This period also saw the eclipse of Florence's formerly powerful rival Pisa ( defeated by Genoa in 1284 and subjugated by Florence in 1406 ), and the exercise of power by the mercantile elite following an anti-aristocratic movement, led by Giano della Bella, that resulted in a set of laws called the Ordinances of Justice ( 1293 ).

This victory brought Pisa to the peak of its power and to a standing equal to Venice.

Last but not least, such a sudden and large increase of power by Pisa could only lead to another war with Genoa.

This defeat ended the maritime power of Pisa and the town never fully recovered: in 1290 the Genoese destroyed forever the Porto Pisano ( Pisa's Port ), and covered the land with salt.

Always Ghibelline, Pisa tried to build up its power in the course of the 14th century and even managed to defeat Florence in the Battle of Montecatini ( 1315 ), under the command of Uguccione della Faggiuola.

* Battle of Meloria: The Italian city-state of Genoa defeats its rival Pisa, ending Pisa's marine power and hastening the city's decline in power.

* 1284 – The Italian city-state of Genoa defeats its rival Pisa in the naval Battle of Meloria, ending Pisa's marine power and hastening the city's decline in power.

He came to Jerusalem at Christmas 1099, and had Dagobert of Pisa elected as Patriarch, perhaps in order to check the growth of a strong Lotharingian power in the city.

As Arab power in the Mediterranean began to wane, the Italian trading towns of Genoa, Pisa, and Venice stepped in to seize the opportunity, setting up commercial networks and building navies to protect them.

Charles VIII moved it back from 1497-1515, but it was moved to Pisa again when the Medici family returned to power.

For example, Villani described the story of Count Ugolini of Pisa, who at the height of attaining his ill-gotten wealth and power was overthrown and eventually starved to death along with his sons.

Afterward, Pisa divided power between four rectores, one of which was a Visconti.

He tried to give more room to Genoa, as well as Pisa ( to avoid giving Genoa all the power ).

Under the circumstances, Pisa adopted the " strong and vigilant government " of a podestà " armed with almost despotic power "

As head of his family, the Ghibelline party and podestà of Pisa, Ugolino took action to preserve his power in the face of the political hostility of Pisa's neighbours.

Ugolino, now appointed capitano del popolo for ten years, was now the most influential man in Pisa but was forced to share his power with his nephew Nino Visconti, son of Giovanni.

The latter became first lord of Lucca, and then Pisa and was able to extend his power in Tuscany more and more.

Lacking a solid power base in the Empire, his rule remained contested by the mighty House of Luxembourg, though Wenceslaus himself did not take any action to regain his title.

The power of Seth's cult in the mighty ( yet outlying ) city of Avaris from the Second Intermediate Period through the Ramesside Period cannot be denied.

However, most people consider that Toulouse is the real capital city of the province of Languedoc, due to its old status as center of the county of Toulouse, and due to the mighty power of its parlement.

The King wields the mighty Shadow Sword, which was used long before by an Immortal of Ultima Thule in a battle to defeat Angsaar during his first rise to power.

The first and third parts ( very short ) evoke the power of this mighty angel, a rainbow upon his head and clothed with a cloud, who sets one foot on the sea and one foot on the earth.

I command ye absolutely by their power and virtue that ye come near unto us, into our presence, from whatsoever part of the world ye may be in, and that ye delay not to obey us in all things wherein we shall command ye by the virtue of God the mighty One.

He is depicted in the Tanakh as a man of power in the earth, and a mighty hunter.

" Yes, when in mournful moments we want to strengthen and encourage our minds by contemplating those great men, your chosen instruments, who in severe spiritual trials and anxieties of heart kept their minds free, their courage uncrushed, and heaven open, we, too, wish to add our witness to theirs in the assurance that even if our courage compared to theirs is only discouragement, our power powerlessness, you, however, are still the same, the same mighty God who tests spirits in conflict, the same Father without whose will not one sparrow falls to the ground.

In demonology, Leraje is a mighty Great Marquis of Hell who has thirty legions of demons under his power.

As to why the novels were so appealing, Stead considered that " Mr. Fleming's special magic lies in his power to impart sophistication to his mighty nonsense ; his fantasies connect with up-to-date and lively knowledge of places and of the general sphere of crime and espionage.

Parallels have also been drawn with other biblical texts: Sinuhe's frustrated flight from the orbit of god's power (= King ) is likened to the Hebrew prophet Jonah's similar attempt, his fight with a mighty challenger, whom he slays with a single blow, is compared to the battle between David and Goliath and his return home likened to the parable of the Prodigal Son.

When the Mongols emerged as a mighty power in the thirteenth century, a reverse occurred in the ethnonyms of the Xianbei and Mongols.

* The Flying Mail's Big Debt to War: America again takes front rank in the air with machines of mighty power, Popular Science monthly, February 1919, page 78, Scanned by Google Books: http :// books. google. com / books? id = 7igDAAAAMBAJ & pg = PA78

Darkness gathers around, far distant thunder rolls over the trembling hills ; the black clouds with august majesty and power, moves slowly forwards, shading regions of towering hills, and threatening all the destructions of a thunderstorm ; all around is now still as death, not a whisper is heard, but a total inactivity and silence seems to pervade the earth ; the birds afraid to utter a chirrup, and in low tremulous voices take leave of each other, seeking covert and safety ; every insect is silenced, and nothing heard but the roaring of the approaching hurricane ; the mighty cloud now expands its sable wings, extending from North to South, and is driven irresistibly on by the tumultuous winds, spreading his livid wings around the gloomy concave, armed with terrors of thunder and fiery shafts of lightning ; now the lofty forests bend low beneath its fury, their limbs and wavy boughs are tossed about and catch hold of each other ; the mountains tremble and seem to reel about, and the ancient hills to be shaken to their foundations: the furious storm sweeps along, smoaking through the vale and over the resounding hills ; the face of the earth is obscured by the deluge descending from the firmament, and I am deafened by the din of thunder ; the tempestuous scene damps my spirits, and my horse sinks under me at the tremendous peals, as I hasten for the plain.

The term " Full Gospel " also refers to Romans 15, 18-19, where Paul says: "... to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God ; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

The power of God was wonderfully displayed ; scores of sinners fell under the preaching, like men slain in mighty battle ; Christians shouted aloud for joy.

According to Bede's account in his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum ( Book I, chapter 34 ), Æthelfrith had won many victories against the Britons and was expanding his power and territory, and this concerned Áedán, who led " an immense and mighty army " against Æthelfrith.

In terms of power, he is said to be less mighty than Arien, a female.

After the fall of Melaka in 1511, the Riau islands became the center of political power of the mighty Sultanate of Johor or Johor-Riau, based on Bintan island, and were for long considered the center of Malay culture.

Shiva granted their request by creating the mighty warrior, Skanda, out of his own power or Achintya Shakti.

Rahu is supposed to be a mighty and naughty child of maya ( illusory power of nature ), and thus has a lot of dualities attached to its mayavi ( illusory ) nature.

You have shown ... that the United States is not a myth, but a virile, mighty power which shows itself when a man who measures up to the duties of the hour is at the helm.

However because Arya Penangsang is a mighty fighter that possess aji or kesaktian ( spiritual power ), he keep fighting with an open wounded stomach.

And lastly, both can transform into secret mortal identities initiated by the power of their mighty weapons.