A History of Greece: The Byzantine and Greek empires, pt. 2, A.D. 1057-1453Clarendon Press, 1877 |
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A History of Greece: The Byzantine and Greek empires, pt. 2, A.D. 1057-1453 George Finlay Visualització completa - 1877 |
A History of Greece: The Byzantine and Greek empires, pt. 2, A.D. 1057-1453 George Finlay Visualització completa - 1877 |
A History of Greece: The Byzantine and Greek empires, pt. 2, A.D. 1057-1453 George Finlay Visualització completa - 1877 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 250 - Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
Pàgina 38 - Andros at the end of the eighth and beginning of the ninth century, and by other strange errors (p.
Pàgina 351 - THE earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.
Pàgina 502 - Constantine showed great prudence and moderation in his difficult position. The spirit of Christian charity calmed his temper, and his determination not to survive the empire gave a deliberate coolness to his military conduct. Though his Greek subjects often raised seditions, and reviled him in the streets, the emperor took no notice of their behaviour 3.
Pàgina 121 - Devol is the modern name of Deavolis. It is situated on a river of the same name, which falls into the Apsos five miles below Berat. The pass is now called the Boghaz of Tzangon. Achrida and Deavolis were the two cities which commanded the two roads leading from the Adriatic to Thessalonica. Anna Comn.
Pàgina 516 - Several gates were then thrown open, and the victorious army entered Constantinople at several points. The cry that the enemy had stormed the walls preceded their march. Senators, priests, monks, and nuns ; men, women, and children, all rushed to seek safety in St. Sophia's. A prediction current...
Pàgina 501 - December 1452. The court and the great body of the dignified clergy ratified the act by their presence ; but the monks and the people repudiated the connection. In their opinion, the church of St. Sophia was polluted by the ceremony, and from that day it was deserted by the orthodox. The historian Ducas declares that they looked [Bk.
Pàgina 96 - Then in PALESTINE, By the way-side, in sober grandeur stood A hospital, that, night and day, received The pilgrims of the west; and, when 'twas asked, " Who are the noble founders 1 " every tongue At once replied,
Pàgina 503 - The fortifications were not found to be in a good state of repair. Two monks who had been intrusted with a large sum for the purpose of repairing them had executed their duty in an insufficient and it was generally said in a fraudulent manner. The extreme dishonesty that prevailed among the Greek officials explains the selection of monks as treasurers for military objects; and it must lessen our surprise at finding men of their religious professions sharing in the general avarice, or tolerating the...
Pàgina 162 - Aero-Corinth of which he had thus unexpectedly gained possession, the admiral could not help exclaiming that he fought under the protection of Heaven, for if Kaluphes had not been more timid than a virgin, he might have repulsed every attack 2. Corinth 1 Nicetas, 65. Benjamin of Tudela, who visited Thebes about twenty years later, or perhaps in 1161, speaks of it as then a large city, with two thousand Jewish inhabitants, who were the most eminent manufacturers of silk and purple cloth in all Greece:...