History of the Byzantine Empire: From MLVII to MCCCCLIII. 1854Blackwood, 1854 |
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... Roman Empire , B.C. 146 , to A.D. 717. 8vo . 16s . HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE AND GREEK EMPIRES . Vol . I. , 716 to 1057. 8vo . 12s . HISTORY OF GREECE , from its Conquest by the Crusaders to its Conquest by the Turks , and of the Empire ...
... Roman Empire , B.C. 146 , to A.D. 717. 8vo . 16s . HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE AND GREEK EMPIRES . Vol . I. , 716 to 1057. 8vo . 12s . HISTORY OF GREECE , from its Conquest by the Crusaders to its Conquest by the Turks , and of the Empire ...
Side 1
... Roman empire , had attained a degree of wealth and power which secured it a permanent superiority over every other government . A review of the vicissitudes it had undergone in the preceding ages , entitled them to look forward with ...
... Roman empire , had attained a degree of wealth and power which secured it a permanent superiority over every other government . A review of the vicissitudes it had undergone in the preceding ages , entitled them to look forward with ...
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... Roman armies . It was therefore not unnatural that these princes , alarmed by the repeated rebellions , seditions , and conspiracies of the great officers of state and com- manders - in - chief , should feel extremely jealous of the ...
... Roman armies . It was therefore not unnatural that these princes , alarmed by the repeated rebellions , seditions , and conspiracies of the great officers of state and com- manders - in - chief , should feel extremely jealous of the ...
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... Roman and Byzan- tine empires , and of the aptitude shown by eunuchs to perform the duties of ministers , and even of generals . Both these classes found their sphere of duty enlarged and not changed , when from nobles they became em ...
... Roman and Byzan- tine empires , and of the aptitude shown by eunuchs to perform the duties of ministers , and even of generals . Both these classes found their sphere of duty enlarged and not changed , when from nobles they became em ...
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... Roman policy , and his views were confined too exclusively to military affairs . Circumstances henceforward directed the pro- gress of events . No future emperor possessed the enlarged views or the political capacity necessary to arrest ...
... Roman policy , and his views were confined too exclusively to military affairs . Circumstances henceforward directed the pro- gress of events . No future emperor possessed the enlarged views or the political capacity necessary to arrest ...
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Side 234 - ... made an attempt to fly from the summit of the Theatre. He was dashed to pieces in spite of his artificial wings, to the great amusement of the mob. Nicetas. 78. In the reign of James IV. an Italian visited Scotland, and the king made him Abbot of Tungland in Galloway for his supposed skill in alchemy. He pretended that he could fly, and made an attempt from the walls of Stirling Castle ; but his wings failed him, and he fell to the ground and broke his thigh-bone. The abbot accounted for his...
Side 626 - December 1452. The court and the great body of the dignified clergy ratified the act by their presence ; but the monks and the people repudiated the connection. In their opinion, the church of St. Sophia was polluted by the ceremony, and from that day it was deserted by the orthodox. The historian Ducas declares that they looked upon it as a haunt of demons, and no better than a pagan...
Side 625 - Kief, who had joined the Latin church, as his legate. Isidore had represented the Russian church at the council of Florence ; but on his return to Russia he was imprisoned as an apostate, and with difficulty escaped to Italy. He was by birth a Greek ; and being a man of learning and conciliatory manners, it was expected that he would be favourably received at Constantinople. The cardinal arrived at Constantinople in November 1452. He was accompanied by a small body of chosen troops, and brought some...