Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 153
of Constantines successors, John L, surnamed Zimisces (970), attempted toaccomplish the freedom of the Holy Land, and had nearly succeeded, whendeath struck down the leader of the Christian army in a battle with theArabs, and with him was destroyed the last hope of the faithful, who soonfound… … Fig. 97— Facade of the Church of the [Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, founded in 326 by theEmperor Constantino, and restored by the Crusaders in 1099 (present condition, from aPhotograph). Towards the close of the tenth century, a false interpretation of a passagein the Gospels, according to which the…
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