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Corporate Constitutionalism and the Dialogue between the Global and Local in Seventeenth-Century English History

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Corporate Constitutionalism and the Dialogue between the Global and Local in Seventeenth-Century English History. / Pettigrew, William A.
In: Itinerario, Vol. 39, No. 3, 01.12.2015, p. 487-501.

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Pettigrew, WA 2015, 'Corporate Constitutionalism and the Dialogue between the Global and Local in Seventeenth-Century English History', Itinerario, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 487-501. https://doi.org/10.1017/S016511531500090X

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Pettigrew, W. A. (2015). Corporate Constitutionalism and the Dialogue between the Global and Local in Seventeenth-Century English History. Itinerario, 39(3), 487-501. https://doi.org/10.1017/S016511531500090X

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Pettigrew WA. Corporate Constitutionalism and the Dialogue between the Global and Local in Seventeenth-Century English History. Itinerario. 2015 Dec 1;39(3):487-501. doi: 10.1017/S016511531500090X

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Pettigrew, William A. / Corporate Constitutionalism and the Dialogue between the Global and Local in Seventeenth-Century English History. In: Itinerario. 2015 ; Vol. 39, No. 3. pp. 487-501.

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