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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... Normans . - Robert Guiscard invades Greece and takes Durazzo . - Relieves Rome , and obliges Henry the Third to retire . - Invades Greece a second Time . - His Death . -Seljukian Kingdom of Roum . - Conquest of Jerusalem by the Turks ...
... Normans . - Robert Guiscard invades Greece and takes Durazzo . - Relieves Rome , and obliges Henry the Third to retire . - Invades Greece a second Time . - His Death . -Seljukian Kingdom of Roum . - Conquest of Jerusalem by the Turks ...
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... 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 Crusade . - The Emperor Conrade and Louis ...
... 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 Crusade . - The Emperor Conrade and Louis ...
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... 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 acquiring Italy and 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 acquiring Italy and the ...
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... Norman conqueror . These exiles were entertained in the Byzantine court , and they preserved till the last age of the empire the in- heritance of spotless loyalty , and the use of the Danish or English tongue . The Greek emperor slept ...
... Norman conqueror . These exiles were entertained in the Byzantine court , and they preserved till the last age of the empire the in- heritance of spotless loyalty , and the use of the Danish or English tongue . The Greek emperor slept ...
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... Normans . Their lances were commanded by the valiant Ursel of Baliol , the kinsman or father of the Scottish kings ... Norman conquerors of Sicily , and with the surname of Baliol ; and our historians will tell how the Baliols came ...
... Normans . Their lances were commanded by the valiant Ursel of Baliol , the kinsman or father of the Scottish kings ... Norman conquerors of Sicily , and with the surname of Baliol ; and our historians will tell how the Baliols came ...
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