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- ↑ Bunar, Piotr; Sroka, Stanisław (1996). Wojny, bitwy i potyczki w średniowiecznej Polsce (in Polish). TAiWPN UNIVERSITAS. p. 42. ISBN 978-83-7052-444-9.
- ↑ Historia Polski. Kalendarium dziejów: Pradzieje-1655, volume 1, red. A. Nowak, Kraków 2010, p. 118. (in Polish)
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