Skaldic Verse and Anglo-Saxon History: Some Aspects of the Period 1009—1016

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Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 265-298

  Poole, Russell ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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