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| Title | Matthew Paris's English history, from 1235 to 1273, tr. by J.A. Giles, Volume 1 Volumes 16-18 of Bohn's antiq. libr Matthew Paris's English history, from 1235 to 1273, tr. by J.A. Giles, John Allen Giles |
| Author | Matthew Paris |
| Translated by | John Allen Giles |
| Published | 1852 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 17 May 2007 |
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