Sentence examples for great council from inspiring English sources

Within days, Machiavelli's militia and the Great Council were dismissed.

Alongside the Great Council and the Senate stood the Council of Ten.

In the ensuing chaos, the Medici regime in Florence was overthrown; the republic was restored; the Great Council was reinstated.

One of Boccanegra's most arresting moments comes during the great council chamber scene when he addresses the city's opposing factions.

This group performed all the functions of government in either small groups, which became the king's council, or large groups, which grew into the great council and Parliament.

As a result of the frequent and heavy scutages exacted by King John, Magna Carta (1215) forbade the levy of scutage without the consent of a great council.

This country's military-backed government resigned today after a court declared it illegal, leaving the country in the hands of the president and the Great Council of Chiefs.

So no other council has ever been as extensive, as comprehensive, or as representative as this Holy and Great Council.

For over 60 years, almost every publication about the council was entitled «Toward the Holy and Great Council.» Perhaps from now on, publications will at least be entitled «After the Holy and Great Council»! 5. Fos Fanariou: Certain theological throughout the world assumed a negative stance with regard to the Holy and Great Council.

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After the Norman conquest of England, peers were summoned to form the magnum concilium, or Great Council, which was one of the four councils belonging to the Sovereign.