Europe, 476-918Macmillan, 1893 - 532 էջ |
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... seize and divide his realm . It was only the prompt and enthusiastic way in which the Ripuarians rallied around their young king that saved him from the fate of his cousins , the princes of Orleans . Not merely , however , did ...
... seize and divide his realm . It was only the prompt and enthusiastic way in which the Ripuarians rallied around their young king that saved him from the fate of his cousins , the princes of Orleans . Not merely , however , did ...
Էջ 129
... seize his heritage , was irresistible . Hence it came to pass that of the twenty - three Visigothic kings of Spain - from Theudis to Roderic - no less than nine were deposed , and of these seven were murdered by their successors . The ...
... seize his heritage , was irresistible . Hence it came to pass that of the twenty - three Visigothic kings of Spain - from Theudis to Roderic - no less than nine were deposed , and of these seven were murdered by their successors . The ...
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... seized during the civil war . They were in possession of the majority of the harbours of the south coast of the peninsula , on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar , from the promontory of St. Vincent on the Atlantic to the mouth of ...
... seized during the civil war . They were in possession of the majority of the harbours of the south coast of the peninsula , on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar , from the promontory of St. Vincent on the Atlantic to the mouth of ...
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... seized the valley of the middle Douro , and were pushing into the very heart of the peninsula . They had lately been converted to Catholicism , and were welcomed by the provincials of central Spain , who hoped to gain an orthodox ...
... seized the valley of the middle Douro , and were pushing into the very heart of the peninsula . They had lately been converted to Catholicism , and were welcomed by the provincials of central Spain , who hoped to gain an orthodox ...
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... seize and behead his inflexible son . So perished Hermenegild , whom after - genera- tions , forgetting his undutiful rebellion , and remembering only his constancy in the orthodox faith , saluted as a saint . His wife and infant son ...
... seize and behead his inflexible son . So perished Hermenegild , whom after - genera- tions , forgetting his undutiful rebellion , and remembering only his constancy in the orthodox faith , saluted as a saint . His wife and infant son ...
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