- Part 4 Sociological and Comparative Perspectives -- Chapter 12 Festivals, Fairs and Foreigners: Towards an Economics of Religion in the Mediterranean Longue Durée -- Chapter 13 Gods of Trust: Ancient Delos and the Modern Economics of Religion -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004428683
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004428683
Language:
English
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