The Fall of Constantinople: Being the Story of the Fourth CrusadeThe Fall of Constantinople: Being the Story of the Fourth Crusade by Edwin Pears, first published in 1885, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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... Eastern Empire , perhaps the more remarkable that he was himself a Protestant pastor . The labours of Charles Hopf and of Tafel and Thomas have thrown light on much which was obscure in the dealings of Venice with the New Rome ...
... Eastern Empire , perhaps the more remarkable that he was himself a Protestant pastor . The labours of Charles Hopf and of Tafel and Thomas have thrown light on much which was obscure in the dealings of Venice with the New Rome ...
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... East , and rendered its ultimate capture by the Turks both certain and easy . The conquest of Constantinople was the first great blunder com- mitted by the West in dealing with the Eastern Question . That question really means whether ...
... East , and rendered its ultimate capture by the Turks both certain and easy . The conquest of Constantinople was the first great blunder com- mitted by the West in dealing with the Eastern Question . That question really means whether ...
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... East ruled no longer included any part of Italy or Sicily . Cyprus had been taken possession of by our Richard the Lion - hearted in 1190 , and never again came under the sway of the emperors . The Saracens had captured some of the ...
... East ruled no longer included any part of Italy or Sicily . Cyprus had been taken possession of by our Richard the Lion - hearted in 1190 , and never again came under the sway of the emperors . The Saracens had captured some of the ...
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... eastern frontier of Hungary , and was attempting to conquer territory from the Huns rather than from the empire . The Wallachs and the Bulgarians were unsettled , but were attempting , on the north of the Balkans , to shake off the ...
... eastern frontier of Hungary , and was attempting to conquer territory from the Huns rather than from the empire . The Wallachs and the Bulgarians were unsettled , but were attempting , on the north of the Balkans , to shake off the ...
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... Eastern empire . If the term Byzantine be used , it is important to recall that the empire was also Roman . The ... East , Rome was the name which attached most completely to the city and Roman to the territory which it ruled . The ...
... Eastern empire . If the term Byzantine be used , it is important to recall that the empire was also Roman . The ... East , Rome was the name which attached most completely to the city and Roman to the territory which it ruled . The ...
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