A History of Private Life, Volume II, Revelations of the Medieval World

by Phillippe Ariés (Editor)

Other authorsGeorges Duby (Editor), Arthur Goldhammer (Translator)

Hardcover, 1988

Status

Available

Call number

940

Publication

Belknap Press (1988), Edition: 1st, 688 pages

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.

User reviews

LibraryThing member DinadansFriend

I find this book, not very easy to read as a continuous narrative. It's a good source for essays and lectures. I'm not particularly in tune with 20th Century French Social history. Some good diagrams and architectural drawings.