The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman ConquestUniversity of Michigan Press, 1987 - 683 pages |
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Page 198
... sent part of their armies north in pursuit of Ivajlo , who shut himself up in the fortress of Silistria . The Byzantine forces besieged him there for three months but failed to take the town . John Asen's supporters meanwhile were ...
... sent part of their armies north in pursuit of Ivajlo , who shut himself up in the fortress of Silistria . The Byzantine forces besieged him there for three months but failed to take the town . John Asen's supporters meanwhile were ...
Page 435
... sent a small force to besiege the Acropolis . Donato , feeling himself too weak to resist , sent a messenger to the Venetian bailiff in Negroponte on Euboea to offer Athens to Venice . The Venetian bailiff sent a small force that was ...
... sent a small force to besiege the Acropolis . Donato , feeling himself too weak to resist , sent a messenger to the Venetian bailiff in Negroponte on Euboea to offer Athens to Venice . The Venetian bailiff sent a small force that was ...
Page 557
... sent him advance word of the invasion and its planned route . This knowledge , combined with the rugged mountainous terrain that was ideal for a smaller army to ambush a larger one , resulted in the Albanians ' defeating the invaders in ...
... sent him advance word of the invasion and its planned route . This knowledge , combined with the rugged mountainous terrain that was ideal for a smaller army to ambush a larger one , resulted in the Albanians ' defeating the invaders in ...
Contents
The Balkans in the Late Twelfth Century | 1 |
Raška and Zeta 120607 to ca 1216 | 49 |
Notes | 56 |
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