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... Italian palaces , rebuilding them in accordance with more refined ideas acquired in Palestine - the land that they con- quered , but could not keep . The dangers that the Crusaders went through , the hardships they endured , may teach ...
... Italian palaces , rebuilding them in accordance with more refined ideas acquired in Palestine - the land that they con- quered , but could not keep . The dangers that the Crusaders went through , the hardships they endured , may teach ...
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... Italy - Defeat of the Pope - Bohemond determines to join the Crusade - Is accompanied by Tancred - Difference of their motives - Their reception by the Emperor - Bohemond is tempted , and does homage to Alexius - Tancred refuses , and ...
... Italy - Defeat of the Pope - Bohemond determines to join the Crusade - Is accompanied by Tancred - Difference of their motives - Their reception by the Emperor - Bohemond is tempted , and does homage to Alexius - Tancred refuses , and ...
Page xiv
... Italian peasants over a hawk - Escapes with difficulty - Rupture between the Sicilians and English - A reconciliation - Richard scourged by the priests as a penance — A prophecy - Disputes between the French and English - Conquest of ...
... Italian peasants over a hawk - Escapes with difficulty - Rupture between the Sicilians and English - A reconciliation - Richard scourged by the priests as a penance — A prophecy - Disputes between the French and English - Conquest of ...
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... Italy , where he hastened to Rome to present his letters to Pope Urban II . The holy father was as much smitten with the hermit's scheme as Simeon had been . He welcomed him as a prophet , and sent him out to preach the first Crusade ...
... Italy , where he hastened to Rome to present his letters to Pope Urban II . The holy father was as much smitten with the hermit's scheme as Simeon had been . He welcomed him as a prophet , and sent him out to preach the first Crusade ...
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... Italian campaign had been in a sinful cause , and even his valour , in such a war , an error committed against the Church . That Emperor was Henry IV . , who defied Pope Gregory VII . , declaring that his right of making bishops , and ...
... Italian campaign had been in a sinful cause , and even his valour , in such a war , an error committed against the Church . That Emperor was Henry IV . , who defied Pope Gregory VII . , declaring that his right of making bishops , and ...
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