"I will a tale to thee rehearse, a tale of import mighty; And if attention you do lend, I hope the tale will please you. 'Tis how the Frank by arms did gain the realm of fair Morea."
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Prologue, opening lines. William Smith, A History of Greece (Boston: Hickling, Swan, and Brown, 1855) bk. 7, ch. 51, p. 579, note. From the Greek text of J. A. Buchon, Βιβλίον της κουγκέστας του Μωραίως,—'The Book of the Conquest of the Morea' (Paris, 1840)
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The Chronicle of Morea
The Chronicle of Morea (Greek: Τὸ χρονικὸν τοῦ Μορέως) is a long 14th-century history text, of which there are four extant versions: in French, Greek (in verse), Italian and Aragonese. More than 9,000 lines long, the Chronicle narrates events of the Franks' establishment of feudalism in mainland Greece. West European Crusaders settled in the Peloponnese (called Morea at the time) following the Fourth Crusade. The period covered in the Chronicle was 1204 to 1292 (or later, depending on the versio
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