Do the 'Vernacular' Curse-Tablets from Italy Represent a Specific Knowledge- Practice?
A knowledge-practice can be defined as a field, or sub-field, of social action in which complex, systematised or partly-systematised knowledge forms the basis of a regular or intermittent practice. How far is such a model of knowledge applicable to the institution of writing vernacular curse-tablets...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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Religion in the Roman empire
Année: 2019, Volume: 5, Numéro: 3, Pages: 417-439 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Römisches Reich
/ Sud de l'Italie (motif)
/ Tablette de malédiction
/ Religion populaire
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions AG Vie religieuse BE Religion gréco-romaine |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
vernacular religion
B Illocutionary Force B management of contingency B curse-tablets in Latin B curse-tablets in Italy B Justification B religiousknowledge B rhetoric of lists B religious field of the Roman Empire |
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| Résumé: | A knowledge-practice can be defined as a field, or sub-field, of social action in which complex, systematised or partly-systematised knowledge forms the basis of a regular or intermittent practice. How far is such a model of knowledge applicable to the institution of writing vernacular curse-tablets in the Italian peninsula between the later Republic and the reign of Constantine I? The paper advocates abandoning the usual classificiation by supposed purpose, as well as the notion of 'formulae', in favour of a sliding scale of rhetorical and religious competence displayed. The final section discusses the relation between these factors and the awareness of the need, especially pronounced in vernacular curses (i. e., those not written by ritual specialists), to establish a basis of authority vis-à-vis the other world. |
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| ISSN: | 2199-4471 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religion in the Roman empire
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/rre-2019-0024 |