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Jun 2024
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HoP 447 - Andrés Messmer on Spanish Prot...

PETER ADAMSON
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Yes, there were Spanish Protestants! Andrew (Andrés) Messmer joins us to explain how they drew on humanism and philosophy to argue for their religious agenda.

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