The Beggar and the Professor: A Sixteenth-Century Family Saga - Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel (College de France) - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226473239 - April 11, 1997
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The Beggar and the Professor: A Sixteenth-Century Family Saga 1st edition

Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel (College de France)

The Beggar and the Professor: A Sixteenth-Century Family Saga 1st edition

From autobiographical writings Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie reconstructs the life of Thomas Platter and of his sons. Their careers spanned the entire 16th century, experiencing the close of the Renaissance, the sharp upheaval of the Reformation and the advent of a new bougeoisie.


416 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released April 11, 1997
ISBN13 9780226473239
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 416
Dimensions 16 × 24 × 3 mm   ·   737 g
Language English  
Translator Goldhammer, Arthur

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