Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... oppress the monks of Canterbury , with great severity and in a manner little becoming him , disposing everything in the priory more at his own pleasure than with any regard to reason . The wretched death of Engelram de Coucy . About the ...
... oppress the monks of Canterbury , with great severity and in a manner little becoming him , disposing everything in the priory more at his own pleasure than with any regard to reason . The wretched death of Engelram de Coucy . About the ...
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... oppressed , afflicted , and almost overwhelmed ; to have due compassion towards her in this matter ; and , for the payment of the aforesaid debts , to assist us and the said see with such a sum of money as , and in the manner which ...
... oppressed , afflicted , and almost overwhelmed ; to have due compassion towards her in this matter ; and , for the payment of the aforesaid debts , to assist us and the said see with such a sum of money as , and in the manner which ...
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... oppressed by the pope . By this , the emperor regained the affections of many ; for it was also inserted in the said letter , that if the king would not obey his , the emperor's orders , he would visit with heavy vengeance whatever ...
... oppressed by the pope . By this , the emperor regained the affections of many ; for it was also inserted in the said letter , that if the king would not obey his , the emperor's orders , he would visit with heavy vengeance whatever ...
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... answer do you give to your spiritual father in the matters of the Roman church , - your mother , oppressed as she is , as you are informed by the A.D. 1244. ] REPLY OF THE PRELATES . 19 letter 18 [ A.D. 1244 . MATTHEW PARIS .
... answer do you give to your spiritual father in the matters of the Roman church , - your mother , oppressed as she is , as you are informed by the A.D. 1244. ] REPLY OF THE PRELATES . 19 letter 18 [ A.D. 1244 . MATTHEW PARIS .
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... oppression and pillage of the kingdom , that all the seaports should be diligently and closely watched , in order that the pope's letters , which were daily brought to England to extort money , might be seized on . It happened about ...
... oppression and pillage of the kingdom , that all the seaports should be diligently and closely watched , in order that the pope's letters , which were daily brought to England to extort money , might be seized on . It happened about ...
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Page 24 - John, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy, and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou...
Page 67 - ... St. John, attended by all the other prelates above mentioned, also dressed in such festive robes as pertained to each. After an invocation of the Holy Spirit, followed by the Litany, and other prayers having been duly read, the pope preached a sermon, prefacing it with the following text : — " Oh, all ye who pass by the way, attend, and see if there is any grief like my grief." He then proceeded with an eloquent sermon, in which he compared his five principal griefs to the five wounds of the...
Page 249 - ... 166 The third mention of Matthew's visit occurs in his account of a terrible fire in Bergen, followed, a day or two later, by a fearful thunderstorm. " A sudden flash of lightning struck a large ship which had arrived from England during the night, killing one man in it, wounding or severely bruising...
Page 273 - November in this year, the sea overflowed its bounds to a great distance, and caused irreparable injury to those dwelling near the coast ; for when the moon, according to the computation of the calendar, was in its fourth quarter, the tide flowed with swollen waters without any visible ebb or decrease. This is believed to have occurred in consequence of the strong wind which blew from the sea * VOL.