Although the monastery is generous in donations, Emperor Xuanzong issues a decree abolishing their treasury on the grounds that their banking practices were fraudulent, collects their riches, and distributes the wealth to various other Buddhist monasteries, Daoist abbeys, and to repair statues, halls, and bridges in the city.

Although it has been argued that the Abbey was being used as a refuge from the battle by the women and children and was occupied by German troops only after the bombing, many reports from troops on the ground suggest that in fact Germans were occupying the monastery, and it was considered a key observational post by all those who were fighting in the field.

Although the monastery was generous in donations, Emperor Xuanzong issued a decree abolishing their treasury on grounds that their banking practices were fraudulent, collected their riches, and distributed the wealth to various other Buddhist monasteries, Daoist abbeys, and to repair statues, halls, and bridges in the city.

Although his pontificate had been so stormy and unhappy that he is said to have regretted on his deathbed that he ever left his monastery, Eugene IV's victory over the Council of Basel and his efforts on behalf of church unity nevertheless contributed greatly to the breakdown of the conciliar movement and restored the papacy to a semblance of the dominant position it had held before the Western Schism ( 1378 – 1417 ).

On the way, just outside the monastery of Mont Saint-Michel, the army become mired in quicksand and Harold saves two Norman soldiers .< sup >( scene 17 )</ sup > William's army chases Conan from Dol de Bretagne to Rennes, and Conan finally surrenders at Dinan .< sup >( scene 20 )</ sup > William gives Harold arms and armour ( possibly knighting him ) and Harold takes an oath on saintly relics .< sup >( scene 23 )</ sup > Although the writing on the tapestry explicitly states an oath is taken there is no clue as to what is being promised.

Although the practice of leaving one's everyday life to connect on a deeper level with God, be that in the desert ( as with the Desert Fathers ), or in a monastery, is as old as Christianity itself, the practice of spending a specific time away with God is a more modern phenomenon, dating from the 1520s and St. Ignatius of Loyola's composition of the Spiritual Exercises.

Although he recovered, Isaac Komnenos did not resume the throne, but retired to the monastery of Stoudion and spent the remaining two years of his life as a monk, alternating menial offices with literary studies.

Although Presian was blinded and then sent to a monastery, Theodora was not condemned, but in 1031 she was again implicated in another conspiracy, this time with Constantine Diogenes, the Archon of Sirmium.

With Michael IV ’ s death in December 1041, Zoe adopted Michael ’ s nephew, who was crowned as Michael V. Although he promised to respect Zoe, he promptly banished her to a monastery on Princes ' Islands on charges of attempted regicide.

Although early records of Hampstead can be found in a grant by King Ethelred the Unready to the monastery of St. Peter ’ s at Westminster ( AD 986 ) and it is referred to in the Domesday Book ( 1086 ), the history of Hampstead is generally traced back to the 17th century.

Although the monastery was well maintained for many decades, after the number of resident nuns and finances dwindled, the chapel deteriorated and was vacated in summer of 2009.

Although Theobald was pious and well-educated, he had only become abbot the year before, and his election was probably influenced by the reputation of his monastery, which had already produced two archbishops of Canterbury, Lanfranc and Anselm.

Although closed to the general public, the monastery welcomes guests for week-long retreats.

Although the monastery was generous in donations, Emperor Xuanzong issued a decree abolishing their treasury on grounds that their banking practices were fraudulent, collected their riches, and distributed the wealth to various other Buddhist monasteries, Daoist abbeys, and to repair statues, halls, and bridges in the city.

Although he promised to respect Zoe, he promptly banished her to a monastery on Principus ( one of the Princes ' Islands ) on charges of attempted regicide.

Although not a monastic rule as such, Cassiodorus did write his Institutes as a teaching guide for the monks at Vivarium, the monastery he founded on his family's land in southern Italy.

Although monasteries at Monticello, Perugia, Siena, Gattajola and elsewhere adopted the new Rule-which allowed for property to be held in trust by the papacy for the various communities-it was not adopted by Clare herself or her monastery at San Damiano.

Although the patriarch now lives in Damascus the monastery still contains the patriarchal throne and tombs of seven patriarchs and metropolitans.

Although he allied himself with the pagan Penda, Œthelwald was a pious Christian and was remembered for his generosity towards St. Cedd, to whom he granted land for a monastery.

Although in 790, the churchly account already lists possessions " ad Trun " and some medieval defence constructions are known in the surroundings since the 10th century, Trauwenstein itself was firstly mentioned in a scripture of the monastery Baumburg in the year 1245.

Although, the Soviet defense ministry officials finally agreed to move a military firing range from the monastery, the shelling was resumed in October 1988, giving rise to generalized public outrage.

Although this is often considered to have been a monastery, Kintbury Abbey.

Although, returning home from the monastery in 399, when he would have been in his mid-teens, Xie retained a lifelong Buddhist practice.

Although nothing of the original monastery remains, the present church was originally built between 950 and 1400 and its earliest existing secular buildings date from the 15th century.

Although the question of the exact location of the book's production will probably never be answered conclusively, the first theory, that it was begun at Iona and continued at Kells, is currently widely accepted.

Although the isostatic rise of land makes estimating post-glacial coastlines a complex task, c. 14, 000 BP it is likely that Staffa was part of a larger island, just off the coast of mainland Scotland, which at that time would have included what is now the Isle of Mull, Iona and the Treshnish Isles.

Although not tracked by the Census Bureau, Iona has been assigned the ZIP code of 57542.

Although the SDP was seen as being largely a breakaway from the right wing of the Labour Party, an internal party survey found that 60 % of its members had not belonged to a political party before, with 25 % being drawn from Labour, 10 % from the Conservatives and 5 % from the Liberals.

Although he complains about his poverty in his poems, he clearly belonged to one of the wealthiest families of the area.

Although there were some styles that belonged primarily to one nation, such as Palladianism in Great Britain or Louis Quinze in French furniture, others, such as the Rococo and Neoclassicism were perpetuated throughout Western Europe.

Although some people believe he was actually born in the Bolívar residence located in San Mateo in Aragua State, which belonged to the Caracas province by 1783, it is officially claimed that Simón Bolívar was born in Caracas, Captaincy General of Venezuela ( now the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ), on July 24, 1783 and he was baptized as Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios.

Although the " Géant " project was initially unsuccessful Nadar was still convinced that the future belonged to heavier-than-air machines.

Although he was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the counts von Spee belonged to the prominent families of the Rhenish nobility.

Although nothing is known of Cuildach and Domangart or their descendants, Adomnán mentions a certain Ioan, son of Conall, son of Domnall, " who belonged to the royal lineage of the Cenél nGabráin ", but this is generally read as meaning that Ioan was a kinsman of the Cenél nGabráin, and his grandfather named Domnall is not thought to be the same person as Áedán's brother Domnall.

Although the archaeological record shows clearly that multiple cultures and kingdoms existed in the area that was to become China, Chinese archaeologists continue to date all Bronze Age sites to the Xia, Shang or Zhou, implying that the territory controlled today belonged to the ancestors of the current Chinese state.

Although Newcombe was top ranked by Lance Tingay, Newcombe wrote later in his autobiography " Newk-Life on and off the Court " ( 2002 ) that the top honour in 1970 belonged to Laver.

Although the hard-fought Veneto region formally belonged to the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna since the end of the Gothic War, it remained unsafe on account of frequent Germanic invasions and wars: During the following 200 years the Lombards and the Franks fuelled a permanent influx of sophisticated urban refugees to the island ’ s relative safety, including the Bishop of Altino himself.

Although the Netherlands was a tolerant nation compared to neighboring states, wealth and social status belonged almost exclusively to Protestants.

Although he was of obscure origin, it is now believed that he belonged to the Anicii family.

Although the Superior Court originally confirmed most of those claims, the decisions were reversed in February 1831 after further research showed that the land had never belonged to the Bowies and that the original land grant documentation had been forged.

Although it belonged to the Germanic army and Bonn was its camp, vexillationes ( subunits ) of the legion were allocated in different parts of the Empire:

Although Welles took credit for the screenplay of Kane, Houseman stated that the credit belonged to Mankiewicz, an assertion that led to a final break with Welles.

Although the United Kingdom Government has contended that, until about 1764, Chausey belonged to England, Chausey, unlike its Channel Islands neighbours, has, in fact, been French for centuries.

Although Halton dates back to the 12th century ( and beyond ) when land on both sides of the river belonged to the Barony of Halton, the origin of the District Council was the outcome of the local government commission's suggested reforms of England, in 1969, the Redcliffe-Maud Report.

Although a noblewoman ( her father, Seved Svensson Ribbing, had been Sweden's first Riksskattmästare, and her mother, Anna Gyllenstierna, belonged to one of the realm's leading families ), she was not of royal birth so the wedding ceremony was conducted in secret.

Although her father belonged to the authority of the Duchy of Milan, he was ousted by his uncle Ludovico Sforza, known to history as " Il Moro ".

Although both confederations had common political relations and affinities and belonged to the same tribal nation, there were still rivalries between them.

Although Van Houten was devoted to Manson, he was never very interested in her and treated her as if she " belonged to Bobby " since she had been Beausoleil's girlfriend when she arrived at the ranch in 1968.

Although not a state in the German Reich, Luxembourg belonged to the Union until 1919 as a German customs region.

Although the coalition to which the Ploughmen's Front belonged failed to win a majority in the Grand National Assembly, the communists arranged for a fraudulent count of the votes cast in the elections, thereby " confirming " Groza as premier, despite protests by the United States and the United Kingdom who held that, pursuant to the agreements reached at the Yalta Conference in 1945, only " interim governmental authorities broadly representative of the population ", should be supported by the major powers.

Although marked as a Royal Air Force aircraft, the one in shot belonged to the Spanish Air Force and was used again later in the film for the Afghanistan sequences this time in " Russian " markings.