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The Beggar and the Professor: A Sixteenth-Century Family Saga New edition
Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel (College de France)
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The Beggar and the Professor: A Sixteenth-Century Family Saga New edition
Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel (College de France)
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.
418 pages, 26 halftones, 5 maps, 1 table
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 6, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226473246 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 416 |
| Dimensions | 233 × 187 × 28 mm · 602 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Goldhammer, Arthur |
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