Pilgrimage and Economy in the Ancient Mediterranean (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, 192)

Contents
Preface
Author Biographies
Illustrations
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Embedded Economies of Ancient Mediterranean Pilgrimage
Part 1 Movements
Chapter 2 Movement, Labour and Devotion: a Virtual Walk to the Sanctuary at Mount Kasios
Chapter 3 Braided Networks: Pilgrimage and the Economics of Travel Infrastructure in the Late Antique Holy Land
Part 2 Communities
Chapter 4 Gathering in the Panhellenic Sanctuary at Delphi: an Archaeological Approach
Chapter 5 Hellenistic Festivals: Aspects of the Economic Impact on Cities and Sanctuaries
Chapter 6 Housing Pilgrims in Late Antiquity: Patrons, Buildings, and Services
Part 3 Transactions
Chapter 7 The Monetisation of Sacrifice
Chapter 8 ‘What Will You Give Me?’: Narratives of Religious Exchange
Chapter 9 Space, Exchange and the Embedded Economies of Greek Sanctuaries
Chapter 10 Pricing Salvation: Visitation, Donation and the Monastic Economies in Late Antique and Early Islamic Egypt
Chapter 11 Do ut des: The Function of Eulogiai in the Byzantine Pilgrimage Economy
Part 4 Sociological and Comparative Perspectives
Chapter 12 Festivals, Fairs and Foreigners: Towards an Economics of Religion in the Mediterranean Longue Durée
Chapter 13 Gods of Trust: Ancient Delos and the Modern Economics of Religion
Index