The Historical Journal

Table of Contents - 2001 - Volume 44, Issue 02  


Review Article

THE KING, THE ABBESS, AND THE GARDENER: SOME SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH AND SWEDISH REPUTATIONS

ROGER  METTAM  a1
a1 QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

Abstract

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