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Icons of Power: Ritual Practices in Late Antiquity - Magic in History
Janowitz, Naomi (University of California, Davis)
Icons of Power: Ritual Practices in Late Antiquity - Magic in History
Janowitz, Naomi (University of California, Davis)
Janowitz sifts through the polemics to make sense of the daunting mosaic of religious belief and practice in Late Antiquity. Janowitz reveals how ritual practitioners held common assumptions about why their rituals worked and how to perform them. Icons of Power makes an important contribution to our understanding of society in Late Antiquity.
176 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | May 15, 2002 |
ISBN13 | 9780271021478 |
Publishers | Pennsylvania State University Press |
Pages | 192 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 14 mm · 481 g |
Language | English |