Christianity in Roman Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9364970 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Petts (0000-0002-5446-0243, Durham University, corresponding author) |
| Editors | Martin Millett (0000-0003-4073-3260), Louise Revell, Alison Moore (0000-0003-2989-4346) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-05 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook of Roman Britain (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199697731.013.036 |
| OpenAlex | W3021227225, W168898875 |
| ISBN | 9780199697731, 9780199697713 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 20 |
Although there is limited evidence for pre-Constantinian Christianity in Roman Britain, it is clear that in the fourth century ad the early church became increasingly widespread, partly owing to the influence of the Roman state. The archaeological evidence for this includes personal items bearing potential Christian imagery, possible liturgical fonts or basins, church structures and putative Christian burial traditions. The wider relationship between Christianity and contemporary pagan religious traditions are explored, and this chapter reviews this surviving material evidence and draws out evidence for regional variation in the adoption of Christianity. More generally, some of the wider practical and methodological issues involved in understanding the archaeology of Roman Christianity in Britain are examined, considering how easy it is to unproblematically identify evidence for Christian practice within late Roman Britain
Ancient history · Archaeological evidence · Archaeology · Art · Christianity · Early Christianity · State (computer science · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Medieval Literature and History
Roman Colony
The Sanctuary at Bath in the Roman Empire
Iconography and Archaeology
A Chi-Rho Graffito from Brandon House, Southwark
The Gloucester Hoard of Roman Bronze
After Life
Altar Space in Late Antiquity
Legionum Urbs and the British Martyrs Aaron and Julius
Inequality at Late Roman Baldock, Uk the Impact of Social Factors on Health and Diet
Contextualising Romano-British Lead Tanks
The date and origin of the Pictish symbols
Different in death
Managing Transition
All Change on the Land? Wheat and the Roman to Early Medieval Transition in England
Pelagianism
The Temple of Sulis Minerva at Bath and the End of Roman Britain
The place-names of Roman Britain
The Early Christian Inscriptions of Southern Scotland
The Water Newton Silver
The origins of Christian commemoration in late antique Britain
An Inscription from Bavai and the Fifth-Century Christian Epigraphy of Britain
An Early Christian Community at Colchester
Neither Baths Nor Baptisteries
A Rho‐cross Engraved on a Jet Finger‐ring from Bagshot, Surrey
The Roman Church at Silchester Reconsidered
Baths or Baptisteries? Holcombe, Lufton and Their Analogues
Christianity in Roman Britain
Early-Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales
Gnosticism' in Fourth-Century Britain
Iconoclasm in Roman Britain
Contextualising Romano-British Lead Tanks
Evidence for Christianity in Roman Britain. The Small Finds
Christians and Pagans in Roman Britain
Excavations at Lincoln. Second Interim Report
The Canterbury Late Roman Treasure
Links with the Past
| Citations per year | 0.44 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1985 - 2026 (42) |
| Highly cited | No |