A History of Private Life (Volume I): From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
Veyne, Paul (Editor), Philippe Aries & Georges Duby (General Editors), Arthur Goldhammer (Translator): Contributors including Paul Veyne, Peter Brown, Yvon Thebert, Michel Rouche, & Evelyne Patlagean
Language: English
Published by Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1987
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- Hardcover
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GROUND-BREAKING: BRILLIANT: FINE First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1987) First Printing, VERY GOOD mylar-protected jacket showing slight wear along edges & corners & w/ orig. $29.50 price at top-right inside-front flyleaf, IMPECCABLE smooth-cut text-block exterior, FINE cover w/ EXCELLENT edges & corners & w/ black linen wrapping uncreased spine & extending 1.76" onto front-back panels handsomely covered in rust-red linen & w/ titles gilt-stamped on spine, AS-NEW binding w/ tight signatures, AS-NEW gold card-stock end-papers MARRED only w/ name faintly inscribed at top-right front, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed on SUPERB unblemished paper * Richly illustrated throughout in b-w & w/ 16 pp of color reproductions on gloss-laminated stock between pp 274 & 275 * 7.12" x 9.16" x 1.62", 1.56" kg, xiv+674 (688) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: First of the widely celebrated & 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 & slaves—from concepts of manhood & sexuality to marriage & the family, the roles of women, chastity & contraception, techniques of childbirth, homosexuality, religion, the meaning of virtue, & the separation of private & public spaces. The emergence of Christianity in the West & the triumph of Christian morality w/ its emphasis on abstinence, celibacy, & austerity is startlingly contrasted w/ the profane & undisciplined private life of the Byzantine Empire. Using illuminating motifs, the authors weave a rich, colorful fabric ornamented w/ the results of new research & the broad interpretations that only masters of the subject can provide. * ABOUT THE EDITORS: GEORGES DUBY, a member of the Académie Française, is Professor of Medieval History at the Collège de France. PAUL VEYNE is Professor at the Collège de France. * ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR: ARTHUR GOLDHAMMER is widely celebrated for his superb translations from French into lucid & supple English. He received the French-American Translation Prize in 1990 for his translation of "A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution". * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee of $16.00 & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted below-cost rates.…
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- Title
- A History of Private Life (Volume I): From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
- Author
- Veyne, Paul (Editor), Philippe Aries & Georges Duby (General Editors), Arthur Goldhammer (Translator): Contributors including Paul Veyne, Peter Brown, Yvon Thebert, Michel Rouche, & Evelyne Patlagean
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Publication year
- 1987
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0674399757
- ISBN 13
- 9780674399754
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 1.56 kilograms
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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