| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 319 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Paganism and Christianity in Late Antique North Africa ; The Fate of Pagan Religious Architecture: Was there a Conversion from the Temple to the Church? ; Pagan Continuity and Christian Attitudes: When did Paganism End? ; The Fate of Statues: Legacy of the Past or Economic Casualties? ; Spolia in Churches: Recycling in Late Antique Building Activity ; The World of the Profane in Late Antique North Africa |
| Summary |
"This book focuses primarily on the end of the pagan religious tradition and the dismantling of its material in North Africa (modern Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya) from the 4th to the 6th centuries AD. Leone considers how urban communities changed, why some traditions were lost and some others continued, and whether these carried the same value and meaning upon doing so. Addressing two main issues, mainly from an archaeological perspective, the volume explores the change in religious habits and practices, and the consequent recycling and reuse of pagan monuments and materials, and investigates to what extent these physical processes were driven by religious motivations and contrasts, or were merely stimulated by economic issues."--Publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-313) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed March 23, 2022) |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Africa, North -- History -- To 1500
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Cities and towns -- Religious aspects -- Paganism.
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Paganism -- Africa, North -- History -- To 1500
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Sociology, Urban -- Africa, North -- History -- To 1500
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Cities and towns -- Religious aspects -- Paganism
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Antiquities
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Cities and towns
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Paganism
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Sociology, Urban
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Steden.
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Urbanisatie.
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Economische aspecten.
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Religieuze aspecten.
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| SUBJECT |
Africa, North -- Antiquities
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| Subject |
North Africa
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Noord-Afrika.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191626005 |
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0191626007 |
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9780191752292 |
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0191752290 |
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