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Exits, Entries and the Allure of the Runaway Nun

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Mary Vezey, Sarah Chapone, and the Hardships of the English Laws in Relation to Wives (1732-35)

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A Jewish Woman’s Appeal of Murder in Thirteenth-Century England

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