Pride and prejudice. Proto-racism in Walerian Nekanda Trepka's 'Liber generationis plebeanorum' (c. 1624-1640)

The paper proposes to re-examine Liber generationis plebeanorum (c. 1624-1640), an early modern Polish manuscript devoted to denouncing people from lower social orders successfully passing as noblemen, as an expression of proto-racism, rooted in the biblical legend of the curse of Ham. Based on an o...

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Published inThe Seventeenth century Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 245 - 261
Main Author Arendt, Ada
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Durham Routledge 04.03.2023
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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