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Bad Beef and Mad Cow Disease in Bósa saga ok Herrauðs

Jonathan Y. H. Hui
Scandinavian Studies, December 2018, 90 (4) 461-484; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.90.4.0461
Jonathan Y. H. Hui
University of Cambridge
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