6 sentences with 'convened'

Example sentences and phrases with the word convened and other words derived from it.


« In an effort to combat this decline, Pope John XXIII convened a council in 1958 that lasted for five years. »
« When his efforts to increase tax revenues met with resistance from the nobility, Louis XVI first convened an Assembly of Notables to deliberate with him. »
« When the Napoleonic wars first came to an end in 1814, the great powers of Europe convened a meeting of monarchs and diplomats known as the Congress of Vienna. »
« As an open cabildo could not be convened by the Ayuntamiento without the agreement of the viceroy, the mayor visited him to convey the request. Cisneros consulted the military chiefs, who were in favour of the deliberation. »
« In addition to the edicts and councils convened by the popes, the Catholic Reformation benefited from the revival of Catholic religious orders. By far the most important new religious order was the Society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits. »
« The British and French governments hastily convened a conference in Munich to avert war, and there, instead of defending Czech sovereignty (which the Czechs claimed), the French and British agreed that Germany should annex the Sudetenland to "protect" its German population. »

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