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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... PROVINCE IN THE PELOPONNESUS . - A.D . 1262-1460 . § 1. Early state of the Byzantine province . Government of the despot Theo- dore I. , 268 2. The emperor Manuel II . attempts to ameliorate the Byzantine administra- tion in the ...
... PROVINCE IN THE PELOPONNESUS . - A.D . 1262-1460 . § 1. Early state of the Byzantine province . Government of the despot Theo- dore I. , 268 2. The emperor Manuel II . attempts to ameliorate the Byzantine administra- tion in the ...
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... provinces as an unprofitable sacrifice . Their neglect consequently pro- duced the abandonment of the cultivation of ... province so situated became a matter of no interest to the central power at Constantinople , and it was abandoned to ...
... provinces as an unprofitable sacrifice . Their neglect consequently pro- duced the abandonment of the cultivation of ... province so situated became a matter of no interest to the central power at Constantinople , and it was abandoned to ...
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... provinces , form independent states , with a permanent political existence . Their ravages as enemies are recorded , their peaceful immigrations as friends and clients pass unnoticed . No inconsiderable part of those provinces of the ...
... provinces , form independent states , with a permanent political existence . Their ravages as enemies are recorded , their peaceful immigrations as friends and clients pass unnoticed . No inconsiderable part of those provinces of the ...
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... province within the territories . of ancient Greece . It is thus proved by sufficient authority that the Scla- 1 Theophanes , 298. Schafarik's Slavische Alterthümer , ii . 170 . * Const . Porphyr . , De Thematibus , ii . p . 23 ...
... province within the territories . of ancient Greece . It is thus proved by sufficient authority that the Scla- 1 Theophanes , 298. Schafarik's Slavische Alterthümer , ii . 170 . * Const . Porphyr . , De Thematibus , ii . p . 23 ...
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... provinces of the empire . This , however , 1 Const . Porphyr . , De Them . , ii . 25. This passage is so important , from its official authority , that it must be transcribed in order that neither more nor less than it contains be ...
... provinces of the empire . This , however , 1 Const . Porphyr . , De Them . , ii . 25. This passage is so important , from its official authority , that it must be transcribed in order that neither more nor less than it contains be ...
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