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... months before this time . Here also he was joined by 200 knights from Modena . † The very day after his arrival at Verona , he marched to Vacaldo , where he staid a fortnight . The Count of San Bonifazio was holding Mantua against him ...
... months before this time . Here also he was joined by 200 knights from Modena . † The very day after his arrival at Verona , he marched to Vacaldo , where he staid a fortnight . The Count of San Bonifazio was holding Mantua against him ...
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... month , and were met by envoys from many of the states , as also by Peter de Vinea and Thaddeus of Sessa , who ap- peared in behalf of Frederick . The Patriarch of Antioch , a statesman well acquainted with Lombard diplomacy , and the ...
... month , and were met by envoys from many of the states , as also by Peter de Vinea and Thaddeus of Sessa , who ap- peared in behalf of Frederick . The Patriarch of Antioch , a statesman well acquainted with Lombard diplomacy , and the ...
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... months . The Duke of Austria had been more than a match for the Imperial lieu- tenants , who did little but ravage the land ; he wisely retired into the walls of Neustadt , the only city which remained faithful to him , on the Kaiser's ...
... months . The Duke of Austria had been more than a match for the Imperial lieu- tenants , who did little but ravage the land ; he wisely retired into the walls of Neustadt , the only city which remained faithful to him , on the Kaiser's ...
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... months . * Frederick would have nothing to say to the two Cardinals , who came to Mantua in the hope of mak- ing peace ; he was better pleased with an embassy from the Roman people . The Italian Ghibellines were now flocking to his camp ...
... months . * Frederick would have nothing to say to the two Cardinals , who came to Mantua in the hope of mak- ing peace ; he was better pleased with an embassy from the Roman people . The Italian Ghibellines were now flocking to his camp ...
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... months before ; they would give hostages , and would receive within their walls a Captain who was to repre- sent the Emperor in all his power . So low was this haughty State fallen , which in the beginning of the year had been hammering ...
... months before ; they would give hostages , and would receive within their walls a Captain who was to repre- sent the Emperor in all his power . So low was this haughty State fallen , which in the beginning of the year had been hammering ...
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