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- ↑ Edbury & Rowe 1990, p. 15.
- ↑ Edbury & Rowe 1990, p. 94.
- ↑ Hamilton & Jotischky 2020, pp. 166–167.
- ↑ Hamilton & Jotischky 2020, p. 209.
- 1 2 Hamilton 1980, p. 133.
- 1 2 3 4 Tibble 2024, p. 180.
- ↑ Tibble 2024, p. 176.
- 1 2 William of Tyre, pp. 385–386.