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Health Fraud in the Medieval Genoese Slave Market

Event Details

Date
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Time
5 p.m.
Location
Description
Public University Lecture. Prof. Hannah Barker (Arizona State University)
Genoa during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries was the site of an active market in enslaved people, mainly Tatar, Russian, and Circassian women exported from the Black Sea. In my talk, I will discuss how Genoese buyers and sellers handled the risk of medical fraud, and how the decisions that they made affected the lives of enslaved people offered for sale
Cost
Free

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