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When artists/architects/notable Italian creators were traveling around Italy during the High Renaissance (1495 - 1520), what would their accommodations be like?
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During the middle age how common was for farmers and commoners to sell off their own daughters? Did males got sold too?
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Looking for sources: Historical Price lists for Imperial China, or EIC VOC data, general oceanic spice trade data
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According to Thomas Harrison’s Wikipedia page, Samuel Pepys noted that Harrison “gave all of the money that remained in his pocket to his executioner.” Assuming this is true, would the executed often still have personal items (coin, for example) up until the point of their execution?
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