royal authority

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Although it seemed that an all-out attack on the Gaels of the north was not the king's intention, James had resolved to use a degree of force to strengthen royal authority. Source: Internet

After hearing the Declaration, crowds in many cities tore down and destroyed signs or statues representing royal authority. Source: Internet

Certainly many problems remained to be resolved, including re-establishing royal authority over the provinces and resolving the complex issue of which barons should control the contested lands and estates after the long civil war. Source: Internet

At this point, the tide within the population and political parties against the royal authority intensified, while Marie Antoinette encouraged the king to veto the new laws voted by the Legislative Assembly in 1792. Source: Internet

Brown, James I, p. 103 From August 1429 the king delegated royal authority to Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar for the keeping of the peace in the north and west. Source: Internet

By this time, the office of duke of Swabia had been fully subsumed into the office of the king, and without royal authority had become meaningless. Source: Internet

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