... and Sicily, which had so often changed masters, that which almost always takes place after a revolution: deceived hopes were changed into hatreds; the excesses inseparable from a conquest, the presence of an army proud of its victories, with the too... The History of the Crusades - Page 31by Joseph Fr. Michaud - 1853Full view - About this book
| Joseph François Michaud - 1852 - 620 pages
...of an army proud of its victories, with the too violent government of Charles, animated the people against their new king. Clement IV. thought it his...has escaped the grasshopper. The kingdom of Sicily andNaples has not been wanting in men to desolate it ; where now are they that will defend it ?" This... | |
| Charles Francis Horne, Rossiter Johnson - Great events by famous historians - 1905 - 442 pages
...of an army proud of its victories, with the too violent government of Charles, animated the people against their new King. Clement IV thought it his...are they that will defend it?" This letter of the Pope's announced storms ready to break forth. Many of those who had called Charles to the throne regretted... | |
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