Joining the sisters: female inmates in the late medieval hospitals of east Kent

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Sweetinburgh, S. 2003. Joining the sisters: female inmates in the late medieval hospitals of east Kent. Archaeologia Cantiana. 123, pp. 17-40.

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Authors	Sweetinburgh, S.
Year	2003
Journal	Archaeologia Cantiana
Journal citation	123, pp. 17-40
Publisher	Kent Archaeological Society
ISSN	0066-5894
Official URL	http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/ArchCant/123-2003/contents.htm
Print	2003
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Accepted author manuscript	JoiningSisters_ArchCant123.pdf
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