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Book Title: Charity And Children In Renaissance Florence: The Ospedale D...
Number of Pages: 348 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Charity and Children in Renaissance Florence : The\Ospedale Degli Innocenti, 1410-1536
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 1990
Subject: Europe / Italy, General, Europe / Medieval
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: History
Author: Philip Gavitt
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Civilization Ser.
Format: Hardcover
