Impartiality led to the disclosure of secrets
So long as a trial was in progress there was no prejudice for or against either litigant, plaintiff or defendant, and both were cross-examined...
The illness became less sever
These events took place in the evening, and not long after Isaac, now utterly despairing both of his throne and his life, allowed himself...
The insignia of the sovereign
I will dwell for a few moments on this affair and the reasons for it. It was mid-day, and the emperor was suffering from...
Shipwrecked and subjected to God’s wrath
Very soon he coveted more, as is generally the rule with men of insatiable ambition, and decided he ought to make an attempt upon...
War with the Normans
War with the Normans (1081-2)
I thus the Continent was now occupied by Robert, who pitched his camp in it on June 17th of the...
The Emperor’s Death
Whether the loving couple themselves and their accomplices committed a very horrible crime against him, I would not say with any certainty, because it...
