La Cite Antique : Etude sur le Culte, le Droit, les Institutions de la Grece et de Rome Paperback / softback
by Fustel De Coulanges
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Classics series
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La Cité 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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- Pages:532 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/04/2010
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- ISBN:9781108011716
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:532 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/04/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108011716
