Torture and Truth in Renaissance England

Representations

Volumn 34, Issue , 1991, Pages 53-84

  Hanson, Elizabeth ^a  

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EID: 84968171502     PISSN: 07346018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2928770     Document Type: Article

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