FRENCH

La cité antique : Étude sur le culte, le droit, les institutions de la Grèce et de Rome

By Fustel de Coulanges

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780511697753, 9781108011716
DOI
10.1017/CBO9780511697753
Google Books ID
MWPxQwAACAAJ
Language
french
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8321160 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
Pages
530\530
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

La Cit? Antique is the best-known work by the nineteenth-century French historian Fustel de Coulanges (1830-1889), who pioneered an objective approach to the study of history, and the use of primary rather than secondary sources. This reissue is of the 1866 edition of the book, which was originally published in 1864 while the author was professor of history at Strasbourg. It explores the influence of religion and kinship on the development of the laws and political institutions of ancient Greek and Roman societies. Coulanges describes many aspects of Greek and Roman family law including marriage, divorce, adoption, property and inheritance. After giving an account of the social organisation of cities, their administration, and the rights and duties of citizens, he outlines the processes of institutional change and the evolving power relationships between the social classes. Finally he discusses the effects of Christianity in the political sphere.

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