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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
De Coulanges original study provided a historical view of how land
has become property which was then translated and published in 1891
by M. Ashley, not just to bring this study to an English reader but
to provide a counter argument to Agrarian Communism. This edition
also contains an introductory chapter on the origin of the manor
house in England. This title will be of interest to students of
History.
De Coulanges original study provided a historical view of how land
has become property which was then translated and published in 1891
by M. Ashley, not just to bring this study to an English reader but
to provide a counter argument to Agrarian Communism. This edition
also contains an introductory chapter on the origin of the manor
house in England. This title will be of interest to students of
History.
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La Cité Antique
Fustel De Coulanges
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Discovery Miles 13 250
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Originally published in 1864 as La Cite Antique, this remarkable
work describes society as it existed in Greece during the age of
Pericles and in Rome at the time of Cicero. Working with only a
fraction of the materials available to today's classical scholar,
Fustel de Coulanges fashioned a complete picture of life in the
ancient city, resulting in a book impressive today as much for the
depth of its portrait as for the thesis it presents. In The Ancient
City, Fustel argues that primitive religion constituted the
foundation of all civic life. Developing his comparisons between
belifes and laws, Fustel covers such topis as rites and festivals;
marriage and the family; divorce, death, and burial; and political
and legal structures. "Religion," the suthor states, "constituted
the Greek and Roman family, established marriage and paternal
authority, fixed the order of relationship, and consecrated the
right of propery, and the right of inheritance. This same religion,
after having enlarged and extended the family, formed a stull
larger association, the city, and reigned in that as it had reigned
in the family. From it came all the institutions, as well as the
private law, of the ancients." As Arnaldo Momigliano and S. C.
Humphreys note in their foreword, The Ancient City rightly takes
its place alongside a number of pioneering works of the late
nineteenth century that offered radically new inerpretations of
ancient society and culture. Indeed, modern anthropology, as well
as classics, owes a debt to Fustel de Coulanges, whose early
insights in The Ancient City remain valid and provocative today.
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