Peripheral Promises: Political Oaths as Instruments of Trust and Control, Sweden 1520–1720

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Peripheral Promises : Political Oaths as Instruments of Trust and Control, Sweden 1520–1720. / Nauman, Sari.

I: The Seventeenth Century, Bind 37, Nr. 3, 2022, s. 477-497.

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Nauman, S 2022, 'Peripheral Promises: Political Oaths as Instruments of Trust and Control, Sweden 1520–1720', The Seventeenth Century, bind 37, nr. 3, s. 477-497. https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117X.2021.1949744

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Nauman, S. (2022). Peripheral Promises: Political Oaths as Instruments of Trust and Control, Sweden 1520–1720. The Seventeenth Century, 37(3), 477-497. https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117X.2021.1949744

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Nauman S. Peripheral Promises: Political Oaths as Instruments of Trust and Control, Sweden 1520–1720. The Seventeenth Century. 2022;37(3):477-497. https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117X.2021.1949744

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Nauman, Sari. / Peripheral Promises : Political Oaths as Instruments of Trust and Control, Sweden 1520–1720. I: The Seventeenth Century. 2022 ; Bind 37, Nr. 3. s. 477-497.

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