The Ancient City 11 The Right of Property

⁣"Religion, and not laws, first guaranteed the right of property."


⁣Book 2 Ch 6 of Fustel de Coulanges, The Ancient City (1864)



⁣0:00 Difficulties
2:49 Domestic Religion
5:22 Sacred Enclosure
8:43 Religion Taught Men to Build Houses
10:58 Tombs
15:09 Religion the Origin of Property
18:32 Terminus Stones
23:14 More Complete & Absolute
27:09 No Seizure of Property