| A History of Private Life Revised Edition Contributor(s): Goldhammer, Arthur (Translator), Ariès, Phillippe (Editor), Duby, Georges (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0674400011 ISBN-13: 9780674400016 Publisher: Belknap Press OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: French Published: March 1993 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Customs & Traditions - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 390.009 |
| Series: History of Private Life (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.22" H x 6.93" W x 9" (2.36 lbs) 688 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Duby, Georges: - Georges Duby, a member of the Académie Française, is Professor of Medieval History at the Collège de France. |