A History of Private Life: From pagan Rome to Byzantium
Author: Philippe Ari`es
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 712
ISBN-13: 9780674399747
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Author: Philippe Ari`es
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 712
ISBN-13: 9780674399747
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Author: Philippe Ariès
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 658
ISBN-13: 9780674400047
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Author: Paul Veyne
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780674777712
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis compact book--which appeared earlier in the multivolume series A History of Private Life--is a history of the Roman Empire in pagan times. It is an interpretation setting forth in detail the universal civilization of the Romans--so much of it Hellenic--that later gave way to Christianity. The civilization, culture, literature, art, and even religion of Rome are discussed in this masterly work by a leading scholar.
Author: Philippe Ari`es
Publisher: Belknap Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 676
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 670
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James N. Davidson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011-06-30
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 0226137430
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs any reader of the Symposium knows, the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates conversed over lavish banquets, kept watch on who was eating too much fish, and imbibed liberally without ever getting drunk. In other words, James Davidson writes, he reflected the culture of ancient Greece in which he lived, a culture of passions and pleasures, of food, drink, and sex before—and in concert with—politics and principles. Athenians, the richest and most powerful of the Greeks, were as skilled at consuming as their playwrights were at devising tragedies. Weaving together Greek texts, critical theory, and witty anecdotes, this compelling and accessible study teaches the reader a great deal, not only about the banquets and temptations of ancient Athens, but also about how to read Greek comedy and history.
Author: Peter Brown
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2013-09-02
Total Pages: 806
ISBN-13: 1400844533
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA sweeping intellectual history of the role of wealth in the church in the last days of the Roman Empire Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman Empire, written by the world's foremost scholar of late antiquity. Peter Brown examines the rise of the church through the lens of money and the challenges it posed to an institution that espoused the virtue of poverty and called avarice the root of all evil. Drawing on the writings of major Christian thinkers such as Augustine, Ambrose, and Jerome, Brown examines the controversies and changing attitudes toward money caused by the influx of new wealth into church coffers, and describes the spectacular acts of divestment by rich donors and their growing influence in an empire beset with crisis. He shows how the use of wealth for the care of the poor competed with older forms of philanthropy deeply rooted in the Roman world, and sheds light on the ordinary people who gave away their money in hopes of treasure in heaven. Through the Eye of a Needle challenges the widely held notion that Christianity's growing wealth sapped Rome of its ability to resist the barbarian invasions, and offers a fresh perspective on the social history of the church in late antiquity.
Author: Paul Veyne
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kathryn M. Ringrose
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2007-11-01
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 0226720160
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Perfect Servant reevaluates the place of eunuchs in Byzantium. Kathryn Ringrose uses the modern concept of gender as a social construct to identify eunuchs as a distinct gender and to illustrate how gender was defined in the Byzantine world. At the same time she explores the changing role of the eunuch in Byzantium from 600 to 1100. Accepted for generations as a legitimate and functional part of Byzantine civilization, eunuchs were prominent in both the imperial court and the church. They were distinctive in physical appearance, dress, and manner and were considered uniquely suited for important roles in Byzantine life. Transcending conventional notions of male and female, eunuchs lived outside of normal patterns of procreation and inheritance and were assigned a unique capacity for mediating across social and spiritual boundaries. This allowed them to perform tasks from which prominent men and women were constrained, making them, in essence, perfect servants. Written with precision and meticulously researched, The Perfect Servant will immediately take its place as a major study on Byzantium and the history of gender.