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References
- Porter Conerly (1993). "Cronicones". In Germán Bleiberg. Dictionary of the Literature of the Iberian Peninsula. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 469–70.
- Gonzalo Martínez Díez (2005). El condado de Castilla, 711–1038: La historia frente a la leyenda. Marcial Pons Historia. p. 755.