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Henceforth the Company’s General Court would invariably include a large and influential group of courtiers and peers.
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
Soon after the defeat of Veii, in 390 BCE a posse of marauding ‘Gauls’ sacked Rome. Exactly who these people were is now impossible to know; Roman writers were not good at distinguishing between those whom it was convenient to lump together as ‘barbarian tribes’ from the north, nor much interested in analysing their motives. But according to Livy,
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Thus ended the protracted defiance of Nathaniel Courthope.
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
It was Amaury de Montfort who inadvertently brought more grief on the Good Christians. After several years of losing ground to both Raymond VII and Roger Bernard of Foix, Amaury and Raymond agreed a truce in the summer of 1223. In January 1224, Raymond took control of Toulouse, and the following month Amaury admitted that he was beaten. He ceded al
... See moreSean Martin • The Cathars: The Most Successful Heresy of the Middle Ages
Whatever the complexities of Britannia’s terminal political history, the fragmentary remains that survive from these few manuscripts, remote in time and distance from events on the ground, are unsatisfactory grounds for telling the whole story. In themselves they paint a crude picture of conflict, insecurity, imperial impotence and internal dissens
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