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The principal force of the crusaders consisted in their cavalry ; and when that
force was mustered in the plains of Bithynia , the knights and their martial
attendants on horseback amounted to one hundred thousand fighting - men ,
completely ...
The principal force of the crusaders consisted in their cavalry ; and when that
force was mustered in the plains of Bithynia , the knights and their martial
attendants on horseback amounted to one hundred thousand fighting - men ,
completely ...
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Of force , the inefficacy has been already tried , since the Latins have subdued
the empire without subduing the minds of the Greeks . The method of persuasion
, though slow , is sure and permanent . A deputation of thirty or forty of our doctors
...
Of force , the inefficacy has been already tried , since the Latins have subdued
the empire without subduing the minds of the Greeks . The method of persuasion
, though slow , is sure and permanent . A deputation of thirty or forty of our doctors
...
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In a reign of five years he exterminated the outlaws and banditti , abolished the
profane sanctuaries of Rome , " formed a naval and military force , restored and
emulated the monuments of antiquity , and , after a liberal use and large increase
...
In a reign of five years he exterminated the outlaws and banditti , abolished the
profane sanctuaries of Rome , " formed a naval and military force , restored and
emulated the monuments of antiquity , and , after a liberal use and large increase
...
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CHAPTER LVIII | 13 |
Raymond of Toulouse 38 | 77 |
CHAPTER LIX | 88 |
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