Kopacze: grabarze morowi w miastach Rzeczypospolitej XVI–XVIII wieku

Plague gravediggers in Polish towns in the 16th–18th century The article analyzes a group of low functionaries employed during epidemics, frequent in the early modern era, the so-called plague gravediggers. Their task was to transport the bodies of epidemic victims to special cemeteries and bury...

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Main Author: Andrzej Karpiński
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences 2014-07-01
Series:Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej
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Online Access:https://journals.iaepan.pl/khkm/article/view/795