The Revolt of the Comneni part 6
Then indeed the Emperor was delighted with them and dismissing them from the feast, spent the rest of the day free from care. Henceforward...
The Revolt of the Comneni part 5
III About this time the city of Cyzicus was taken by the Turks; directly the Emperor learnt of the capture of the city, he...
The Revolt of the Comneni part 4
The next day they came again to talk to her, and seeing that she looked at them more cheerfully than the day before, they...
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...
