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Histoire de la vie privée

Cette série complète plonge dans les domaines intimes de la vie privée à travers les siècles et les cultures. Elle explore l'évolution des mondes personnels des gens, reflétant les changements sociaux, économiques et technologiques. Chaque volume offre un aperçu fascinant des coutumes quotidiennes, des dynamiques familiales et des expériences individuelles qui ont façonné l'existence humaine. C'est un voyage épique à travers l'histoire de l'intimité humaine et sa place dans la société.

A History of Private Life: From pagan Rome to Byzantium
A History of Private Life II. Revelations of the Medieval World

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  1. 1

    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.

    A History of Private Life: From pagan Rome to Byzantium
  2. 2

    The second volume of A History of Private Life is a treasure-trove of rich and colorful detail culled from an astounding variety of sources. This absorbing "secret epic" constructs a vivid picture of peasant and patrician life in the eleventh to fifteenth centuries. All the mystery, earthiness and romance of the Middle Ages are captured in this panorama of everyday life. The evolving concepts of intimacy are explored--from the semi-obscure eleventh century through the first stirrings of the Renaissance world in the fifteenth century. Color and black-and-white illustrations

    A History of Private Life II. Revelations of the Medieval World