The Revolt of the Comneni part 3
II The Emperor was now too old to have expectations of a son and as he dreaded the inevitable stroke of death, he began...
The Revolt of the Comneni part 2
Isaac could do this the more easily as the Queen some time before had chosen him to marry her own cousin; he was a...
The Revolt of the Comneni part 1
I We must refer the reader who wishes to know the place and lineage from which Alexius sprang, to my Caesar’s history, and thence...
Turks Franks Cumans and Manichaeans part 30
For the three stood there sharpening each other’s wits, as if they were boar’s teeth, intent upon rending the Emperor’s arguments. And if any...
Turks Franks Cumans and Manichaeans part 29
Consequently many of the Manichaeans on that occasion went to the priests without any hesitation, confessed their sins and received divine baptism. But many...
Turks Franks Cumans and Manichaeans part 28
For, as all the inhabitants of Philippopolis were Manichaeans except a few, they tyrannized over the Christians there and plundered their goods, caring little...
Turks Franks Cumans and Manichaeans part 27
I rather wished to treat lightly of the doctrine of the Manicha~ans and to explain it very concisely, and even attempt a refutation of...
Turks Franks Cumans and Manichaeans part 26
VIII Not a year had passed before the Emperor heard a rumour that the Comans had crossed the Ister; consequently at the commencement of...
Turks Franks Cumans and Manichaeans part 25
He, as I have said, recounted all that had happened, and the devices the Emperor employed against the Ishmaelites; and the inhabitants of Constantinople...
Turks Franks Cumans and Manichaeans part 24
Part of my history, as I said, I derive from my own memory and part from the men who accompanied the Emperor on his...
