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Book SynopsisIn Pilgrimage and Economy in the Ancient Mediterranean, Anna Collar and Troels Myrup Kristensen bring together diverse scholarship to explore the socioeconomic dynamics of ancient Mediterranean pilgrimage from archaic Greece to Late Antiquity, the Greek mainland to Egypt and the Near East. This broad chronological and geographical canvas demonstrates how our modern concepts of religion and economy were entangled in the ancient world. By taking material culture as a starting point, the volume examines the ways that landscapes, architecture, and objects shaped the pilgrim’s experiences, and the manifold ways in which economy, belief and ritual behaviour intertwined, specifically through the processes and practices that were part of ancient Mediterranean pilgrimage over the course of more than 1,500 years.
Table of ContentsPreface Author Biographies List of Illustrations Abbreviations 1 Embedded Economies of Ancient Mediterranean Pilgrimage Anna Collar and Troels Myrup Kristensen part 1: Movements 2 Movement, Labour and Devotion: a Virtual Walk to the Sanctuary at Mount Kasios Anna Collar 3 Braided Networks: Pilgrimage and the Economics of Travel Infrastructure in the Late Antique Holy Land Marlena Whiting part 2: Communities 4 Gathering in the Panhellenic Sanctuary at Delphi: an Archaeological Approach Hélène Aurigny 5 Hellenistic Festivals: Aspects of the Economic Impact on Cities and Sanctuaries Marietta Horster 6 Housing Pilgrims in Late Antiquity: Patrons, Buildings, and Services Robin M. Jensen part 3: Transactions 7 The Monetisation of Sacrifice F.S. Naiden 8 ‘What Will You Give Me?’: Narratives of Religious Exchange Esther Eidinow 9 Space, Exchange and the Embedded Economies of Greek Sanctuaries Troels Myrup Kristensen 10 Pricing Salvation: Visitation, Donation and the Monastic Economies in Late Antique and Early Islamic Egypt Louise Blanke 11 Do ut des: the Function of Eulogiai in the Byzantine Pilgrimage Economy Max Ritter part 4: Sociological and Comparative Perspectives 12 Festivals, Fairs and Foreigners: Towards an Economics of Religion in the Mediterranean Longue Durée Barbara Kowalzig 13 Gods of Trust: Ancient Delos and the Modern Economics of Religion Dan-el Padilla Peralta Index
