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This fascinating sociological account reveals the significance of kinship and the cult of the family hearth and ancestors to ancient Hellenic and Latin urban culture. It chronicles the rise of family-centered pagan belief systems, tracing their gradual decline to the spread of Christianity. Fustel cites ancient Indian and Hebrew texts as well as Greek and Roman sources. The ingenuity of his interpretations, along with his striking prose style, offer readers a vital and enduring historic survey.
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This fascinating sociological account reveals the significance of kinship and the cult of the family hearth and ancestors to ancient Hellenic and Latin urban culture. It chronicles the rise of family-centered pagan belief systems, tracing their gradual decline to the spread of Christianity. Fustel cites ancient Indian and Hebrew texts as well as Greek and Roman sources. The ingenuity of his interpretations, along with his striking prose style, offer readers a vital and enduring historic survey.
Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Willard Small,The Ancient City A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science),Dover Publications,0486447308,Ancient - Rome,Cities and towns, Ancient,Cities and towns, Ancient.,Greece - Politics and government,Greece;Politics and government.,Rome - Politics and government,Rome;Politics and government.,ANCIENT GREECE - HISTORY,ANCIENT ROME - HISTORY,Ancient - Greece,Classical history / classical civilisation,GENERAL,General Adult,Greece,HISTORY / Ancient / General,HISTORY / Ancient / Greece,HISTORY / Ancient / Rome,History,History - General History,History/World,History World,Non-Fiction,Politics and government,Rome,United States,Western Europe
The Ancient City A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science) [Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Willard Small] on . DIVWith this influential study, French historian Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges initiated a new approach to Greek and Roman city organization. Fustel de Coulanges' 1864 masterpiece
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