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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... enterprise ; for Justinian , being at this time assailed by the Parthians , recalled him ; and his duty to his sovereign compelled him to abandon Italy to Totila , who again took Rome , but did not treat her with such severity as upon ...
... enterprise ; for Justinian , being at this time assailed by the Parthians , recalled him ; and his duty to his sovereign compelled him to abandon Italy to Totila , who again took Rome , but did not treat her with such severity as upon ...
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... enterprises , was called Charle- magne , or Charles the Great . Theodore I. now succeeded to the papacy , and discord arising between him and Desiderius , the latter besieged him in Rome . The pope requested assistance of Charles , who ...
... enterprises , was called Charle- magne , or Charles the Great . Theodore I. now succeeded to the papacy , and discord arising between him and Desiderius , the latter besieged him in Rome . The pope requested assistance of Charles , who ...
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... enterprise , expelled the Saracens , and took possession of the island ; but , after the victory , Melorco secretly caused forces to be brought from Greece , seized Sicily in the name of the emperor , and appropriated the booty to ...
... enterprise , expelled the Saracens , and took possession of the island ; but , after the victory , Melorco secretly caused forces to be brought from Greece , seized Sicily in the name of the emperor , and appropriated the booty to ...
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... enterprise . With his whole clergy he went into France , and at Anvers , having drawn together a vast multitude of people , delivered an oration against the infidels , which so excited the minds of his audience , that they determined to ...
... enterprise . With his whole clergy he went into France , and at Anvers , having drawn together a vast multitude of people , delivered an oration against the infidels , which so excited the minds of his audience , that they determined to ...
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... enterprises of the Ghibellines , became foes of all those to whom the legate and the king of Bohemia were friendly . Without . having regard for either faction , whether Guelph or Ghibelline , many princes joined them , of whom amongst ...
... enterprises of the Ghibellines , became foes of all those to whom the legate and the king of Bohemia were friendly . Without . having regard for either faction , whether Guelph or Ghibelline , many princes joined them , of whom amongst ...
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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.