Death Control in the West 1500-1800: Sex Ratios at Baptism in Italy, France and England (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781032267586)

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Format: Paperback
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Death Control in the West 1500-1800: Sex Ratios at Baptism in Italy, France and England

$58.99

Death Control in the West 1500-1800: Sex Ratios at Baptism in Italy, France and England

$58.99
Format: Paperback
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Employing a rigorous methodological approach and analysing a vast body of sources from towns and regions in Italy, France and England over 300 years, this book hints at the extent of 'routine' infanticide of newborns by married parents in early modern Europe, ignored by contemporary tribunals.



Author: Gregory Hanlon
ISBN-10: 1032267585
ISBN-13: 9781032267586
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 09/21/2022
Pages: 308
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d
By Gregory Hanlon
By Gregory Hanlon
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Gregory Hanlon is George Munro Chair Distinguished Research Professor at Dalhousie University, Canada. He is a French-trained behavioural historian of early modern Europe and author of ten books to date on disparate themes. Two ground-breaking titles relevant here are Community and Confessions in Seventeenth-Century France (1993) and Human Nature in Rural Tuscany (2003).

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