The birth of intimacy : privacy and domestic life in early modern Paris

This lively new book examines the origins of modern intimacy and domestic life. Focusing on Paris in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the author explores the emergence and development of ideas such as 'sociability', 'comfort' and 'the home. On the basis of extensive and original research, Pardailhé-Galabrun describes early modern Paris as a city of contrasts: between buildings constructed as rental properties with ordinary, cramped facades, and the townhouses of the nobility, with carriage entrances, standing on lots alongside spacious courtyards and gardens. She has produced a vivid picture of the texture and warmth of life in the domestic world of pre-Revolutionary Parisians. This book examines the origins of intimacy and domestic life in early modern France. It traces the development of ideas such as sociability, comfort and the home. The author describes housing arrangements and discusses how everyday objects in the home help to describe the social class and lifestyle of the occupants aeo An original and comprehensive study of the origins of intimacy and private life in early modern Europe. aeo Based on extensive research. aeo A fascinating account of life in seventeenth and eighteenth century Paris, the book is also accessible to the general reader. This lively book examines the origins of intimacy and domestic life in early modern France. Focusing on Paris in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the author traces the development of ideas such as sociability, comfort, and the home. Annik Pardaihle-galabrun ; Translated By Jocelyn Phelps. Translation Of: La Naissance De L'intime. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [228]-229) And Index.