7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. 670 pages. Sixth printing with incomplete number line on copyright page. Condition of the book is Very Good; Light dust-spotting at top edge of text block, otherwise excellent- text & illustrations are very clean, binding is tight. Dust jacket is Very Good; Spine faded. Hist Stk.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

A History of Private Life, Volume I, From Pagan Rome to Byzantium From Pagan Rome to Byzantium

Publisher

Belknap Press/ Harvard

Publication Date

1987

Language

English

ISBN 10

0674399757

ISBN 13

9780674399754

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First American edition.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

very good

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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.

About the Authors

Georges Duby, a member of the Acad�mie Fran�aise, is Professor of Medieval History at the Coll�ge de France.

Paul Veyne is Professor at the Coll�ge de France.

Arthur Goldhammer received the French-American Translation Prize in 1990 for his translation of A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution.

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