PaganismThe first comprehensive study of its kind, this fully illustrated book establishes Paganism as a persistent force in European history with a profound influence on modern thinking. From the serpent goddesses of ancient Crete to modern na...
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Articles, maps, and discussions about the prehistory and history of Europe from the Stone Age to the contemporary era.
of Europe offers no substitute for The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. It has obtained undisputed possession, as rightful occupant, of the vast period which it comprehends. However some subjects, which it embraces, may have undergone more complete investigation, on the general view of ...
writes, “work to strike down and pulverise the pompous divinities of Paganism”. At the end of his introduction, the historian expresses – in his own way – the fanaticism of the jew, who, he writes, “does not bow down under fatigue and in no way aspires for the rest of the ...
FROM SACRED HISTORY TO THE HISTORY OF RELIGION: PAGANISM, JUDAISM, AND CHRISTIANITY IN EUROPEAN HISTORIOGRAPHY FROM REFORMATION TO 'ENLIGHTENMENT'. This essay is a critical historiographical overview of the recent literature on the writing of sacred history (history of the biblical Jews and early ...
Various spiritual traditions, generally with origins in pre-Abrahamic and polytheistic beliefs, make up what is commonly known as paganism. Those who practice it may honor a pantheon of gods, establish a bond with the natural world through ceremonial practices, and find meaning in long-forgotten ...
Philip Freeman, a professor at Pepperdine University, brings us Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor, about the man who tried to ditch Christianity and return the empire—by then based in Constantinople—to paganism.” Read more... Notable Nonfiction of Fall 2023 Sophie Roell, Journalist Buy ...
9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Celts (redirected fromCeltic history) Encyclopedia A people dominating western and central Europe from the Bronze Age to the middle of the first century BC. ...
Puritanismand paganism—the repression and the expression of the senses anddesires—alternate in mutual reaction in history. Generally religion andpuritanism prevail in periods when the laws are feeble and morals must bear th...