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Articles
Author(s) Title Reference
B.K. Martin "SIR LAUNFAL" AND THE FOLKTALE 35/3, p. 199
Reviews
Author(s) Title Reference
G.A. LESTER Chaucer's Knight: the Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary, by Terry Jones 52/1, p. 122

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