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Gerd Althoff. Family, Friends and Followers: Political and Social Bonds in Early Medieval Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. ix + 195 pp. $80.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-521-77054-5; $27.99 (paper), ISBN 978-0-521-77934-0.

Reviewed by Christopher LeCluyse (Westminster College [Salt Lake City])
Published on H-German (April, 2005)

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Citation: Christopher LeCluyse. Review of Althoff, Gerd, Family, Friends and Followers: Political and Social Bonds in Early Medieval Europe. H-German, H-Net Reviews. April, 2005.
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