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| Author | : Suzanne M. Yeager |
| File Size | : 40,8 Mb |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 06 November 2008 |
| ISBN | : 9780521877923 |
| Pages | : 259 pages |
An original study of the political, religious and literary uses of representations of the holy city in the fourteenth century.
An original study of the political, religious and literary uses of representations of the holy city in the fourteenth century.
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