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The Margins of Society in Late Medieval Paris (Past and Present Publications)
by Geremek, Bronislaw, Birrell, Jean, Schmitt, Jean-Claude
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- Comments: Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Jacket sunned. Owner's name on front end page, else unmarked. xi, 319 p., 22 cm. <br> "This book discusses the marginal people of late medieval Paris, the large and shifting group of men and women who existed on the margins of conventional organised society." - Cambridge University Press
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- ISBN-13: 9780521301565
- ISBN: 0521301564
- Publication Date: 1987
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book discusses the 'marginal' people of late medieval Paris, the large and shifting group of men and women who existed on the margins of conventional organized society. Professor Geremek examines the various groups which made up the marginal world - beggars, prostitutes, procuresses and pimps, petty criminals, casual workers and the unemployed - their haunts in and around Paris, their way of life, and their relation to 'normal' society.Geremek, Bronislaw is the author of 'The Margins of Society in Late Medieval Paris (Past and Present Publications)', published 1987 under ISBN 9780521301565 and ISBN 0521301564.
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