1206-1216. Reign and Character of Henry

1217 Peter of Courtenay, Emperor of Conftantinople

1217-1219. His Captivity and Death

1221-1228. Robert, Emperor of Conftantinople

1228-1237. Baldwin II. and John of Brienne, Emperors

of Conftantinople

1237-1261. Baldwin II.

The Holy Crown of Thorns

1237-1261. Progrefs of the Greeks

1259 Michael Palæologus, the Greek Emperor

1261 Conftantinople recovered by the Greeks.

General Confequences of the Crufades

Digreffion on the Family of Courtenay.

263

268

269

270

273

275

278

281

283

284

288

A. D.

Page

The Greek Emperors of Nice and Conftantinople.-Eleva-

tion and Reign of Michael Palæologus.-His falfe Union

with the Pope and the Latin Church.-Hoftile Designs of

Charles of Anjou.-Revolt of Sicily.-War of the Catalans

in Afia and Greece.-Revolutions and prefent State of

Athens.

1273-1332. Reign of Andronicus the Elder

ib.

1274-1277. His Union with the Latin Church

1277–1282. His Perfecution of the Greeks

1283 The Union diffolved

1266 Charles of Anjou fubdues Naples and Sicily

331

335

337

338

1270 Threatens the Greek Empire

1280 Palæologus inftigates the Revolt of Sicily

1282 The Sicilian Vefpers

Defeat of Charles

the Greek Empire

340

342

344

345

346

352

355

1303-1307. The Service and War of the Catalans in

1204-1456. Revolutions of Athens

Prefent State of Athens

CHA P. LXIII.

Civil Wars, and Ruin of the Greek Empire.-Reigns of

Andronicus, the Elder and Younger, and John Palæolo-

gus.-Regency, Revolt, Reign, and Abdication of John

Cantacuzene.-Establishment of a Genoefe Colony at Pera

or Galata.-Their Wars with the Empire and City of

Conftantinople.

A. D.

1282-1320. Superftition of Andronicus and the Times

1320 First Disputes between the Elder and Younger An-

dronicus

Page

358

362

1321-1328. Three Civil Wars between the two Emperors 365

1325 Coronation of the Younger Andronicus

1328 The Elder Andronicus abdicates the Government

ib.

367

1332 His

1341 His Regency is attacked

By Apocaucus, the Empress Anne of Savoy, and the

1347 He re-enters Conftantinople.

Page

369

ib.

370

372

ib.

374

ib.

375

376

378

379

382

385

ib.

387

ib.

1347-1355. Reign of John Cantacuzene

1353 John Palæologus takes up Arms against him

1355 Abdication of Cantacuzene

1341-1351. Dispute concerning the Light of Mount

Thabor

1261-1347. Establishment of the Genoefe at Pera or Galata 390

Their Trade and Infolence

1348 Their War with the Emperor Cantacuzene

1349 Deftruction of his Fleet

393

394

396

1352 Victory of the Genoese over the Venetians and Greeks 397

Their Treaty with the Empire

CHA P. LXIV.

399

Conquefts of Zingis Khan and the Moguls from China to

Poland.-Efcape of Conftantinople and the Greeks.—

Origin of the Ottoman Turks in Bithynia.-Reigns and

Victories of Othman, Orchan, Amurath the First, and

Bajazet the Firft.-Foundation and Progrefs of the Turkish

Monarchy in Afia and Europe.-Danger of Conftan-

tinople and the Greek Empire.

A. D.

1206-1227. Zingis Khan, firft Emperor of the Moguls

and Tartars

His Laws

1210-1214. His Invafion of China

1242-1272. Of Anatolia

419

1235-1245. Of Kipzak, Ruffia, Poland, Hungary, &c. ib.

1242 Of Siberia

423

1227-1259. The Succeffors of Zingis

424

1259-1368. Adopt the Manners of China

426

1259-1300. Division of the Mogul Empire

428

1240-1304. Escape of Conftantinople and the Greek

Empire from the Moguls

ib.

1304 Decline of the Mogul Khans of Perfia

43 I

1240 Origin of the Ottomans

ib.

1299-1326. Reign of Othman

432

1326-1360. Reign of Orchan

434

1341-1347. First Paffage of the Turks into Europe

1346 Marriage of Orchan with a Greek Princess

1353 Establishment of the Ottomans in Europe

Death of Orchan and his Son Soliman

1360-1389. The Reign and European Conquests

Amurath I.

1389-1403. The Reign of Bajazet I. Ilderim

ib.

440

442

444

of

ib.

446

447

His Conquests from the Euphrates to the Danube

448

1396 Battle of Nicopolis

450

1396-1398, Crufade and Captivity of the French Princes 451

THE

HISTORY

OF THE

DECLINE AND FALL

O F THE

ROMAN EMPIRE.

CHA P. LVIII.

Origin and Numbers of the First Crufade. Charafters of the Latin Princes. Their March to Conftantinople.-Policy of the Greek Emperor Alexius.Conquest of Nice, Antioch, and Jerufalem, by the Franks.—Deliverance of the Holy Sepulchre.-Godfrey of Bouillon, First King of Jerufalem.Inftitutions of the French or Latin

Kingdom.

A'

С

BOUT twenty years after the conqueft of c HAP. Jerufalem by the Turks, the holy fepul- LVIII. chre was vifited by an hermit of the name of Peter, a native of Amiens, in the province of Picardy in France. His refentment and fympathy 1095

the first crufade,

A. D.

* Whimsical enough is the origin of the name of Picards, and from thence of Picardie, which does not date earlier than A. D. VOL. XI. B

1200.

Hermit.