Gilbert-Charles Picard (1913-1998) and the Religions de l'Afrique Antique = Gilbert-Charles Picard (1913-1998) et les Religions de l'Afrique Antique Articles uri icon

authors

  • LOPEZ GOMEZ, JOSE CARLOS

publication date

  • December 2021

start page

  • 265

end page

  • 288

issue

  • 36

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1885-2718

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 2445-0057

abstract

  • This article analyses, from a historiographic perspective, the most important aspects of Charles-Gilbert Picard's work on the religious world of the populations inhabiting the Maghreb during the Punic and Roman periods, with special emphasis on his magnum opus on the subject, Les religions de l'Afrique Antique. In doing so, I have attempted to explain the evolution in thought of an author who was one of the most prominent scholars of the ancient religions in North Africa between the end of the Second World War and the process of decolonisation of the Maghreb.

subjects

  • History

keywords

  • ancient religion; gilbert-charles picard; historiography; punic; roman