English and European political ideas in the early seventeenth century: Revisionism and the case of Absolutism

Journal of British Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 168-194

  Sommerville, Johann P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84949120799     PISSN: 00219371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/386103     Document Type: Review

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