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 47
... secure . Yet even at the time the Byzantine empire exhibited the most striking evidence of its power , we perceive many marks of internal weakness . There was no popular energy in the inhabitants directed to their own improve- ment ...
... secure . Yet even at the time the Byzantine empire exhibited the most striking evidence of its power , we perceive many marks of internal weakness . There was no popular energy in the inhabitants directed to their own improve- ment ...
Page 67
... secure it from any sudden assault , but whose wealth , from this very circumstance , promised a larger amount of plunder than any city on the coast . Thebes was then a rich manufacturing town , but without any walls capable of defence ...
... secure it from any sudden assault , but whose wealth , from this very circumstance , promised a larger amount of plunder than any city on the coast . Thebes was then a rich manufacturing town , but without any walls capable of defence ...
Page 70
... secure for himself some per- manent possession in Greece . A powerful flect under the command of Tancred , the king's cousin and successor , was sent to attack Dyrrachium , which was taken by assault after a siege of thirteen days . The ...
... secure for himself some per- manent possession in Greece . A powerful flect under the command of Tancred , the king's cousin and successor , was sent to attack Dyrrachium , which was taken by assault after a siege of thirteen days . The ...
Page 97
... secure its bridge to the ramparts , he walked himself steadily across it , and was among the first enemies who planted their feet on the pride of the city of Constantine . In an instant a dozen bridges rested on the walls , and the ...
... secure its bridge to the ramparts , he walked himself steadily across it , and was among the first enemies who planted their feet on the pride of the city of Constantine . In an instant a dozen bridges rested on the walls , and the ...
Page 113
... secure tran- quillity among his great vassals . In his first expedition to extend his territory and establish his immediate vassals in their fiefs , he involved himself in disputes with Boniface the king - marquis . The emperor ...
... secure tran- quillity among his great vassals . In his first expedition to extend his territory and establish his immediate vassals in their fiefs , he involved himself in disputes with Boniface the king - marquis . The emperor ...
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