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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... throne . The frequency of such attempts , together with the support they met with , points to the fact that the monarchs were coming to be regarded merely as the persons chosen as rulers from the class of nobles . The nobles had ...
... throne . The frequency of such attempts , together with the support they met with , points to the fact that the monarchs were coming to be regarded merely as the persons chosen as rulers from the class of nobles . The nobles had ...
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... throne , Botaniates , almost im- mediately afterwards - in 1077 - was proclaimed Emperor under the title of Nicephorus III . The Turkish mercenaries joined him , and with their aid he took possession of Nicæa , which from this time ...
... throne , Botaniates , almost im- mediately afterwards - in 1077 - was proclaimed Emperor under the title of Nicephorus III . The Turkish mercenaries joined him , and with their aid he took possession of Nicæa , which from this time ...
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... throne , who had applied for and obtained their assistance , and who , in return , delivered several fortified cities to them . An Armenian writer of the period describes the kingdom of Roum under Suliman as I Haiton . extending from ...
... throne , who had applied for and obtained their assistance , and who , in return , delivered several fortified cities to them . An Armenian writer of the period describes the kingdom of Roum under Suliman as I Haiton . extending from ...
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... throne of Constantinople sought the aid of the Turks . His successor , Alexis , was a boy who reigned less than three years , and who was bowstrung at the age of fifteen . His murderer became Emperor under the title of Andronicos . On ...
... throne of Constantinople sought the aid of the Turks . His successor , Alexis , was a boy who reigned less than three years , and who was bowstrung at the age of fifteen . His murderer became Emperor under the title of Andronicos . On ...
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... throne , the imperial troops were decisively beaten and their general captured . The Wallachs and Bulgarians advanced as far as Rodosto , where , after they had pillaged all the country round , they were met by the imperial troops and ...
... throne , the imperial troops were decisively beaten and their general captured . The Wallachs and Bulgarians advanced as far as Rodosto , where , after they had pillaged all the country round , they were met by the imperial troops and ...
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