Encyclopedia of the Renaissance and the Reformation

Encyclopedia of the Renaissance and the Reformation, Revised Edition

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bergin, Thomas Goddard, 1904-

Encyclopedia of the Renaissance and the Reformation / Thomas G.

Bergin, consulting editor; Jennifer Speake, general editor. – Rev. ed.

p. cm.

Rev. ed. of Encyclopedia of the Renaissance / Thomas G. Bergin,

Jennifer Speake. c1987.

Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index.

ISBN 0-8160-5451-

1. Renaissance–Encyclopedias. 2. Reformation–Encyclopedias.
   I. Speake, Jennifer. II. Bergin, Thomas Goddard, 1904-—Encyclopedia
   of the Renaissance. III. Title.
   CB359.B47 2004
   940.2'1'03–dc
   20030259974

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