History of Private Life

Roger Chartier (Ed.)

ISBN 10: 067440002X / ISBN 13: 9780674400023

Published by Harvard University Press, 1993

About this Item

An examination of the ordinary and extraordinary people of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. This volume celebrates the emergence of individualism and the manifestations of a burgeoning self-consciousness over three centures. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 655 pages, 16 color illustrations, 426 halftones. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 190 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1062. . 1993. New edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: History of Private Life
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 067440002X
• ISBN 13: 9780674400023
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Readers interested in history, and in the development of the modern sensibility, will relish this large-scale yet intimately detailed examination of the blossoming of the ordinary and extraordinary people of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. This third in the popular five-volume series celebrates the emergence of individualism and the manifestations of a burgeoning self-consciousness over three centuries.

About the Author

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