The Role of the Vestal Virgins in Roman Civic Religion [electronic resource] : A Structuralist Study of the crimen incesti

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Lindsay J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--Religion.

Vestal virgins.

Rome.

Local Subjects:

Rome--Religion.

Vestal virgins.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study introduces a question, somewhat disregarded or discounted in recent years, regarding the link between the Vestals and early Christian consecrated virgins. In a political interpretation of the ancient Roman virginity cult, this work demonstrates that female virginity was understood by both Christian and non-Christian Romans as a symbolic analogue of the securely intact body politic.

Contents:

THE ROLE OF THE VESTAL VIRGINS IN ROMAN CIVIC RELIGION: A Structuralist Study of the crimen incesti; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Chapter One - Interpreting Culture; Chapter Two - Roman Civic Religion; Chapter Three - Roman Myth and Ritual; Chapter Four - Roman Virginity and the Vestal Cult; Chapter Five - Vestal Mythology; Chapter Six - The Vestal Ritual Tradition; Chapter Seven - Interpreting Vestal Virginity; Bibliography of Primary Sources; Bibliography of Secondary Sources; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-7734-3014-8

OCLC:

818882703