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Cover illustration: City Archives Amsterdam, Criminal records of Amsterdam, 20 November to 2 December 1603, arch. numb. 5061, inv. numb. 282‒1602 f. 159r‒160v. © City Archives Amsterdam
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Names: Green, Michaël (Historian), editor. | Nørgaard, Lars Cyril, editor. | Bruun, Mette Birkedal, editor.
Title: Early modern privacy : sources and approaches / edited by Michaël Green, Lars Cyril Nørgaard, Mette Birkedal Bruun.
Description: Boston ; Leiden : Brill, [2022] | Series: Intersections, 1568–1181 ; volume 78 | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021044509 (print) | LCCN 2021044510 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004152915 (Hardback : acid-free paper) | ISBN 9789004153073 (eBook)
Subjects: LCSH: Privacy, Right of—History. | Privacy—Cross-cultural studies.
Classification: LCC JC596 .E27 2022 (print) | LCC JC596 (ebook) | DDC 323.44/8—dc23/eng/20211102
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