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The text of this edition first published 1988 in The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe This edition first issued as an Oxford University Press paperback 1992
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1. Europe--Etymology--476-1492. I. Holmes, George, 1927II. Title : Oxford illustrated history of medieval Europe. 940.1--dc20 D102.093 1992 91-43488
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