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Anastasia ulanowicz philippe aries biography
Philippe Ariès
French medievalist and historian (1914–1984)
Philippe Ariès (French:[filipaʁjɛs]; 21 July 1914 – 8 February 1984) was a French medievalist and historian of the family and childhood, in the style of Georges Duby.
He wrote many books on the common daily life. His most prominent works regarded the change in the western attitudes towards death.
Work
Ariès was a pioneer in the field of cultural history, the "history of mentalities" as it was called, which flourished from the 1960s to 1980s and dealt with the themes and concerns of ordinary people going about their lives.
He focused on the changing nature of childhood from the 15th to the 18th century in his Centuries of Childhood. Overall, his contribution was about placing family life into the context of a larger historical narrative, and the evolution of a distinction between public and private life in the modern era.[1]
During his life, his work was often better known in the English-speak