War with the Normans part 8
IV Shortly afterwards Bohemund came to him, bearing witness on his face of the defeat he bad sustained. We will now relate how f...
War with the Normans part 7
For he is not one of the common herd, but has been nurtured from childhood on wars and battles, he has travelled over the...
War with the Normans part 6
But he persisted and made them written promises of gifts and honours, but even so they did not return. Whilst the Emperor was engaged...
War with the Normans part 5
By the advice of malicious persons of whom there were a number in the Government then, he grew still bolder towards the Emperors and...
War with the Normans part 4
Thereupon he began reciting the Canons about ” superfluous Church vessels ” and after saying a good deal about them, he concluded with the...
War with the Normans part 3
As he did not wish to do anything unworthy of, or inconsistent with, his own military knowledge and bravery, he focussed his attention on...
War with the Normans part 2
Both these men were clever at foreseeing everything, and in grasping the essentials’ and there was no strategic trick unknown to them; they were...
War with the Normans part 1
War with the Normans (1082-83) (i-vii) : Alexius’ First Battle with Heretics – John Italus (viii-ix)
I And meanwhile Robert, entirely freed from anxiety, collected...
The Forty-Seven Ronins part 13
And when they came to their lord`s grave they took the head of Kot- suk£ no Suke, and, having washed it clean in a...
The Forty-Seven Ronins part 12
As they were on their way to Takanawa, the suburb in which the temple called Sengakuji stands, the day broke; and the people flocked...
