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 346
THE POPES. given to Don John of Austria. It encountered the Turkish fleet, which con-sisted of two hundred and twenty-four vessels, in the Gulf of Lepanto, onOctober 7th, 1571. The infidels were annihilated, losing twenty-five thou-sand men and ten thousand prisoners, while fifteen thousand… … Fig. 215.—Iron shield presented to Don John of Austria by Pius V., in recognition of his servicesto Christendom by the victory at Lepanto (1571), with an inscription signifying, Christ haswon the victory ; it is He who [reigns and governs.—From the Armeria Real (Madrid),published by M. Ach.…
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