Matthæi Parisiensis, Monachi Sancti Albani, Historia Anglorum, Sive, Ut Vulgo Dicitur, Historia Minor, Item, Ejusdem Abbreviatio Chronicorum Angliæ, Vol. 2: A. D. 1189-1245 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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