9 sentences with “appeal”

The appeal of Greek art was undeniable.

Roman citizens could always appeal to Roman law if they wished, even if they lived in a province far from Rome.

The appeal to a mystical, millennia-old identity helped unite the fractious Turkic tribes and Ismail was able to bring all of Persia under his rule in a short time.

The Great Depression, however, plunged the Weimar government and German society into such turmoil that extremists like the Nazis suddenly gained considerable mass appeal.

The Church continued to fund huge building projects and lavish works of art, many of which were intended to appeal to the laity, and not just to serve as pretty decorations for high-ranking churchmen.

Likewise, there was a wave of Protestant conversions that spread very rapidly in the 1530s, but then, as Protestant denominations splintered and turned against each other, the "purity" of Protestantism's appeal faded.

The Centurial Assembly voted for consuls each year, declared war and peace, and acted as a court of appeal in legal cases involving the death penalty. It could also propose legislation, but the Senate had to approve it for it to become law.

Part of the appeal of Lutheranism to priests was that it legitimised the lifestyle many of them were already living; they could marry their concubines and acknowledge their children if they left the church, which many of them did from the 1520s onwards.

The Great Depression largely explains the appeal of extremist politics such as Nazism, in that the average person was deeply frightened by what had happened to their world; instead of progress resulting in better living standards, suddenly the hard-won gains of the recent past were completely ruined.