De L'Empire romain à l'an mil (Histoire de la vie privée, tome I)

Publié par Contemporary French Fiction, le 04 octobre 1999

Résumé

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.

Essais de memoire (1943-1983)

Amour et sexualité en Occident

Sexualités occidentales

Histoire de la vie privee, tome 5 - de la premiere guerre mondiale a nos jours

Histoire de la vie privée. Tome V. De la Première Guerre mondiale à nos jours

La mort ensauvagée (L'homme devant la mort, tome 2)

Histoire de la vie privee, tome 5 - de la premiere guerre mondiale a nos jours

Enfant et la vie familiale sous l'ancien regime (l')

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