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4. Other resources: Pamphlets

Pamphlets are typically complete publications of five to fifty pages of non-periodical printed matter enclosed in paper covers. A pamphlet is also more specifically defined as a brief, controversial treatise on a topic of current interest, usually religious or political, common in England from the sixteenth through the eighteenth century.

You might want to consult them

• as primary sources, and sometimes the only sources, for a research topic
• as collections leading to more specific research topics
• as sources defining social, political, and religious issues in time periods

Pamphlet collections at Yale Divinity Library

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