Ecclesiastical Biography: Or, Lives of Eminent Men, Connected with the History of Religion in England ; from the Commencement of the Reformation to the Revolution, Volume 2 |
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| Title | Ecclesiastical Biography: Or, Lives of Eminent Men, Connected with the History of Religion in England ; from the Commencement of the Reformation to the Revolution, Volume 2 Ecclesiastical Biography: Or, Lives of Eminent Men, Connected with the History of Religion in England ; from the Commencement of the Reformation to the Revolution, Christopher Wordsworth Ecclesiastical biography; or Lives of eminent men, connected with the history of religion in England; from the commencement of the Reformation to the revolution; selected and illustr. with notes by C. Wordsworth, Christopher Wordsworth |
| Editor | Christopher Wordsworth |
| Illustrated by | Christopher Wordsworth |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | F. C. and J. Rivington, 1818 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 2 Nov 2007 |
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