Urban Bodies

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Urban Bodies
Author : Carole Rawcliffe
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Language : English
Release Date : 18 May 2024
ISBN : 9781843838364
Pages : 450 pages
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The idea of English medieval towns and cities as filthy, muddy and insanitary is here overturned in a pioneering new study.

Urban Bodies

The idea of English medieval towns and cities as filthy, muddy and insanitary is here overturned in a pioneering new study.

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