Sentence examples for issued edicts from inspiring English sources

The Inquisition issued edicts against them on three occasions (1568, 1574, and 1623).

Mongkut issued edicts to improve the lives of slaves, and his son, Chulalongkorn, abolished slavery.

The curule aediles, who were the magistrates responsible for the care and supervision of the markets, also issued edicts.

Arana tells us that he tended his white horse first thing in the morning, read Montesquieu and Voltaire before breakfast and issued edicts after the meal.

The group's leaders have issued edicts demanding more caution from fighters and have set up a committee to prevent the loss of innocent lives.

The increase in shōen thus came to pose a serious threat to the government, which accordingly issued edicts intended to check the formation of new estates.

He doesn't generally issue edicts.

He teases, cajoles, and exhorts them, effortlessly issuing edicts on waves, weather, movies.

I wish I had that power to issue edicts and they were automatically followed".

This is not going to be about the leader issuing edicts from on high.

But Farrar stresses that "we won't be issuing edicts from Euston Road".