books.google.co.uk - Since the arrival of the "Gypsies," or Romanies, in Europe at the beginning of the eleventh century, Europeans have simultaneously feared and romanticized them. That ambiguity has contributed to centuries of confusion over the origins, culture, and identity of the Romanies, a confusion that too often...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Role_of_the_Romanies.html?id=KNVhLzzIcCEC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Role of the Romanies