Religion in Roman Britain

Henig, Mr Martin; Henig, Martin

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“…It is known that the rituals practised in the English countryside incorporated indigenous beliefs, but their antiquity is uncertain. The names of native deities were assimilated into the Classical pantheon, but it was not an arbitrary process (Henig , chapter 3). In some cases the associations of these places can still be identified.…”

Section: Analogies and Interpretationsmentioning

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The Findspots of Bronze Age Metalwork in Lowland England: A New Field Study

Dunkin

Yates

Bradley

2020

Oxford J Archaeology

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This paper is concerned with the deposition of Middle and Late Bronze Age metalwork in three study areas extending from the coast of southeast England to the edge of the Fenland. It considers where hoards and single finds have been discovered and is based on inspection of over 300 findspots on the ground. It investigates regions in which tools and ornaments are common, but also extends to those with a stronger representation of weapons. While rapiers, swords and spears are found in rivers, terrestrial finds often come from sites close to springs, aquifers and confluences and favour areas with fresh water rather than salt water. Others are from more prominent locations on high ground or in low-lying positions like dry valleys. We suggest that such places played a role in a tiered cosmology. Metalwork was deposited where the underworld or the sky came into contact with the landscapes inhabited in daily life.

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Section: Analogies and Interpretationsmentioning

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The Findspots of Bronze Age Metalwork in Lowland England: A New Field Study

Dunkin

Yates

Bradley

2020

Oxford J Archaeology

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“…Some scholars place these developments in the later Iron Age, viewing agricultural change as intrinsically linked to an understanding of the oppida as centres of redistribution within local and more extensive exchange networks (Cunliffe ; Lodwick , 2; Sharples ). Furthermore, discussions of Roman religion in Britain do not tend to consider economic or functional relationships in cult practice, instead focusing on the diversity of Romano‐British deities and cultural change brought about by the conquest and made evident by the introduction of the epigraphic habit (Henig ; Henig and King ; Aldhouse‐Green ; Häussler ).…”

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“…The Roman period built upon this societal change and magnified its effects, while introducing novel types of evidence for religious practice and belief to the new province. The genesis of Romano‐British religion need not be recounted here (see Henig ), but we may consider that ‘traditions’, both Roman and British, were re‐forged and reimagined in the new religious landscape of the imperial period (Millett ; Aldhouse‐Green ; Häussler ). These cultural changes created new institutions and traditions, introducing for the first time written descriptions of contemporaneous life in Britain and also formalized centres of ritual activity in the shape of shrines, temples and, eventually, churches.…”

Section: The Late Iron Age and Roman Periods: Surplus And Taxation?mentioning

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Fields, Ritual and Religion: Holistic Approaches to the Rural Landscape in Long‐Term Perspective (c.1500 BC–AD 1086)

Harkel

Franconi²,

Gosden³

2017

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary This paper discusses the relationship between agricultural activity and ritualized/religious practices in England from the middle Bronze Age to the early medieval period (c.1500 BC–AD 1086). It is written in the context of the ERC‐funded, Oxford‐based ‘English Landscapes and Identities project’ (EngLaId), which involved the compilation of an extensive spatial database of archaeological ‘monuments’, finds and other related data to chart change and continuity during this period. Drawing on this database alongside documentary and onomastic evidence, we analyze the changing relationship between fields, ritual and religion in England. We identify four moments of change, around the start of the middle Bronze Age (c.1500 BC), in the late Bronze Age (c.1150 BC), the late Iron Age (c.150 BC) and the middle/late Anglo‐Saxon period (c.800 AD). However, despite changes in both agricultural and ritual/religious practices during this extensive timeframe, a clear link between them can be observed throughout.

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“…Priestly regalia are the objects characterizing the apparel of priests and priestesses, especially sceptres and head-dresses. This evidence has found favour in publications concerned with religion in Roman Britain (Henig 1984;Bird 2002), but is limited to those dealing with religion in the North-Western provinces.…”

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A Context for Roman Priestly Regalia: Depositional Practices and Spatial Distribution of Assemblages from Roman Britain

Esposito

2016

Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal

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Religion in Roman Britain

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The Findspots of Bronze Age Metalwork in Lowland England: A New Field Study

The Findspots of Bronze Age Metalwork in Lowland England: A New Field Study

Fields, Ritual and Religion: Holistic Approaches to the Rural Landscape in Long‐Term Perspective (c.1500 BC–AD 1086)

A Context for Roman Priestly Regalia: Depositional Practices and Spatial Distribution of Assemblages from Roman Britain

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