History of the Byzantine Empire: From MLVII to MCCCCLIII. 1854Blackwood, 1854 |
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... sovereign , moreover , caused much important business , in which neither the emperor's personal in- terest nor authority appeared to be immediately in- terested , to be greatly neglected ; for sovereigns , like private individuals ...
... sovereign , moreover , caused much important business , in which neither the emperor's personal in- terest nor authority appeared to be immediately in- terested , to be greatly neglected ; for sovereigns , like private individuals ...
Side 4
... sovereign to intrust the direction of the government to the stewards of his household . Now , though these men were not trained in the public service , yet their previous duties prevented the practice from producing so great an amount ...
... sovereign to intrust the direction of the government to the stewards of his household . Now , though these men were not trained in the public service , yet their previous duties prevented the practice from producing so great an amount ...
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... sovereign by wearing the red boots which the severe ceremonial of the Byzantine court had set apart as one of the distinctive ensigns of the imperial power . This assumption was really equivalent to an act of 1 A representation of this ...
... sovereign by wearing the red boots which the severe ceremonial of the Byzantine court had set apart as one of the distinctive ensigns of the imperial power . This assumption was really equivalent to an act of 1 A representation of this ...
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... sovereign . Yet even in his judicial capacity he constantly violated the laws , from a blind confidence in his own discern- ment , which led him to believe that he could measure out equity to individuals in opposition to the general ...
... sovereign . Yet even in his judicial capacity he constantly violated the laws , from a blind confidence in his own discern- ment , which led him to believe that he could measure out equity to individuals in opposition to the general ...
Side 20
... sovereigns of Kars and of Lorhi , or Armenian Albania , were all descendants of the Bagratian family . The princes of Vaspourakan were Ardzrounians , to which family the Emperor Leo V. belonged . - Saint Martin , i . 418 ; Chamich , ii ...
... sovereigns of Kars and of Lorhi , or Armenian Albania , were all descendants of the Bagratian family . The princes of Vaspourakan were Ardzrounians , to which family the Emperor Leo V. belonged . - Saint Martin , i . 418 ; Chamich , ii ...
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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...