Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 647-655.-Includes index; contents: v. 1. from pagan Rome to Byzantium/Paul Veyne, editor; Translation of: Histoire de la vie priviee; Translation of: de l'empire romain a l'an mil).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 647-655) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The Roman Empire: From mother's womb to last will and testament; Marriage; Slavery; Household and its freed slaves; Where public life was private; Work and leisure; Patrimony; Pleasures and excesses; Tranquilizers / Paul Veyne -- Late antiquity: Introduction; The "Wellborn" few; Person and group in Judiasm and early Christianity; Church and leadership; The challenge of the desert; East and West: the new marital morality / by Peter Brown -- Private life and domestic architecture in Roman Africa: The Roman home; Some theoretical considerations; Domestic architecture of the ruling class; "Private" and "public" spaces: the components of the Domus; How the Domus worked; Conclusion / by Yvon Thebert -- Early Middle Ages in the West: Historical introduction; Private life conquers state and society; Body and heart; Violence and death; Sacred and secret; Conclusion / by Michel Rouche -- Byzantium in the tenth and eleventh centuries: The Byzantine Empire; Private space; Self and others; The inner life; Private belief; Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
Language Note:
Translation of: Histoire de la vie privée.
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