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Human trafficking in Medieval Europe : slavery, sexual exploitation, and prostitution /

Human trafficking has become a global concern over the last 20 years, but its violence has terrorized and traumatized its victims and survivors for millennia. This study examines the deep history of human trafficking from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period. It traces the evolution of traffick...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paolella, Christopher (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
Series:Social worlds of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.
Subjects:
Prostitution > Europe > History.
Slavery > Europe > History.
Europe > History > 476-1492.
Human trafficking > Europe > To 1500.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Prostitution.
Slavery.
Human trafficking
Europe
476-1492
To 1500
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Early medieval slave trading
  • 'Stuffing the beaches'
  • Gendered differences
  • The high medieval pivot
  • The late medieval sex trade.