A History of Private Life, Volume III, Passions of the Renaissance
by By Chartier, Roger (EDT)
Category: Literary Criticism , European , General

Third of a five-volume set charts the characteristics of non-public behavior through a time of increasing government intervention in social life, widespread literacy leading to the solitary occupation of reading, and the post-Reformation churches encouraging private acts of religious devotion. Period artworks adorn nearly every page. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.