Vera C. M. London & David M. Smith 
Heads of Religious Houses [PDF ebook] 
England and Wales, II. 1216-1377

There is an immense range of books about the English Civil War, but one historian stands head and shoulders above all others for the quality of his work on the subject. In 1961 Christopher Hill first …

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