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- 1 2 Eric J. Goldberg, Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict Under Louis the German, 817–876 (Cornell University Press, 2006), pp. 282–283.
- 1 2 Robert Somerville, "Review of Hartmann, Das Konzil von Worms 868", Speculum55:3 (1980), pp. 578–580. JSTOR 2847261
- ↑ The acta are found at pp. 246–311 in MGH, Concilia 4, Die Konzilien der karolingischen Teilreiche 860–874, ed. Wilfried Hartmann.