Monthly Archives: December 2019

His men dispersed in various directions to seek water when a native said to them, “You see the island there, Ithaca. On that a large town was built long ago called Jerusalem, and now...

At the same time he asked whether they wished for peace; and this is the answer they sent: “Know, Duke Robert, that even if we were to see our women and children slaughtered by...

This the admirals of both the fleets learnt and, emboldened by their recent success, attacked him again on the third day and gained a brilliant victory over him, and after it sailed back to...

And they flocked together from distant towns just as much as from nearer ones. Thus Robert made great preparations in order to avenge his son’s defeat, and finally sent for his other sons, Roger...

The Emperor received daily news of his doings and with an eye to the future, he did his best to reconcile him by letters and promises as he suspected the evil that would be...

Then he ordered the guardians of the ‘brevia’ to unroll them again with the object of making a clear statement of what had been taken. And he immediately awarded a fairly large sum of...

And when it appeared that nothing else had been taken away except the gold and silver ornaments which lay on the tomb of the Queen Zo6 and a few other vessels of no great...

Within a short time the Emperor took pity on the imprisoned Manichaeans, and those who desired Christian baptism were not refused even this boon. So having overreached them by every kind of device he...

II Here I must interrupt the thread of the story a while to relate how the Emperor suppressed the Paulicians. He could not bear the thought of entering the capital without having first subdued...

Afterwards directly he saw that the Emperor had commenced battle with the Latins on the land-side, he himself was to come as quickly as possible, for the Latins would not be able to carry...