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Dying for the Gods: Human Sacrifice in Iron Age & Roman Europe - Softcover

Aldhouse-Green, Miranda J.

 
9780752425283: Dying for the Gods: Human Sacrifice in Iron Age & Roman Europe
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0752425285 ISBN 13: 9780752425283
Verlag: The History Press Ltd, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Sacrifice, like death, is one of the great taboos of modern society. The notion that human sacrifice, and even cannibalism, could be considered a most holy act is almost inconceivable. Yet the evidence for human sacrifice in northwest Europe, deriving from both archaeology and the testimony of Classical writers of the first centuries BC and AD, has to be confronted. Professor Green puts forward some reasons for ritual murder and shows how the multiple deposits of bog-bodies at sites like Tollund and Lindow illustrate the importance of place in the sacrificial rite. She also highlights the essential role of the priesthood in sacrificial murder.

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Verlag
The History Press Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0752425285
ISBN 13 
9780752425283
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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