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Monks, Gents and Industrialists: The Long-Run Impact of the Dissolution of the English Monasteries

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  • Heldring, Leander
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  • Vollmer, Sebastian & Heldring, Leander & Robinson, James A., 2014. "Monks, Gents and Industrialists: The Long-Run Impact of the Dissolution of the English Monasteries," VfS Annual Conference 2014 (Hamburg): Evidence-based Economic Policy 100275, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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