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 Story of Abou Hassan the Wag or the Sleeper Awakened part 7
It was then the close of the night, and Abou Hassan, awaking, and hearing the sounds of the lutes, and tambourines, and flutes, and...
The Story of Abou Hassan the Wag or the Sleeper Awakened part 14
The caliph then seated himself at the heads of the two pretended corpses, and said, By the tomb of the Apostle of Allah (God...
