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'Cults and Saints'. / Hayward, Paul Antony.
A Social History of England, 900–1200. ed. / Julia Crick; Elisabeth M. C. van Houts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. p. 309–320.

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Harvard

Hayward, PA 2011, 'Cults and Saints'. in J Crick & EMC van Houts (eds), A Social History of England, 900–1200. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 309–320. <http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item5979328/>

APA

Hayward, P. A. (2011). 'Cults and Saints'. In J. Crick, & E. M. C. van Houts (Eds.), A Social History of England, 900–1200 (pp. 309–320). Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item5979328/

Vancouver

Hayward PA. 'Cults and Saints'. In Crick J, van Houts EMC, editors, A Social History of England, 900–1200. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2011. p. 309–320

Author

Hayward, Paul Antony. / 'Cults and Saints'. A Social History of England, 900–1200. editor / Julia Crick ; Elisabeth M. C. van Houts. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011. pp. 309–320

Bibtex

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