The History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Crusaders to Its Conquest by the Turks, and of the Empire of Trebizond: 1204-1461 |
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... soon became the sole and permanent possessors of the greater part of the territories once inhabited by the civil position as tax - payer to the fisc , to serve in the army , was ordered to be brought back to his estate , ( law xvii ...
... soon became the sole and permanent possessors of the greater part of the territories once inhabited by the civil position as tax - payer to the fisc , to serve in the army , was ordered to be brought back to his estate , ( law xvii ...
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... soon as the Greek population began to increase sensibly under the new impulse given to society , the necessity was felt of recovering possession of the districts which had been occupied by the Sclavonians for six generations . The ...
... soon as the Greek population began to increase sensibly under the new impulse given to society , the necessity was felt of recovering possession of the districts which had been occupied by the Sclavonians for six generations . The ...
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... soon reconquered by the Byzantine armies ; but the Bulgarians long continued to form a distinct class of the population of southern Epirus , though the similarity of their language to that of the Sclavonians led ultimately to their ...
... soon reconquered by the Byzantine armies ; but the Bulgarians long continued to form a distinct class of the population of southern Epirus , though the similarity of their language to that of the Sclavonians led ultimately to their ...
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... soon after abandoned , for William found the expense of retain- ing the place far greater than its political importance to Sicily warranted . The prisoners sent by Vranas to the Emperor Isaac II . were treated with great inhumanity ...
... soon after abandoned , for William found the expense of retain- ing the place far greater than its political importance to Sicily warranted . The prisoners sent by Vranas to the Emperor Isaac II . were treated with great inhumanity ...
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... soon effected a reformation . This spirit of reform conferred on Gregory VII . the extensive temporal power which he assumed for the good of society , but which was too great for an imperfect mortal to possess without abusing it . Thus ...
... soon effected a reformation . This spirit of reform conferred on Gregory VII . the extensive temporal power which he assumed for the good of society , but which was too great for an imperfect mortal to possess without abusing it . Thus ...
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