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... called , by consecration of the Pope , or chief bishop of the Church of Rome . - Immediately upon his accession to the throne we find him engaged in wars with the Saxons , a people who were in a sort of subjection to the Franks , but ...
... called , by consecration of the Pope , or chief bishop of the Church of Rome . - Immediately upon his accession to the throne we find him engaged in wars with the Saxons , a people who were in a sort of subjection to the Franks , but ...
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... called the Heptarchy , into which it was formerly divided , first became one . He was the favourite of Ethelwolf , and much indulged in childhood ; but even at an early age gave signs of those superior mental endow- ments , and the ...
... called the Heptarchy , into which it was formerly divided , first became one . He was the favourite of Ethelwolf , and much indulged in childhood ; but even at an early age gave signs of those superior mental endow- ments , and the ...
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... called ) , at that time beneath the sceptre of the Empress Eudocia . Under similar circumstances Mahmud had chivalrously abstained from making war upon a woman ; Alp Arslan had no such scruples . He was bent upon conquest ; and ...
... called ) , at that time beneath the sceptre of the Empress Eudocia . Under similar circumstances Mahmud had chivalrously abstained from making war upon a woman ; Alp Arslan had no such scruples . He was bent upon conquest ; and ...
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... called the Patriarch , of Jerusalem , so increased this feeling that the proposal of Pope Urban II . , of an expedition to be under- taken for their relief , was received with universal enthusiasm . Clermont , in France , in November ...
... called the Patriarch , of Jerusalem , so increased this feeling that the proposal of Pope Urban II . , of an expedition to be under- taken for their relief , was received with universal enthusiasm . Clermont , in France , in November ...
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... called , from his bravery , " the Sword and Lance of the Christians ; " Raymond , Count of Toulouse ; Bohemond , Prince of Tarento ; and his cousin Tancred , one of the most accomplished knights of that age . Godfrey led his army ...
... called , from his bravery , " the Sword and Lance of the Christians ; " Raymond , Count of Toulouse ; Bohemond , Prince of Tarento ; and his cousin Tancred , one of the most accomplished knights of that age . Godfrey led his army ...
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