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- ↑ Previte-Orton, C. W., ed. (1952). The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 155.
- ↑ Nelson, Janet (1992). Charles the Bald. London: Longman Press. pp. 43–50.
- ↑ Nelson, Janet L. (Translator) (1991). The Annals of St-Bertin. Manchester: Manchester University Press. pp. 188–189.
{{cite book}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ↑ Nelson, Janet L. (1992). Charles the Bald. London: Longman. p. 265.
- ↑ Bury, J. B., ed. (1924). The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 11.
- ↑ Nelson, Janet L. (1992). Charles the Bald. London: Longman Press. p. 265.
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