Genoese in a sentence

A Genoese commercial boat captain, which was conducting acts of piracy alongside commercial activity, was able to capture the young prince and take him over to Phocaea on the Aegean Sea, which was under Genoese rule.

They blockaded the Genoese quarter, but the Genoese were supplied by the Hospitallers, whose complex was nearby, and by Philip of Montfort who sent food from Tyre.

Seeing a red mark on her neck, Tsakiri asked about the violence that night, but Morris did not speak about their argument, except to say she wanted to go out for a drink but Genoese did not.

Carved date stone from the 14th century Byzantine fortress the Genoese Castle Yoros Castle in Anadolu Kavagi.

The quad of sophomores Daniel Pflueger and Tyler Andriopoulos, junior Nathan Osterhus and senior Nicholas Genoese earned the team its remaining five points in the 4×100 relay, achieving an eighth place finish in 43.84.

Although the Genoese submitted and the Doge led an official mission of apology to Versailles, France gained a reputation for brutality and arrogance.

Although the islanders firmly rejected an initial offer of protection, the island was invaded by a Genoese fleet, led by Simone Vignoso, and the castle besieged.

An ousted branch of a Genoese family, the Grimaldi, contested it for a hundred years before actually gaining control.

As part of a general age of discovery Genoese sailor Christopher Columbus proposed a voyage west from Europe to find a shorter route to Asia.

Ayton & Preston (2005) Froissart writes that such guns fired "two or three discharges on the Genoese", likely large arrows or primitive grapeshot.

Bastia was the capital at the time of the Genoese domination.

Byzantium: The Decline and Fall p. 284 Andronikos III meanwhile effected the recovery of Phocaea in 1334 from the last Genoese governor, Domenico Cattaneo.

Columbus was friendly with a number of Chian Genoese families, referenced Chios in his writings and used the Greek language for some of his notes. citation 'Columbus' remains a common surname on Chios.

During the wars led by Emperor Frederick II in northern Italy, the city chose his side: Asti was defeated by the Guelphs of Alessandria at Quattordio and Clamandrana, but thanks to Genoese help, it recovered easily.

Genoese sailors used jean to cover and protect their goods on the docks from the weather.

Giovanni Villani writes of the guns: error English gun used at the Battle of Crécy With the Genoese neutralised, the French cavalry charged the English ranks, however, the slope and obstacles laid by the English disrupted the charge.

He began with a castle on Capo di Bolo, around which he constructed residences for several hundred people. citation Genoese Tower.

He contracted, on the advice of his friends, a second marriage with Catharina del Piano, a Genoese widow, in order to have a helpmate in his declining years.

He died, shortly after his brother Khalil's capture by the Genoese pirates, as the result of a fall from his horse.

Her father, Amilcare Anguissola, was a member of the Genoese minor nobility, and her mother, Bianca Ponzone, was also of noble background.