Remnants of the old order: OV in the Paston letters

English Studies

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 513-530

  Moerenhout, Mike ^a   Van Der Wurff, Wim ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0043283431     PISSN: 0013838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/enst.81.6.513.9184     Document Type: Article

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