Combinations of colour and perfume
He was especially expert in the art of preparing rich savoury sauces, giving the dishes character by combinations of colour and perfume, and summoning...
Subsequent promotion
The third and last daughter was very tall, curt and glib of tongue, but not so beautiful as her sister. Their uncle, the emperor...
Hugh the Great of France
As we said above, there were among the Latins such men as Bohemund and his fellow counsellors, who, eager to obtain the Roman Empire...
The Byzantines Save Peter the Hermit
But relying on the multitude of those who followed him, Peter did not heed the warning and, after crossing the strait, pitched camp at...
The Arrival of the Crusaders
. . . Moreover, Alexius was not yet, or very slightly, rested from his labors when he heard rumors of the arrival of innumerable...
