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A History of Private Life, Volume I - From Pagan Rome to Byzantium (Paperback, New Ed)
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A History of Private Life, Volume I - From Pagan Rome to Byzantium (Paperback, New Ed)
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This massive, monumental, five-volume study which traces the
evolution of private life - the intimate details of the family and
the developing importance of the individual - as it has evolved in
the Western world over two millennia. Some 50 contributors explore
a wide range of sources to provide unique insights and fascinating
glimpses into human society. The volume dealing with the
Renaissance shows the start of individualism being conferred on
children while at the same time came a stronger sense of self.
Almost every page is aptly illustrated, and the 3000 pages are as
rewarding to dip into as to read from beginning to end. In all,
this is a seminal achievement in the writing of history. (Kirkus
UK)
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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