Pilgrimage and Economy in the Ancient Mediterranean
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: Pilg...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston
BRILL
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Ser
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| Further subjects: | B
Religion-Economic aspects
B Pilgrims and pilgrimages-Mediterranean Region |
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| Summary: | 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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| ISBN: | 9004428690 |