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Title: The Age of the Reformation

Author: Preserved Smith

Release Date: July 20, 2006 [eBook #18879]

Language: English

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THE AGE OF THE REFORMATION

by

PRESERVED SMITH, Ph.D.

New York
Henry Holt and Company

American Historical Series
General Editor
Charles H. Haskins
Professor of History in Harvard Uni