From Pagan Rome to Byzantium (Volume I) (A History of Private Life) - Softcover

 
9780674399747: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium (Volume I) (A History of Private Life)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0674399749 ISBN 13: 9780674399747
Verlag: The Belknap Press, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

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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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Paul Veyne is Professor at the Collège de France.

Georges Duby, a member of the Académie Française, is Professor of Medieval History at the Collège de France.

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Verlag
The Belknap Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0674399749
ISBN 13 
9780674399747
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
688
Herausgeber
Veyne Paul
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