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    The Self-Narratives and Life of the Nobleman Osvaldo Ercole Trapp (1634-1710)

    Collections series Routledge Studies in Cultural History
    This book addresses early modern concepts of the body and the self – focussing on three self-narratives authored by the nobleman Osvaldo Ercole Trapp (1634–1710), a body description from head to foot, autobiographical writings, and a brief chronicle of the House of Trapp-Caldonazzo.Approaching the complex theme of the question of the early modern self and the historical body, this book intertwines ... En savoir plus

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    Collections series The Classical Tradition in Architecture
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  • Novel Translations

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    Collections series Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought
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