1st Edition
Christians and Pagans in Roman Britain (Routledge Revivals)
By Dorothy Watts
Copyright 1991
318 Pages
by
Routledge
318 Pages
by
Routledge
318 Pages
by
Routledge
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In Christians and Pagans in Roman Britain , first published in 1991, Professor Dorothy Watts sets out to distinguish possible Pagan features in Romano-British Christianity in the period leading up to and immediately following the withdrawal of Roman forces in AD 410.
Watts argues that British Christianity at the time contained many Pagan influences, suggesting that the former, although it had... Read more
List of figures; Preface 1. The Religious Background 2. Significant Prior Research 3. Identification of Christian Cemeteries 4. Identification of Christian Churches 5. Further Christian Symbols 6. Links with Pagan Religions and Practices 7. Conclusions; Appendix: Strainers and other instruments in early Church ritual (Eoin de Bhaldraithe); Notes; Bibliography: Archaeological and secondary sources; Name index; Place index; General index
Biography
Dorothy Watts
