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The Ambiguities of Early-Modern English Protestantism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Nicholas Tyacke
Nicholas Tyacke
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University College, London
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The Historical Journal , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , September 1991 , pp. 743 - 754
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