diff --git a/modules/hyperlinks.xml b/modules/hyperlinks.xml
index 5020853..430bf96 100755
--- a/modules/hyperlinks.xml
+++ b/modules/hyperlinks.xml
@@ -16,11 +16,20 @@
 	<!-- Type 1: hyperlink has both a label and content (i.e., link text). -->
 	<template name="hyperlink-label" match="hyperlink[@label and node()]">
 		<common formats="/latex/xelatex/">
-			<xsl:text>\hyperref[</xsl:text>
-			<xsl:value-of select="@label" />
-			<xsl:text>]{</xsl:text>
-			<xsl:apply-templates />
-			<xsl:text>}</xsl:text>
+			<!--
+				Sometimes the hyperlink content may be explicitly split across multiple lines, separated by <br> elements. This isn't a problem in (X)HTML, but it breaks (Xe)LaTeX, because you can't include a \\ inside most macros. The solution is to explicitly process the sub-elements, and wrap appropriate hyperref macros around them, /except/ for any embedded <br> elements.
+			-->
+			<xsl:for-each select="node()">
+				<xsl:if test="not( self::br )">
+					<xsl:text>\hyperref[</xsl:text>
+					<xsl:value-of select="../@label" />
+					<xsl:text>]{</xsl:text>
+				</xsl:if>
+				<xsl:apply-templates select="." />
+				<xsl:if test="not( self::br )">
+					<xsl:text>}</xsl:text>
+				</xsl:if>
+			</xsl:for-each>
 		</common>
 		<common formats="/html/xhtml/">
 			<a href="#{@label}"><xsl:apply-templates /></a>
@@ -31,11 +40,18 @@
 	<!-- Type 2: hyperlink has both a URL and content. -->
 	<template name="hyperlink-url" match="hyperlink[@url and node()]">
 		<common formats="/latex/xelatex/">
-			<xsl:text>\href{</xsl:text>
-			<xsl:value-of select="@url" />
-			<xsl:text>}{</xsl:text>
-			<xsl:apply-templates />
-			<xsl:text>}</xsl:text>
+			<!-- See Type 1 above. -->
+			<xsl:for-each select="node()">
+				<xsl:if test="not( self::br )">
+					<xsl:text>\href{</xsl:text>
+					<xsl:value-of select="../@url" />
+					<xsl:text>}{</xsl:text>
+				</xsl:if>
+				<xsl:apply-templates select="." />
+				<xsl:if test="not( self::br )">
+					<xsl:text>}</xsl:text>
+				</xsl:if>
+			</xsl:for-each>
 		</common>
 		<common formats="/html/xhtml/">
 			<a href="{@url}"><xsl:apply-templates /></a>
@@ -44,7 +60,7 @@
 	
 	
 	<!-- Type 3: hyperlink has a URL but no content. -->
-	<template name="empty-hyperlink-url" match="hyperlink[@url and not(node())]">
+	<template name="empty-hyperlink-url" match="hyperlink[@url and not( node() )]">
 		<!-- Note: not safe to use the url package here because \url{...} is fragile. -->
 		<common formats="/latex/xelatex/">
 			<xsl:text>\url{</xsl:text>
@@ -58,7 +74,7 @@
 	
 	
 	<!-- ERROR: hyperlink has a label but no content. -->
-	<template name="empty-hyperlink-label" match="hyperlink[@label and not(node())]">
+	<template name="empty-hyperlink-label" match="hyperlink[@label and not( node() )]">
 		<common>
 			<xsl:message terminate="yes">&lt;hyperlink&gt; with @label must include link text.</xsl:message>
 		</common>