The Fall of Constantinople: Being the Story of the Fourth CrusadeLongmans, Green and Company, 1885 - 413 páginas The Fall of Constantinople: Being the Story of the Fourth Crusade by Edwin Pears, first published in 1885, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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... facts which are not to be found elsewhere , and was one of the few contemporaries of the crusade who appears to have understood that there was an understanding between the Sultan of Cairo and Venice.2 Light has been thrown on the ...
... facts which are not to be found elsewhere , and was one of the few contemporaries of the crusade who appears to have understood that there was an understanding between the Sultan of Cairo and Venice.2 Light has been thrown on the ...
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... facts which were within his knowledge ? According to Villehardouin and his adherents , the diver- sion of the expedition towards Zara was due to no foreign interference , to no intrigue , to no treachery on the part of Venice , but to ...
... facts which were within his knowledge ? According to Villehardouin and his adherents , the diver- sion of the expedition towards Zara was due to no foreign interference , to no intrigue , to no treachery on the part of Venice , but to ...
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... facts would allow me to concede is that , while Innocent was bitterly disappointed with the diversion of the expedition to Zara , and while he certainly assumed an attitude of opposition towards a possible attack on Con- stantinople ...
... facts would allow me to concede is that , while Innocent was bitterly disappointed with the diversion of the expedition to Zara , and while he certainly assumed an attitude of opposition towards a possible attack on Con- stantinople ...
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... fact that the municipal spirit had lasted during many centuries after the towns and cities had been brought into subjection to the empire . In the capital itself the population always preserved the forms of its ancient municipality ...
... fact that the municipal spirit had lasted during many centuries after the towns and cities had been brought into subjection to the empire . In the capital itself the population always preserved the forms of its ancient municipality ...
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... fact that they had a right to appoint an emperor when there was a vacancy . With this exception the right of the emperor was theoretically undisputed and indisputable . The conception of government was of an authority over the nation ...
... fact that they had a right to appoint an emperor when there was a vacancy . With this exception the right of the emperor was theoretically undisputed and indisputable . The conception of government was of an authority over the nation ...
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A Bibliographical Guide to the History of Christianity Shirley Jackson Case Sin vista previa disponible - 1951 |