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History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium - Couverture souple

 
9780674399747: History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0674399749 ISBN 13 : 9780674399747
Editeur : The Belknap Press, 1992

Synopsis

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.

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À propos des auteurs

Paul Veyne is Professor at the Collège de France.

Georges Duby, a member of the Académie Française, is Professor of Medieval History at the Collège de France.

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Éditeur
The Belknap Press
Date d'édition
1992
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0674399749
ISBN 13 
9780674399747
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
688
Éditeur
Veyne Paul
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Personne responsable
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