The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honour and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century

The Faithful Executioner

Life and Death, Honour and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century

By
Joel F. Harrington
Joel F. Harrington
2013 • 317 pages

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