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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... joining with other nations , as the Zepidi , Eruli , Turingi , and Ostro , or eastern Goths , moved in search of new countries , and not being able to enter France , which was defended by the forces of the barbarians , came into Italy ...
... joining with other nations , as the Zepidi , Eruli , Turingi , and Ostro , or eastern Goths , moved in search of new countries , and not being able to enter France , which was defended by the forces of the barbarians , came into Italy ...
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... joined to those of the heretic sects with the catholics , served in many ways to render the world miserable . Africa is a proof of this ; having suffered more horrors from the Arian sect , whose doc- trines were believed by the Vandals ...
... joined to those of the heretic sects with the catholics , served in many ways to render the world miserable . Africa is a proof of this ; having suffered more horrors from the Arian sect , whose doc- trines were believed by the Vandals ...
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... joined in them bore upon their armour and apparel the figure of a cross . The leaders were Godfrey , Eustace , and Baldwin of Bouillon , counts of Boulogne , and Peter , a hermit celebrated for his prudence and sanctity . Many kings and ...
... joined in them bore upon their armour and apparel the figure of a cross . The leaders were Godfrey , Eustace , and Baldwin of Bouillon , counts of Boulogne , and Peter , a hermit celebrated for his prudence and sanctity . Many kings and ...
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... joined the crusaders in Asia , that he might exer- cise that ambition against Mohammed , which he could not gratify against the vicars of Christ . And being near the river Cydnus , tempted by the clearness of its waters , bathed therein ...
... joined the crusaders in Asia , that he might exer- cise that ambition against Mohammed , which he could not gratify against the vicars of Christ . And being near the river Cydnus , tempted by the clearness of its waters , bathed therein ...
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... joined the league formed by the Lombard cities for their common defence ; this restrained him , and for a while preserved alive the interests of the church in Lombardy . In the course of the wars which followed , the family of La Torre ...
... joined the league formed by the Lombard cities for their common defence ; this restrained him , and for a while preserved alive the interests of the church in Lombardy . In the course of the wars which followed , the family of La Torre ...
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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.