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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.
The Ancient City is Fustel de Coulanges' superb investigation of
life and living during classical antiquity; a culture he felt
rested and flourished upon religious observance. This fascinating
history offers the reader an idea of how day-to-day life in Ancient
Rome and Greece evolved and was sustained for centuries. Coulanges
covers each major topic in sequence, beginning with the crucial
assertion that religion what was held classical life together. This
is swiftly followed by examples of customs and morals that defined
interpersonal and familial life; marriage; adoption; rights of
property and assets to name but some. Coulanges progresses to
discuss the physical city. How a town would grow in size, what
amenities and institutions would appear, and how religion so
greatly impacted the citizen's life. Governance, through edicts,
criminal and civil law, and the ruling council of a given city is
examined.
The Ancient City is Fustel de Coulanges' superb investigation of
life and living during classical antiquity; a culture he felt
rested and flourished upon religious observance. This fascinating
history offers the reader an idea of how day-to-day life in Ancient
Rome and Greece evolved and was sustained for centuries. Coulanges
covers each major topic in sequence, beginning with the crucial
assertion that religion what was held classical life together. This
is swiftly followed by examples of customs and morals that defined
interpersonal and familial life; marriage; adoption; rights of
property and assets to name but some. Coulanges progresses to
discuss the physical city. How a town would grow in size, what
amenities and institutions would appear, and how religion so
greatly impacted the citizen's life. Governance, through edicts,
criminal and civil law, and the ruling council of a given city is
examined.
Title: Recherches sur quelques proble mes d'histoire. 1 . Le
colonat romain. 2 . Du re gime des terres en Germanie. 3 . De la
marche germanique. 4 . L'organisation judiciaire dans le royaume
des Francs.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
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collection includes books from the British Library digitised by
Microsoft. This collection includes works chronicling the
development of Western civilisation to the modern age. Highlights
include the development of language, political and educational
systems, philosophy, science, and the arts. The selection documents
periods of civil war, migration, shifts in power, Muslim expansion
into Central Europe, complex feudal loyalties, the aristocracy of
new nations, and European expansion into the New World. ++++The
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British Library Fustel de coulanges, Numa Denis; 1885. iv, 530 p.;
8 . 9008.i.9.
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Looks at how nuclear weapons have affected the meaning of war, the
psychology of statesmanship, and the formulation of military
policy.
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