A New Universal Biography, Containing Interesting Accounts, Band 3Sherwood, Jones, and Company, 1825 |
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... Henry and his empress . After the death of this pope , and his short- lived successor Damasus II . , Henry , that he might not be anticipated by the Romans , nominated by his own authority Bruno , a German bishop ; but , through the ...
... Henry and his empress . After the death of this pope , and his short- lived successor Damasus II . , Henry , that he might not be anticipated by the Romans , nominated by his own authority Bruno , a German bishop ; but , through the ...
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... HENRY IV . , emperor of Germany , styled the GREAT , was born in 1050 , and succeeded his father Henry III . , in 1056 , under the tutelage of his mother Agnes . In 1063 , he assumed . the reins of government ; but soon after quarrelled ...
... HENRY IV . , emperor of Germany , styled the GREAT , was born in 1050 , and succeeded his father Henry III . , in 1056 , under the tutelage of his mother Agnes . In 1063 , he assumed . the reins of government ; but soon after quarrelled ...
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... Henry IV . was elected king of Germany in 1077 , by some German insurgents . After several doubtful battles he was defeated and perished in the field . HENRY V. , emperor of Germany , surnamed the YOUNG , son of Henry IV . by his second ...
... Henry IV . was elected king of Germany in 1077 , by some German insurgents . After several doubtful battles he was defeated and perished in the field . HENRY V. , emperor of Germany , surnamed the YOUNG , son of Henry IV . by his second ...
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... Henry and his adherents , and his cause would have been ruined in Germany , had not it been supported by his nephew , Frederic duke of Swabia . Upon the death of the countess Matilda in 1115 , Henry marched into Italy in order to claim ...
... Henry and his adherents , and his cause would have been ruined in Germany , had not it been supported by his nephew , Frederic duke of Swabia . Upon the death of the countess Matilda in 1115 , Henry marched into Italy in order to claim ...
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... Henry III . , having invaded Hungary , was reduced to such straits by Andrew and Bela , that he entered into a treaty , one condition of which was the marriage of his daughter with Andrew's son , Solomon . After this event , he caused ...
... Henry III . , having invaded Hungary , was reduced to such straits by Andrew and Bela , that he entered into a treaty , one condition of which was the marriage of his daughter with Andrew's son , Solomon . After this event , he caused ...
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Seite 18 - I have loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile...
Seite 455 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer or the Romans Virgil.
Seite 160 - Richard, therefore, concluded a truce with that monarch, and stipulated that Acre, Joppa, and other sea-port towns of Palestine, should remain in the hands of the Christians, and that every one of that religion should have liberty to perform his pilgrimage to Jerusalem unmolested.
Seite 203 - Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
Seite 186 - Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him : I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Seite 440 - This gentleman being sent out by Henry, before the battle, to reconnoitre the enemy, and to find out their strength, made this report : — " May it please you, my liege, there are enough to be killed, enough to be taken prisoners, and enough to run away.
Seite 38 - Godeva, bearing an extraordinary affection to this place, often and earnestly besought her husband that for the love of God and the blessed Virgin, he would free it from that grievous servitude whereunto it was subject : but he rebuking her for importuning him in a...
Seite 192 - Innocent may boast of the two most signal triumphs over sense and humanity, the establishment of transubstantiation, and the origin of the inquisition.
Seite 434 - This prince lived in a more magnificent manner than perhaps any of his predecessors or successors. His household consisted of ten thousand persons : he had three hundred in his kitchen ; and all the other offices were furnished in proportion1".
Seite 238 - It was on the twenty-seventh of July, in the year twelve hundred and ninety-nine of the Christian aera, that Othman first invaded the territory of Nicomedia *; and the singular accuracy of the date seems to disclose some foresight of the rapid and destructive growth of the monster.