The World in the Middle Ages: An Historical Geography, with Accounts of the Origin and Development, the Institutions and Literature, the Manners and Customs of Three Nations in Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa, from the Close of the Fourth to the Middle of the Fifteenth Century, Volume 2D. Appleton, 1854 - Geography, Medieval |
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... army , was totally defeated by the Count of Holstein , and carried a prisoner to his unhappy king in the dungeon of Schwerin . Jomsborg , on the coast of Wollin , at the mouth of the Oder , the celebrated stronghold of the Joms ...
... army , was totally defeated by the Count of Holstein , and carried a prisoner to his unhappy king in the dungeon of Schwerin . Jomsborg , on the coast of Wollin , at the mouth of the Oder , the celebrated stronghold of the Joms ...
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... army into Jutland , in 1340 , with the intention of forming a German mo- narchy on the ruins of Denmark , but he fell beneath the sword of a Jutish nobleman , Sir Niels Ebbeson of Nörreriis . This event , so celebrated in the Danish ...
... army into Jutland , in 1340 , with the intention of forming a German mo- narchy on the ruins of Denmark , but he fell beneath the sword of a Jutish nobleman , Sir Niels Ebbeson of Nörreriis . This event , so celebrated in the Danish ...
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... army on the banks of the Niemen in 1394 for the conquest of Lithuania . There he invited the knights to a magnificent entertainment . Waiting - brothers held canopies of cloth of gold above every knight at the table ; thirty courses of ...
... army on the banks of the Niemen in 1394 for the conquest of Lithuania . There he invited the knights to a magnificent entertainment . Waiting - brothers held canopies of cloth of gold above every knight at the table ; thirty courses of ...
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... army , to the smiling banks of the Caspian Sea and the Yaik ; there he built his immense camp - town of Saraï ; and his Golden Tent gave the name to the ruling Horde of the Kaptchak . The trade on the Caspian was restored , and the ...
... army , to the smiling banks of the Caspian Sea and the Yaik ; there he built his immense camp - town of Saraï ; and his Golden Tent gave the name to the ruling Horde of the Kaptchak . The trade on the Caspian was restored , and the ...
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... army when , at dawn of day , they beheld in long rows the countess and her fair companions , instead of carrying off their jewels and trin- kets , staggering along beneath the weight of their husbands or dearest relatives . This ...
... army when , at dawn of day , they beheld in long rows the countess and her fair companions , instead of carrying off their jewels and trin- kets , staggering along beneath the weight of their husbands or dearest relatives . This ...
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