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... promised to render that Kingdom an easy prey to the Turkish arms . In the spring of 1440 Amurath marched to attack Belgrade , the only place which , after the taking of Semendria and reduction of Servia , opposed his entrance into ...
... promised to render that Kingdom an easy prey to the Turkish arms . In the spring of 1440 Amurath marched to attack Belgrade , the only place which , after the taking of Semendria and reduction of Servia , opposed his entrance into ...
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... promised himself to dedicate to the same object a fifth of the whole revenue of the Apostolic Chamber.1 At the same time he despatched Cardinal Julian Cesarini into Hungary , to endeavour to restore peace in that distracted country and ...
... promised himself to dedicate to the same object a fifth of the whole revenue of the Apostolic Chamber.1 At the same time he despatched Cardinal Julian Cesarini into Hungary , to endeavour to restore peace in that distracted country and ...
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... an army , while Louis III . was to attack Naples from the sea . In this desperate situation Joanna invoked the aid of Alfonso V. , King of Aragon and Sicily , and promised in return INTROD . ] REVOLUTIONS OF NAPLES . 57 for his.
... an army , while Louis III . was to attack Naples from the sea . In this desperate situation Joanna invoked the aid of Alfonso V. , King of Aragon and Sicily , and promised in return INTROD . ] REVOLUTIONS OF NAPLES . 57 for his.
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... promises , he only partially fulfilled them . Burgundy seemed to be the only Power that could lend any effectual succour ; and Philip the Good would willingly have wiped out the disgrace in- flicted by the Turks on his House half a ...
... promises , he only partially fulfilled them . Burgundy seemed to be the only Power that could lend any effectual succour ; and Philip the Good would willingly have wiped out the disgrace in- flicted by the Turks on his House half a ...
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... promised to give up Belgrade , besides all the other fortresses held by his father's troops , and Cilly and the young King descended the Danube with a considerable army to take possession . An intercepted letter revealed the Count's ...
... promised to give up Belgrade , besides all the other fortresses held by his father's troops , and Cilly and the young King descended the Danube with a considerable army to take possession . An intercepted letter revealed the Count's ...
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