Bulgaria

This excuse Monomachatus made to my father, and tried to conciliate him (I mean my father) and Botaniates, simultaneously, but he also sent a...

Thus he told his tale of woe in detail, and all the false information given about him to the Emperor, and all he had...

He did not after all leave even his son Roger behind, as he had first planned when he appointed him Count of Apulia, but...

But as I write I have to laugh at the thought of these men’s folly and infatuation, and especially at their mutual boastfulness. Robert,...

The first was that the monk in his train was a deceiver, and cheat, and only impersonating the Emperor Michael, and that the whole...

Now, Bohemond took after his father in all things, in audacity, bodily strength, bravery, and untamable temper; for he was of exactly the same...

For what man in his senses would assail so great a father? As for me, I would have thee know that I am arming...

When either side (to wit, Henry, King of Germany, and the Pope) had brought up their armies, and set them in battle array, directly...

To prevent the King’s becoming too insupportable by an alliance with Robert, he anticipated him in sending offers of peace to Robert, though before...

The King of Germany on his side indicted the Pope of usurpation, as he had seized the apostolic chair without his consent. Moreover, he...