History of the Byzantine Empire: From MLVII to MCCCCLIII. 1854Blackwood, 1854 |
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Side 22
... garrison was depressed by a con- viction that the Emperor Constantine would be induced by avarice to abandon them to their own unassisted resources . Ani nevertheless made a gallant defence , and , refusing to capitulate , was taken by ...
... garrison was depressed by a con- viction that the Emperor Constantine would be induced by avarice to abandon them to their own unassisted resources . Ani nevertheless made a gallant defence , and , refusing to capitulate , was taken by ...
Side 24
... garrison defended the place for three months ; but when it appeared that the em- peror's avarice would prevent his making any attempt to raise the siege , the place capitulated . Hungarian history boasts of several victories obtained ...
... garrison defended the place for three months ; but when it appeared that the em- peror's avarice would prevent his making any attempt to raise the siege , the place capitulated . Hungarian history boasts of several victories obtained ...
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... garrison , and which , in the possession of the Byzantine army , would form an excellent base of operations against Persia . Oursel , a Frank chief , with a division composed of European mercenaries and Uzes , was sent to besiege Akhlat ...
... garrison , and which , in the possession of the Byzantine army , would form an excellent base of operations against Persia . Oursel , a Frank chief , with a division composed of European mercenaries and Uzes , was sent to besiege Akhlat ...
Side 43
... garrison of Adana was so dispirited that they compelled Romanus to surrender on receiving assurance of personal safety . Andronicus required that 1 Doceia or Tosiyeh is still a town of twenty thousand inhabitants , of whom three ...
... garrison of Adana was so dispirited that they compelled Romanus to surrender on receiving assurance of personal safety . Andronicus required that 1 Doceia or Tosiyeh is still a town of twenty thousand inhabitants , of whom three ...
Side 45
... garrison towns . ari , hopeless of relief , capitulated on the 15th of April 1071 , abandoning for ever the last relics of the authority of the Roman empire of the East in Italy.1 1 Lupi Protospata Chron . , in the Bibliotheca Hist ...
... garrison towns . ari , hopeless of relief , capitulated on the 15th of April 1071 , abandoning for ever the last relics of the authority of the Roman empire of the East in Italy.1 1 Lupi Protospata Chron . , in the Bibliotheca Hist ...
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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...