pisan
Speech parts
1. pisan - Noun
2. pisan - Adjective
Meaning
pisan (plural pisans)
Alternative form of pisane
Pisan (not comparable)
Of or from Pisa.
Pisan (plural Pisans)
A native or inhabitant of Pisa.
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As the church was replacing Pisan prelates with Corsican ones there, the legal language shows a transition from entirely Latin through partially Latin and partially Corsican to entirely Corsican.
A Pisan fleet of 120 ships also took part in the First Crusade and the Pisans were instrumental in the taking of Jerusalem in 1099.
Second Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (1191-1291) Acre remained in Muslim hands until it was unexpectedly besieged by King Guy of Lusignan —reinforced by Pisan naval and ground forces—in August 1189.
It had ended the Pisan schism, ratified the censorship of books introduced by Alexander VI and imposed tithes for a war against the Turks.
In the 12th century the Pisan quarter in the Eastern part of Constantinople had grown to 1,000 people.
Soon he stipulated a pact with Genoa too, further weakening the Pisan presence in Southern Italy.