The Ecstatic Underground
Early Christians needed to be quiet - but often weren't. David Hendy explores the ecstatic sound-world of underground house churches in ancient Rome.
Christianity was just one of several cults that sprang up in ancient Rome. So the sound-world of the first Christians probably wasn't filled with the subdued voices, measured singing and solemn prayers that would later echo through the medieval churches and cathedrals of Western Europe. It was more Eastern in flavour - or more pagan.
Professor David Hendy explores the ecstatic soundscapes of underground house churches in ancient Rome.
30-part series made in collaboration with the British Library Sound Archive.
Producer: Matt Thompson.
A Rockethouse production for 成人快手 Radio 4 first broadcast in 2013.
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