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Confessional disputes in the republic of letters: Susan Du Verger and Margaret Cavendish

Justin BegleyHumanities Division, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 181-207 | Published online: 11 Dec 2017

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