52 H. Edwards, 'Cynewulf', ODNB; EHD, i, 175–6, 179–80, 837. 53 Ibid., 175–6. For discussion, see e.g. H. Kleinschmidt, 'The Old English Annal for 757 and West Saxon Dynastic Strife', Journal of Medieval History, 22 (1996); B. Yorke, ...
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... 273-78; Largilliérc, Les Saints, 214; and F. Gourvil, Noms de Famille bretons d'Origine toponomique (Quimper, 1970), XXII, XXV, and XXX. 34 It should be noted that the migrations were not solely caused by the invading AngloSaxons.
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