Copyright © Bronislaw Geremek 1994, 1997

English translation © Blackwell Publishers Ltd 1994, 1997

English edition translated from Litosc I Szubienica by

Bronislaw Geremek and published under licence from
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This edition published 1994

This edition first published in paperback 1997

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Geremek, Bronislaw
{Litosc I szubienica. English}
Poverty : a history / Bronislaw Geremek; translated by Agnieszka Kolakowska.
p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-631-15425-6 (acid-free paper) — ISBN 0-631-20529-2 (pbk)
1. Poor—Europe—History. 2. Poverty—Religious aspects—Christianity.
3. Church work with the poor—Europe—History. 4. Poverty—Psychological
aspects—History. 5. Social service—Europe—History.
6. Europe—Social conditions. I. Title
HC240.9.P6G4713 1994 94-8783
362.5’094—dc20 CIP
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