Recreation

Then he ordered the guardians of the ‘brevia’ to unroll them again with the object of making a clear statement of what had been...

And when it appeared that nothing else had been taken away except the gold and silver ornaments which lay on the tomb of the...

Within a short time the Emperor took pity on the imprisoned Manichaeans, and those who desired Christian baptism were not refused even this boon....

II Here I must interrupt the thread of the story a while to relate how the Emperor suppressed the Paulicians. He could not bear...

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...

Norman West : Death of Robert Guiscard : The TurksI now Bryennius was holding Castoria, as told above, so the Emperor who was eager...

Soon after he came there, the archbishop St. Boniface, Burchard and Wizo consecrated him and invested him with the sacred authority of the episcopate....

The Supreme Pontiff, in whom is vested the highest authority, at once replied that his command was sufficient permission, and he ordered him to...

For as often as they are seen in their pictorial representations, people who look at them are ardently lifted up to the memory and...

This reverence will be expressed in signs determined by custom and etiquette. It must be noted that all outward marks of respect are only...