| A History of Private Life Revised Edition Contributor(s): Veyne, Paul (Editor), Goldhammer, Arthur (Translator), Ariès, Phillippe (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0674399749 ISBN-13: 9780674399747 Publisher: Belknap Press OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: French Published: September 1992 Annotation: All the mystery, earthiness and romance of the Middle Ages are captured in this panorama of everyday life. The evolving concepts of intimacy are explored--from the semi-obscure eleventh century through the first stirrings of the Renaissance world in the fifteenth century. Color and black-and-white illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Ancient - Rome |
| Dewey: 937.06 |
| Series: History of Private Life (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 7.06" W x 8.06" (2.41 lbs) 688 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First of the widely celebrated and sumptuously illustrated series, this book reveals in intimate detail what life was really like in the ancient world. Behind the vast panorama of the pagan Roman empire, the reader discovers the intimate daily lives of citizens and slaves--from concepts of manhood and sexuality to marriage and the family, the roles of women, chastity and contraception, techniques of childbirth, homosexuality, religion, the meaning of virtue, and the separation of private and public spaces. The emergence of Christianity in the West and the triumph of Christian morality with its emphasis on abstinence, celibacy, and austerity is startlingly contrasted with the profane and undisciplined private life of the Byzantine Empire. Using illuminating motifs, the authors weave a rich, colorful fabric ornamented with the results of new research and the broad interpretations that only masters of the subject can provide. |
Contributor Bio(s): Duby, Georges: - Georges Duby, a member of the Académie Française, is Professor of Medieval History at the Collège de France.Veyne, Paul: - Paul Veyne is Professor at the Collège de France. |