An investigation of the origins and progress of the Cretan aristocracy which came about with the influx of the Dorians and their Iron Age technology.

Aristocratic Society in Ancient Crete.

Literature & Fiction

Willetts, R.F.

History & Criticism

Praeger

Cretan Cults and Festivals, first published in 1962, contains a lengthy treatment of religious practices on Crete and acts as a supplement to the author’s previous account of the socio-political institutions of Cretan aristocracies. The religious traditions of the island are investigated in light of the progress of Cretan political and economic practice: in particular, attention is given to the social needs which the cults and the festivals were intended to satisfy or represent. This work will be of value to students of Ancient Greek religion, those interested in the relationship between religious conceptions and cultic practise, and the links between societal and religious development.

Cretan Cults and Festivals.

Religion & Spirituality

Everyday Life in Ancient Crete

B.T.BATSFORD LTD

Ancient Crete

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Ancient Crete: From Early Times Until the Roman Occupation

Reference

Routledge

Frontis. + 279 pp. with 25 illus. &amp; 23 plates, 8vo.

Civilization of Ancient Crete

History

Europe

Univ. Of California Pr.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1976.

The Civilization of Ancient Crete

Ancient Civilizations

University of California Press

Aristocratic Society in Ancient Crete

Routledge and Kegan Paul

Cretan Cults and Festivals

Routledge& Kegan Paul

Ancient Crete: a social history from early times until the Roman Occupation

Historical Study & Educational Resources

From the arrival of the Neolithic farmers through the spectacular Minoan civilization of the Bronze Age to the Roman conquest of the first century B.C., this is the story of ancient Crete, as told by an esteemed professor, packaged with an attractive new cover.  This fascinating history offers analyses and interpretations of Crete’s social and political structures, as well as its art and religion, and discusses both the invention of writing and the establishment of legal codes there. The author emphasizes throughout what persists in Cretan civilization: the importance of community, the stability of institutions, and the island’s genius for absorbing and transforming outside influences.

The civilization of ancient Crete

Batsford

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