Aries P., Duby G. (eds.). A History of Private Life. Volume 2. Revelations of the Medieval World

The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1993. — 690 p. — ISBN: 0-674-39976-5; ISBN: 0-674-40001-1.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.Private Power, Public Power.
Portraits.
The Aristocratic Households of Feudal France.
Communal Living.
Kinship.
Tuscan Notables on the Eve of the Renaissance.
Imagining the Self.
Exploring Literature.
The Use of Private Space.
Civilizing the Fortress: Eleventh to Thirteenth Century.
Peasant Hearth to Papal Palace: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries.
The Emergence of the Individual.
Solitude: Eleventh to Thirteenth Century.
Toward Intimacy: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries.
Bibliography.
Credits.
Index.Volume 1
Volume 3
Volume 4
Volume 5