The shaming of margaret knowsley: Gossip, gender and the experience of authority in early modern england

Continuity and Change

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 391-419

  Hindle, Steve ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84976129520     PISSN: 02684160     EISSN: 1469218X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026841600000240X     Document Type: Article

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