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Common field and enclosure in England 1450–1850

✍ Scribed by Mingay, G.E.

Book ID
123421104
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1978
Tongue
English
Weight
224 KB
Volume
4
Category
Article
ISSN
0305-7488

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