[b] H. Gerdes, op. cit.

[c] Friedrich Wilhelm Benjamin von Giesebrecht, op. cit.

[d] W. Menzel, op. cit.

[e] L. von Ranke, op. cit.

[f] James Sime, article on “Germany” in the Ninth Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.

[g] R. Comyn, op. cit.

[h] Henry Hallam, The View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages.

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[b] Thietmar of Merseburg, Chronicon.

[c] Wipo, Gesta Chuonradi II imperatoris.