Introduction

Widowhood in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3-23

  Cavallo, Sandra ^a   Warner, Lyndan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85071152124     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315840406-1     Document Type: Editorial

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