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Law, Faction, and Parliament in the Sixteenth Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

J. A. Guy
J. A. Guy
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University of Bristol
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The Historical Journal , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , June 1985 , pp. 441 - 453
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