Honesty, worth and gender in early modern England, 1560-1640

Identity and Agency in England, 1500-1800

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 87-105

  Shepard, Alexandra ^a  

^a CHRIST S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230523104_4     Document Type: Chapter

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