Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman & early Christian antiquity seeing the gods
From healing to oracles, from collective civic delegations to individual pilgrims seeking salvation, from localized sacred topographies to empire-wide travel, this title shows the importance of pilgrimage in pagan antiquity and its ancestry to later Christian practice
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2010, 2010
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | From healing to oracles, from collective civic delegations to individual pilgrims seeking salvation, from localized sacred topographies to empire-wide travel, this title shows the importance of pilgrimage in pagan antiquity and its ancestry to later Christian practice |
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Item Description: | Originally published: 2005 |
Physical Description: | xvii, 513 p. ill |
ISBN: | 9780191716713 |