A ranter reconsidered: Abiezer coppe and civil war stereotypes

Seventeenth Century

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-205

  McDowell, Nicholas ^a  

^a ORIEL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85010581813     PISSN: 0268117X     EISSN: 20504616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268117X.1997.10555429     Document Type: Article

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