The good ministrye of godlye and vertuouse women: The Elizabethan martyrologists and the female supporters of the Marian Martyrs

Journal of British Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-33

  Freeman, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84949117331     PISSN: 00219371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/386208     Document Type: Article

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