A History of Private Life, Volume I: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
Paul Veyne [Editor]; Phillippe Aries [Series Editor]; Georges Duby [Series Editor]; Arthur Goldhammer [Translator];
Language: English
Published by Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, 1992
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- Title
- A History of Private Life, Volume I: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
- Author
- Paul Veyne [Editor]; Phillippe Aries [Series Editor]; Georges Duby [Series Editor]; Arthur Goldhammer [Translator];
- Publisher
- Belknap Press, Harvard University Press
- Publication year
- 1992
- Condition
- As New
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0674399749
- ISBN 13
- 9780674399747
- Item weight
- 39 ounces
- Dimensions
- 10x7x0
- Seller catalogs
- 2023-08-22
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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About the Author
Georges Duby, a member of the Académie Française, is Professor of Medieval History at the Collège de France.
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