Abstract:

This volume collects different case studies of rediscovery of Christian antiquities between 1860-1930 in Spain, in order to stimulate reflections about the impact of these rediscoveries on our culture in a period of great political transition.

By turning the light on lesser-known stories on a national horizon, this book gives a strong contribution to the history of Christian archaeology. All articles deal with many topics of the field (museology, cultural heritage protection law, history of religion, field archaeology), and therefore offer a strong interdisciplinary cut.

This book is second product of the international online workshop series “Revealing Christian Heritage. Talks on the rediscovery of Christian archaeology between 1860-1930”.

Contents

Introduction

Josep Gudiol i Cunill and the Roman Catacombs
Chiara Cecalupo

The Junta pro-catacumbas de Pretextato (1926-1929): actions from Spain for protecting the Early Christian Cultural Heritage of Rome
Eva Maria Ramos Frendo

Medieval Spanish Heritage in the XIX century. George Edmund Street, an English architect and architectural theorist fascinated by the Gothic Art in Spain
Leticia Bermejo de Rueda

The Late Antique Christian architecture in the Carthaginensis Province. Discoveries and studies between 1860 and 1930
Pablo Díaz Gutiérrez

The beginnings of the scientific study of early Andalusian Christianity. Historiographical notes from the period prior to the Civil War (1860-1930)
Eduardo Cerrato-Casado

Franco and the Visigoths
Cristina Godoy Fernández

Casto María del Rivero and his studies on coinage in Spain
Vittoria Artico