8 sentences with 'centralised'
Example sentences and phrases with the word centralised and other words derived from it.
• « Despite having no centralised leadership (the Seljuks themselves were only one of the dominant clans with no real authority over most of their fellow invaders), around 1000 CE they began to invade both Byzantine territories and those of their fellow Muslims, the Arabs. »
• « Thus, Christianity spread not because of an all-powerful and highly centralised institution, but because of the flexibility and pragmatism of missionaries and the support of secular rulers (the Franks were critical in this regard). »
• « France and England emerged from the 100 Years' War to become stronger, more centralised states (although it took a civil war in England to get there). »
• « Spain went from a disunited and war-torn region to a powerful and relatively centralised state in just a few decades. »
• « Yet despite such violence and its relatively small population, England emerged as a powerful and centralised kingdom in the mid-16th century. »
• « In contrast to the growth of the relatively centralised states of Spain, England and France, the German lands of central Europe remained fragmented. The very concept of "Germania" was an abstraction during the Renaissance era. »
• « Finally, the Popes struggled to claim the right to intervene in secular affairs as they saw fit, though it was a struggle they rarely won, losing even more ground as the new, more powerful and centralised monarchies came to power in the 15th century. »
• « The end result of the Treaty of Westphalia was that the already weak centralised power of the Holy Roman Empire was further reduced, with the constituent states now enjoying almost total autonomy. »