The History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy: From the Earliest Times to the Death of Lorenzo the Magnificent : Together with the Prince, and Various Historical TractsG. Bell, 1898 - 522 pages |
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... authority . On the death of Theodosius , his sons Arcadius and Honorius succeeded to the empire , but not to the talents and fortune of their father ; and the times became changed with the princes . Theodosius had appointed a governor ...
... authority . On the death of Theodosius , his sons Arcadius and Honorius succeeded to the empire , but not to the talents and fortune of their father ; and the times became changed with the princes . Theodosius had appointed a governor ...
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... authority than they had previously possessed ; although the immediate successors of St. Peter were more reverenced ... authority . Neverthe- less , the whole of Italy , being subject either to the emperors or the kings till the coming of ...
... authority than they had previously possessed ; although the immediate successors of St. Peter were more reverenced ... authority . Neverthe- less , the whole of Italy , being subject either to the emperors or the kings till the coming of ...
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... authority over tem- poral princes . The Lombards , having now been two hundred and thirty - two years in the country , were strangers only in name ; and Charles , wishing to re - organise the states of Italy , consented that they should ...
... authority over tem- poral princes . The Lombards , having now been two hundred and thirty - two years in the country , were strangers only in name ; and Charles , wishing to re - organise the states of Italy , consented that they should ...
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... authority in Rome and the rest of Italy , in proportion as they were favourites of the emperor or of the most powerful states . The emperor Otho came into Italy , took the kingdom from the Berengarii , in which they had reigned fifty ...
... authority in Rome and the rest of Italy , in proportion as they were favourites of the emperor or of the most powerful states . The emperor Otho came into Italy , took the kingdom from the Berengarii , in which they had reigned fifty ...
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... authority , and to whom the others referred , was called the chancellor . Of the princes , the most powerful were Godfred and the Countess Matilda his wife , who was daughter of Beatrice , the sister of Henry II . She and her husband ...
... authority , and to whom the others referred , was called the chancellor . Of the princes , the most powerful were Godfred and the Countess Matilda his wife , who was daughter of Beatrice , the sister of Henry II . She and her husband ...
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Page 521 - English Translation on opposite pages, Notes, Introduction, and Glossary, by Rev. S. Fox, MA To which is added the Anglo-Saxon Version of the METRES OF BOETHIUS, with a free Translation by Martin F.