l'ajuto

Updated: May 1, 2025

Since she was so warlike, the nobles naturally had a large part in her affairs. In the Crusade of 1099 the Pisans were late, as the Genoese never ceased to remind them, to come late, in Genoa, being spoken of as "Come l'ajuto di Pisa"; and, indeed, like the Genoese, the Pisans thought as much of their own commercial advantage in these Holy Wars as of the Tomb of Jesus.

Edward Hutton - Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa: With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson: And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition