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From autobiographical writings, this book reconstructs the extraordinary life of Thomas Platter and the lives of his sons. It expands the historical contexts of these accounts and, in the process, brings to life the customs, perceptions and character of an age on the threshold of modernity.

The Beggar and the Professor A SixteenthCentury

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    A Paperback / softback by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Arthur Goldhammer

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 06/06/1998
      ISBN13: 9780226473246, 978-0226473246
      ISBN10: 0226473244
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      Book Synopsis
      From autobiographical writings, this book reconstructs the extraordinary life of Thomas Platter and the lives of his sons. It expands the historical contexts of these accounts and, in the process, brings to life the customs, perceptions and character of an age on the threshold of modernity.

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