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Title The Handbook of Religions in Ancient Europe
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (471 pages)
Series European history of religions
European history of religions.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; A note on Greek and Latin sources; Abbreviations and short titles; 1. Introduction; PART I: PREHISTORIC RELIGIONS; 2. Studying prehistoric religions; 3. Prehistoric material and religion: a personal odyssey; 4. Francesco d'Errico and the origins of religion; 5. On Palaeolithic religion; 6. Ian Hodder and the Neolithic; 7. Neolithic cult images? The testimony of figurines for Neolithic religion; 8. Religious practices in northern Europe 4000-2000 BCE; 9. Mythological aspects of Nordic Bronze Age religion
10. Religion and society in the Bronze Age11. The religions of prehistoric Europe and the study of prehistoric religion; PART II: ANCIENT EUROPE IN THE HISTORICAL PERIOD; 12. Minoan and Mycenaean religion; 13. Etruscan religion; 14. The religions of the Iberian Peninsula; 15. Italic religion; 16. Roman religion; 17. Ancient Greek religion; 18. The Graeco-Roman cult of Isis; 19. The cult of Mithras; 20. Religious Platonism: philosophy and religion in the Platonic tradition; 21. Insular Celtic religion; 22. Continental Germanic religion; 23. Pre-Christian Anglo-Saxon religion
24. Old Norse religion25. Slavic religion; 26. Baltic religion; 27. Religion in prehistoric Finland; 28. Sami religion; Timeline of key dates; Contributors; References; Index
Summary ""The Handbook of Religions in Ancient Europe"" surveys the major religious currents of Europe before Christianity - the first continental religion with hegemonic ambition - wiped out most local religions. The evidence - whether archaeological or written - is notoriously difficult to interpret, and the variety of religions documented by the sources and the range of languages used are bewildering. The ""Handbook"" brings together leading authorities on pre-Christian religious history to provide a state-of-the-art survey. The first section of the book covers the Prehistoric period, from th
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Religion and sociology -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
RELIGION -- Essays.
RELIGION -- Reference.
Religion and sociology
Religion
SUBJECT Europe -- Religion -- History -- To 1500
Europe -- Religious life and customs
Subject Europe
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Christensen, Lisbeth Bredholt.
Hammer, Olav.
Warburton, David A
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