Project Gutenberg 2005-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 168 Fustel de Coulanges 1830 1889 Coulanges, Fustel de Coulanges, Numa Denis de Fustel de Coulanges, Numa Denys La Cité Antique Étude sur Le Culte, Le Droit, Les Institutions de la Grèce et de Rome Reading ease score: 69.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Anne Soulard, Tiffany Vergon and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "La Cité Antique" by Fustel de Coulanges is a historical account written during the late 19th century. The work delves into the beliefs, laws, and institutions that governed ancient Greek and Roman societies, seeking to understand the fundamental principles that shaped their civilizations. It emphasizes the deep-rooted connections between religious beliefs and social institutions, suggesting that understanding these ancient cultures requires examining their original beliefs without imposing modern perspectives. The opening of "La Cité Antique" establishes the importance of studying ancient beliefs to comprehend the societal structures of Greece and Rome. Fustel de Coulanges introduces his argument by highlighting how the perceptions of these societies are often distorted by contemporary views. He intends to show that ancient institutions were intimately connected to their religious practices and that changes in societal structures reflected transformations in human thoughts and beliefs. The author argues that ancient rituals and laws were not arbitrary but were deeply rooted in the spiritual and moral understanding of humanity, setting the stage for a thorough exploration of these themes as the work progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Cities and towns, Ancient Greece -- Politics and government Rome -- Politics and government Civilization, Greco-Roman JC Text FR Peuples et Sociétés Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - Ancient Browsing: Politics 1064184 1064065 2024-10-04T05:39:33.080366 2023-10-04T05:54:25.167425 text/html text/html 1064177 1064058 2024-10-04T05:39:33.460369 2023-10-04T05:54:25.456426 text/html text/html 445894 2024-10-04T05:39:46.930828 application/epub+zip 462214 2024-10-04T05:39:37.193338 application/epub+zip 452787 2024-10-04T05:39:35.651326 application/epub+zip 830109 2024-10-04T05:39:54.734742 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 751073 2024-10-04T05:39:45.705787 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 745934 2022-09-04T08:42:49.968992 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 995293 995225 2024-10-04T05:39:32.284345 2023-10-04T05:54:24.568418 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 967758 2015-03-24T14:55:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 348748 2015-03-24T15:02:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20605 2024-10-04T05:39:54.869727 application/rdf+xml 14131 2024-10-04T05:39:36.193324 image/jpeg 3717 2024-10-04T05:39:35.923338 image/jpeg 438099 2024-10-04T05:39:33.548380 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia