A History of Private Life, Volume I - From Pagan Rome to Byzantium (Paperback, New Ed)

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.

General

Imprint:	The Belknap Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 1992
First published:	September 1992
Editors:	Paul Veyne
Translators:	Arthur Goldhammer
Series editors:	Phillippe Aries • Georges Duby
Dimensions:	229 x 178 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	688
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-39974-7
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	0-674-39974-9
Barcode:	9780674399747

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