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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... sovereigns . Other names are given in their English , Latin , or semi - Greek form , as accident may appear to render most suitable . A desire to avoid both confusion and singularity , has made etymology yield to sound in one case , and ...
... sovereigns . Other names are given in their English , Latin , or semi - Greek form , as accident may appear to render most suitable . A desire to avoid both confusion and singularity , has made etymology yield to sound in one case , and ...
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... sovereigns perform their complicated duties with such profound ability as the Byzantine emperors . No mayors of the palace ever circumscribed their power ; nor were they reduced to be the slaves of their merce- naries , like the Caliphs ...
... sovereigns perform their complicated duties with such profound ability as the Byzantine emperors . No mayors of the palace ever circumscribed their power ; nor were they reduced to be the slaves of their merce- naries , like the Caliphs ...
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... sovereigns and legislators . Before the Demos rose into power , the family was the great element of Greek social organisation ; and when the oppression of the Romans had extinguished the vitality of Demotic institutions , the family ...
... sovereigns and legislators . Before the Demos rose into power , the family was the great element of Greek social organisation ; and when the oppression of the Romans had extinguished the vitality of Demotic institutions , the family ...
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... favourable light with the other governments in the middle ages , not excepting that of the Popes . The Emperors of Constantinople were the first sovereigns who regarded slavery as a disgrace to CHAP . II . mankind , and a misfortune to.
... favourable light with the other governments in the middle ages , not excepting that of the Popes . The Emperors of Constantinople were the first sovereigns who regarded slavery as a disgrace to CHAP . II . mankind , and a misfortune to.
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... sovereign . In his reign the cultivation of the sugar - cane was introduced into Sicily . For the Norman expe- dition to Greece , see Ducange's note to Cinnamus , 446 ; Otho of Frisingen , De Gestis Frederici I. , i . c . 33 , in ...
... sovereign . In his reign the cultivation of the sugar - cane was introduced into Sicily . For the Norman expe- dition to Greece , see Ducange's note to Cinnamus , 446 ; Otho of Frisingen , De Gestis Frederici I. , i . c . 33 , in ...
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