The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 11Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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... Florence- State of literature at Constantinople - Its revival in Italy by the Greek fugitives - Curiosity and emulation of the La- tins 56 CHAPTER LXVII . Schism of the Greeks and Latins - Reign and character of Amu- rath the Second ...
... Florence- State of literature at Constantinople - Its revival in Italy by the Greek fugitives - Curiosity and emulation of the La- tins 56 CHAPTER LXVII . Schism of the Greeks and Latins - Reign and character of Amu- rath the Second ...
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... Florence . These gold pieces , the first that were coined in Italy , perhaps in the Latin world , may be compared , in weight and value , to one - third of the English guinea . At the end of the Latin version of Phranzes , we read a ...
... Florence . These gold pieces , the first that were coined in Italy , perhaps in the Latin world , may be compared , in weight and value , to one - third of the English guinea . At the end of the Latin version of Phranzes , we read a ...
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... Florence . Why might not the author be of Syrian extraction ? From the conclusion of the history , I should fix the date to the year 1444 , four years after the synod , when the great eccle- siarch had abdicated his office ( sectio xii ...
... Florence . Why might not the author be of Syrian extraction ? From the conclusion of the history , I should fix the date to the year 1444 , four years after the synod , when the great eccle- siarch had abdicated his office ( sectio xii ...
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... Florence the rear of a flying synod . This new translation was urged by inevitable necessity the city was visited by the plague ; the fidelity of the marquis might be suspected ; the mer- cenary troops of the duke of Milan were at the ...
... Florence the rear of a flying synod . This new translation was urged by inevitable necessity the city was visited by the plague ; the fidelity of the marquis might be suspected ; the mer- cenary troops of the duke of Milan were at the ...
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... Florence could produce the subscriptions of the pope himself , eight cardinals , two patriarchs , eight archbishops , fifty - two bishops , and forty - five ab- bots , or chiefs of religious orders . After the labour of nine months ...
... Florence could produce the subscriptions of the pope himself , eight cardinals , two patriarchs , eight archbishops , fifty - two bishops , and forty - five ab- bots , or chiefs of religious orders . After the labour of nine months ...
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