The History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Crusaders to Its Conquest by the Turks, and of the Empire of Trebizond: 1204-1461 |
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Page 62
... p . 257 ; Sismondi , Histoire des Républiques Italiennes , vol . i . p . 277 ; Gally Knight , Normans in Sicily , p . 3 , and their authorities . NORMAN MERCENARIES . 63 A. D. fortune by the sword 62 HOSTILITY OF GREEKS AND LATINS .
... p . 257 ; Sismondi , Histoire des Républiques Italiennes , vol . i . p . 277 ; Gally Knight , Normans in Sicily , p . 3 , and their authorities . NORMAN MERCENARIES . 63 A. D. fortune by the sword 62 HOSTILITY OF GREEKS AND LATINS .
Page 68
... the habitual language of the admiral , and of many Sicilian nobles at the court of Roger . - Gally Knight , Normans in Sicily , 263 , 301 . SILK MANUFACTURE AT THEBES . 69 A. D. rank , 68 HOSTILITY OF GREEKS AND LATINS .
... the habitual language of the admiral , and of many Sicilian nobles at the court of Roger . - Gally Knight , Normans in Sicily , 263 , 301 . SILK MANUFACTURE AT THEBES . 69 A. D. rank , 68 HOSTILITY OF GREEKS AND LATINS .
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... knight's fees over the whole surface of the island . After this act of spoliation , the inhabitants were guaranteed in ... Knights Hospitallers.1 The Greeks soon 1 Isaac escaped from Margat , and attempted to invade the Byzantine empire ...
... knight's fees over the whole surface of the island . After this act of spoliation , the inhabitants were guaranteed in ... Knights Hospitallers.1 The Greeks soon 1 Isaac escaped from Margat , and attempted to invade the Byzantine empire ...
Page 93
... knights found the internal affairs of Cyprus in so disturbed a state , that they surrendered back their purchase to Richard in a short time . The king of England then conferred the sovereignty on Guy of Lusignan , who had lost the king ...
... knights found the internal affairs of Cyprus in so disturbed a state , that they surrendered back their purchase to Richard in a short time . The king of England then conferred the sovereignty on Guy of Lusignan , who had lost the king ...
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... knights ; but , after a long and bloody combat , they were all hewed down by the battle- axes of the English and Danes of the Varangian guard.2 The Greeks were less successful in defending their ram- parts towards the port where they ...
... knights ; but , after a long and bloody combat , they were all hewed down by the battle- axes of the English and Danes of the Varangian guard.2 The Greeks were less successful in defending their ram- parts towards the port where they ...
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