A History of Central Eastern Europe

Numbered References
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2 Marilyn Tower Oliver, Attila the Hun (San Francisco: Lucent Books, 2006)
3 Leslie C. Thany, A History of Middle Europe (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press) 1976
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7 http://www.spisskastaraves.sk
8 Kevin Hannan, “The Valachs of the Carpathians,” Ročenka (St. Paul, MN: Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International)
Vol. 7, pp. 4-10; 2006.
9 Wikipedia “Andrew II of Hungary”
10 Wikipedia “Gertrude of Merania”
11 Surnames “B” http://www.genealogy-heraldry.sk/slo/m.html
12 Nick Gombash’s Genealogy Blog, http://nickmgombash.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-aristocratic-cousins.html
13 Michal Ryszard Koskowski (of Newcastle University), Powerpoint presentation “Castles Unlocked: Managing change in the
role of castles: from a barrier to a link between neighbouring cultures” [date and place not given]
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14 Slownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego, vol. 3 “Kacwin (now Kaczvin, Hungary)” (Warsaw 1882) pp.650-51;
http://www.polishroots.com/GeographyMaps/SlownikGeograficzny/; a grzywien is a unit of currency in the old Polish Kingdom.
15 Anthony X. Sutherland, The Slovak Museum & Archives at Jednota Estates, Middletown, PA, letter to author, 15 Nov 1994.
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18 See “THE RED MONASTERY ČERVENÝ KLÁŠTOR 1330-1567” in Slovak Heritage Live newsletter (note 16).
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21 Kathleen Smith, e-mail to author, 9 June 2000.
22 Maroš Borský, Synagogue Architecture in Slovakia Towards Creating a Memorial Landscape of Lost Community, Doctorate of
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