The History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Crusaders to Its Conquest by the Turks, and of the Empire of Trebizond: 1204-1461Blackwood, 1851 - 519 sider |
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... command results that even valour and wisdom are sometimes incompetent to secure . Yet even at the time the Byzantine empire exhibited the most striking evidence of its power , we perceive many marks of internal weakness . There was no ...
... command results that even valour and wisdom are sometimes incompetent to secure . Yet even at the time the Byzantine empire exhibited the most striking evidence of its power , we perceive many marks of internal weakness . There was no ...
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... command of Tancred , the king's cousin and successor , was sent to attack Dyrrachium , which was taken by assault after a siege of thirteen days . The army then marched by the Via Egnatia to Thessalonica , while the fleet with Tancred ...
... command of Tancred , the king's cousin and successor , was sent to attack Dyrrachium , which was taken by assault after a siege of thirteen days . The army then marched by the Via Egnatia to Thessalonica , while the fleet with Tancred ...
Side 72
... command of the Byzantine army . The new emperor , Isaac II . , had secured the good - will of the troops by distributing among them four thousand pounds of gold , in payment of their arrears and to furnish a donative . The courage of ...
... command of the Byzantine army . The new emperor , Isaac II . , had secured the good - will of the troops by distributing among them four thousand pounds of gold , in payment of their arrears and to furnish a donative . The courage of ...
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... commands ; 1 the indul- CHAP . II . gence granted to monks to make use of lard in cooking , and to eat meat when sick ; the use of rings by Latin bishops as a symbol of their marriage with the church , while , as the Greeks sagaciously ...
... commands ; 1 the indul- CHAP . II . gence granted to monks to make use of lard in cooking , and to eat meat when sick ; the use of rings by Latin bishops as a symbol of their marriage with the church , while , as the Greeks sagaciously ...
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... command success , either as a statesman or a general , and he even wanted the moderation required to secure tran- quillity among his great vassals . In his first expedition to extend his territory and establish his immediate vassals in ...
... command success , either as a statesman or a general , and he even wanted the moderation required to secure tran- quillity among his great vassals . In his first expedition to extend his territory and establish his immediate vassals in ...
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The History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Crusaders to Its Conquest by ... George Finlay Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
The History of Greece from Its Conquest by the Crusaders to Its Conquest by ... George Finlay Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
The History of Greece from Its Conquest by the Crusaders to Its Conquest by ... George Finlay Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1851 |
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Side 452 - ... the Ganges to Damascus and the Archipelago, Asia was in the hand of Timour ; his armies were invincible, his ambition was boundless, and his zeal might aspire to conquer and convert the Christian kingdoms of the West, which already trembled at his name. He touched the utmost verge of the land ; but an insuperable though narrow sea rolled between the two continents of Europe and Asia, and the lord of so many tomans, or myriads of horse, was not master of a single galley.
Side 494 - In concluding the history of this Greek state, we inquire in vain for any benefit that it conferred on the human race.