Gibbon's History of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, repr. with the omission of all passages of an irreligious or immoral tendency, by T. Bowdler, Volume 51826 |
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... Manuel . - Last War of the Greeks and Normans . - Andronicus , his remarkable Life and Death . — Events in Syria and Egypt in the Twelfth Cen- tury . - Noureddin subdues Egypt . - His Successor Saladin takes Jerusalem . - The Second ...
... Manuel . - Last War of the Greeks and Normans . - Andronicus , his remarkable Life and Death . — Events in Syria and Egypt in the Twelfth Cen- tury . - Noureddin subdues Egypt . - His Successor Saladin takes Jerusalem . - The Second ...
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... Manuel 1146 Roger the Norman invades Greece 1146 His admiral delivers Louis the Seventh of France Insults Constantinople 1148-1149 . The emperor Manuel repulses the Normans 1155 He reduces Apulia and Calabria 1155-1174 . His design of ...
... Manuel 1146 Roger the Norman invades Greece 1146 His admiral delivers Louis the Seventh of France Insults Constantinople 1148-1149 . The emperor Manuel repulses the Normans 1155 He reduces Apulia and Calabria 1155-1174 . His design of ...
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... Manuel 1395-1402 . Distress of Constantinople History of Timour or Tamerlane 1361-1370 . His first adventures 1370 He ascends the throne of Zagatai 1370-1400 . His conquests 1400 His war against sultan Bajazet Timour invades Syria 1400 ...
... Manuel 1395-1402 . Distress of Constantinople History of Timour or Tamerlane 1361-1370 . His first adventures 1370 He ascends the throne of Zagatai 1370-1400 . His conquests 1400 His war against sultan Bajazet Timour invades Syria 1400 ...
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... Manuel 1438 Council of Florence Union of the churches Return of the Greeks Revival of Greek literature in Italy 1300-1453 . State of the Greek language at Constantinople 358 Comparison of the Greeks and Latins 1339 Lessons of Barlaam ...
... Manuel 1438 Council of Florence Union of the churches Return of the Greeks Revival of Greek literature in Italy 1300-1453 . State of the Greek language at Constantinople 358 Comparison of the Greeks and Latins 1339 Lessons of Barlaam ...
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... Manuel , who , in the reign of the second Basil , contributed by war and treaty to appease the troubles of the East : he left in a tender age two sons , Isaac and John , whom , with the consciousness of desert , he bequeathed to the gra ...
... Manuel , who , in the reign of the second Basil , contributed by war and treaty to appease the troubles of the East : he left in a tender age two sons , Isaac and John , whom , with the consciousness of desert , he bequeathed to the gra ...
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