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New Constitution - Dissention between Pope Alexander III. And the Emperor Frederic Barbarossa - Siege of Ancona - Heroic Ex ploits and Constancy of its Citizens - Its Relief - Alexander III. At Venice - Defeat of Barbarossa's fleet espousal of the Adriatic Peace of Constance - Submission of the Emperor to the Pope Pri vileges granted by Alexander to Venice - The Red Columns Procuratori di San Marco - Avvogadori.. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
