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Loading... A History of Private Life, Volume I, From Pagan Rome to Byzantiumby Paul Veyne
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is a deceptive book. It's not really a 'history of private life', nor does it really cover much of the ground between 'Rome and Byzantium.' It is a collection of papers by French academics from the Annales School, translated into English, with a lot of very nice plates which occasionally have some relation to the text they accompany. It lacks proper citations and reads more like a philosophical/political tract than a proper history book. (  )Florentius | Jun 21, 2007 |  1   Volumes 1 & 2 bobcar31 | Mar 16, 2007 | 1 |  This book is a little less than satisfying. Each section is by a different author. Peter Brown on Late Antiquity is good. Paul Veyne is so-so: he makes many generalizations on Ancient Rome and seems to concentrate on the upper classes exclusively. Yvon Thebet is excellent on the architect of North Africa (How is this about private life?). Informative, with a great bunch of pictures but ultimately a mixed bag. (  )haeesh | Mar 8, 2007 | 1 Used this book as a resource when in school in Jerusalem. Very informative and interesting. (  )Kateingilo | Jul 24, 2006 | 0.035 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0674399749, Paperback)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.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:17 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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