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“Contempt for her Practice”: Elizabeth Ashbridge’s Quest for Religious Freedom through Pious Rhetoric and Rebellious Female Agency

Kristi CarterUniversity of Nebraska, LincolnCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 589-608 | Published online: 03 Aug 2018

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