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TIL the author of the Gesta Hungarorum, "The Deeds of the Hungarians" - the oldest history about Hungarians written by a Hungarian at some point in the early 13th century - is known only as "P" and "Anonymus". This "Anonymus" writer worked in King Béla's court (likely Béla III).

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