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... possessed for acquiring worldly as well as spiritual power , by working on the superstitious fears of the people . Whether in such a state of society their influence was beneficial or otherwise we shall not inquire . It suffices for his ...
... possessed for acquiring worldly as well as spiritual power , by working on the superstitious fears of the people . Whether in such a state of society their influence was beneficial or otherwise we shall not inquire . It suffices for his ...
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... possession of the higher judicial offices , and thus formed the nearest approach to an aristocracy among the ... possessions in Greece and the adjacent countries . In the reign of Mahomet I. ( 1413-1421 ) the greater part of the Greek ...
... possession of the higher judicial offices , and thus formed the nearest approach to an aristocracy among the ... possessions in Greece and the adjacent countries . In the reign of Mahomet I. ( 1413-1421 ) the greater part of the Greek ...
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... possessed them . They had also spread themselves along the coast of Albania , and were , with the Knights of St. John of Jeru- salem , now settled in Rhodes , the chief obstacle to the progress of the Turks . Under Sultan Amurath II ...
... possessed them . They had also spread themselves along the coast of Albania , and were , with the Knights of St. John of Jeru- salem , now settled in Rhodes , the chief obstacle to the progress of the Turks . Under Sultan Amurath II ...
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... possessions by mar- rying a wealthy lady of illustrious family ; and the Emperor Albert II . had made him Ban , or Count , of Szöreny . He headed the powerful party which supported the call of Wladislaus , King of Poland , to the ...
... possessions by mar- rying a wealthy lady of illustrious family ; and the Emperor Albert II . had made him Ban , or Count , of Szöreny . He headed the powerful party which supported the call of Wladislaus , King of Poland , to the ...
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... possession of Brandenburg . To the north - east of Brandenburg , Prussia was held by the Knights of the Teutonic Order , who had conquered it from its heathen inha- bitants before the middle of the thirteenth century . The Grand Master ...
... possession of Brandenburg . To the north - east of Brandenburg , Prussia was held by the Knights of the Teutonic Order , who had conquered it from its heathen inha- bitants before the middle of the thirteenth century . The Grand Master ...
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