RETHINKING FEMALE CHASTITY AND GENTLEWOMEN'S HONOUR IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND
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عنوان ژورنال: The Historical Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0018-246X,1469-5103
DOI: 10.1017/s0018246x15000175