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PRIVATE LIFE AND PRIVACY IN

by Michael Green, Ineke Huysman

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Brepols Pub
  • 16.1 x 23.9 x 2.6 cm

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This volume investigates the origins of one of the most important notions of the contemporary society: privacy. Based on case studies from the early modern Low Countries, privacy is tackled from various historical perspectives: social and cultural history, and the history of art and architecture. The Dutch Republic is well-known for its financial success, which went hand in hand with the development of a distinguished bourgeois culture and religious toleration. The accumulation of wealth among the urban population led to changes in various spheres, from daily life to art. Privacy, as a concept, start to develop in this period. Indeed, new ideas about housing with the invention of corridors, separate rooms that could be locked, and the separation of the 'common' and the 'private' space, all illustrate the growing importance of privacy in this geographical area. In this volume, we trace perspectives on early modern privacy and private life based on primary sources in several domains: letters, diaries, and poems; genre painting in art; communal life as illustrated by the Jewish community; and finally, the homes of the Dutch elite. The essays in this volume make a key contribution to the emergence of early modern privacy studies as a research field, and to the ongoing discussion of privacy in the Low Countries. Equally, these case studies can serve as models for the analysis of privacy in other European contexts.

  • Title

    PRIVATE LIFE AND PRIVACY IN

  • Author

    Michael Green

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brepols Pub

  • Published

    August 2023

  • Weight

    741g

  • Dimensions

    16.1 x 23.9 x 2.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9782503604442

  • ISBN-10

    2503604447

  • Eden Code

    6383759

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