8 sentences with 'authorised'
Example sentences and phrases with the word authorised and other words derived from it.
• « The problem for Rome was that most Germanic peoples regarded treaties as something that lasted only as long as the emperor who had authorised them lived; on his death, raiding often followed, as the old peace terms no longer held. The first task the new emperors had to attend to was often to suppress the latest invasion from the north. »
• « Often overlooked in considerations of the Crusades are the 'Northern Crusades', i.e. the invasions of the various Baltic regions of northeastern Europe (i.e. parts of Denmark, northern Germany, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Finland) between 1171, when Pope Alexander III authorised a crusade against the pagans of the eastern Baltic region, and the early 15th century, when the converted Baltic kingdoms and territories began to become independent of their crusading overlords: the Teutonic Knights. »
• « They were authorised by various popes not only to conquer and convert but to rule the peoples of the eastern Baltic and thus by the 13th century the Teutonic knights were in the process of conquering and ruling Prussia, parts of Estonia and a region of southeastern Finland and present-day Lithuania called Livonia. »
• « Erasmus was criticised by some of his superiors within the Church because he was not officially authorised to carry out his studies and translations; however, he ended up producing an extensively annotated re-translation of the New Testament with numerous corrections. Importantly, these corrections were not just a matter of grammar, but of meaning. »
• « He financed it with the taille, the direct tax on peasants and nobles that had originally been authorised by the nobility and wealthy merchants of France during the latter part of the Hundred Years' War, and with the gabelle, the tax on salt. »
• « However, partly because of the heroism of the British defence, the American Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act in March 1941 which authorised unlimited support to Britain, mainly in the form of food and military supplies provided on credit, "outside the war". Britain depended on both American supplies and complete government control of its own economy to survive in the years ahead. »
• « US President Truman warned Japan that it faced "swift and total destruction" if it did not surrender; when it did not, he authorised nuclear attacks on Hiroshima (6 August) and Nagasaki (8 August). »
• « The UN Security Council was authorised to deploy military force when necessary, but its raison d'être was to prevent war being used as a tool for political aggrandisement. »