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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... merits of Timour 335 336 ib . 338 340 ib . 1403-1421 . Civil wars of the sons of Bajazet 343 1421-1451 . Reign of Amurath II . 346 1421 Reunion of the Ottoman empire 347 1402-1425 . State of the Greek empire 348 350 ib . 1422 Siege of ...
... merits of Timour 335 336 ib . 338 340 ib . 1403-1421 . Civil wars of the sons of Bajazet 343 1421-1451 . Reign of Amurath II . 346 1421 Reunion of the Ottoman empire 347 1402-1425 . State of the Greek empire 348 350 ib . 1422 Siege of ...
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... merits The Platonic philosophy • Emulation and progress of the Latins 1447-1455 . Pope Nicholas V. • 1428-1492 . Cosmo and Lorenzo of Medicis Comparison of Rome and Constantinople 1440-1448 . The Greek schism after the council at Flo ...
... merits The Platonic philosophy • Emulation and progress of the Latins 1447-1455 . Pope Nicholas V. • 1428-1492 . Cosmo and Lorenzo of Medicis Comparison of Rome and Constantinople 1440-1448 . The Greek schism after the council at Flo ...
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... merit of a hero and a saint . In the former character his qualifications were genuine and splendid : the descendant of a race illustrious by their military exploits , he had displayed in every station and in every province the courage ...
... merit of a hero and a saint . In the former character his qualifications were genuine and splendid : the descendant of a race illustrious by their military exploits , he had displayed in every station and in every province the courage ...
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... merit of their guardians ; the childless ambition of those guardians had no temptation to violate their right of succession : their patrimony was ably and faithfully administered ; and the premature death of Zimisces was a loss rather ...
... merit of their guardians ; the childless ambition of those guardians had no temptation to violate their right of succession : their patrimony was ably and faithfully administered ; and the premature death of Zimisces was a loss rather ...
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... merit in the choice of a sovereign . Isaac Comnenus was approved by general consent ; and the associates separated , without delay to meet in the plains of Phrygia , at the head of their respective squadrons and detachments . The cause ...
... merit in the choice of a sovereign . Isaac Comnenus was approved by general consent ; and the associates separated , without delay to meet in the plains of Phrygia , at the head of their respective squadrons and detachments . The cause ...
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Alexius Alp Arslan ambition Andronicus Anna Comnena Antioch Apulia arms army Asia Baldwin Barbarians battle Bohemond brother Bulgaria Byzantine Cæsar caliphs camp Cantacuzene capital captive CHAP Christians church command Comneni Comnenian conqueror conquest Constan Constantine Constantinople count count of Flanders crusade death defence deliverance Ducange duke emirs empire enemies Europe father fleet France French galleys Genoese Godfrey Godfrey of Bouillon Greek emperor Greeks Guiscard Hellespont holy honour horse hundred Imperial Isaac Isaac Angelus Italy Jerusalem John king kingdom knights land Latins Manuel Michael Moguls monarchy nation Nice Nicephorus Nicephorus Gregoras Nicetas noble Norman numbers Ottoman palace Palæologus peace pilgrims pope prince Propontis provinces reign Roman royal Saladin Saracens Sicily siege soldiers soon sovereign spirit stantinople success successor sultan sword Syria Tancred thousand throne Timour tinople treaty troops Turkish Turks valour Venetians Venice victory William of Tyre XLII XLIII XLIV XLVI XLVII Zimisces