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| Author | : Kristine Steenbergh |
| File Size | : 40,5 Mb |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 22 April 2021 |
| ISBN | : 9781108495394 |
| Pages | : 319 pages |
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Explores how early modern Europeans responded to suffering and asks how they both described and practised compassion.
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