Copts also believe that the Pope of Alexandria was forcibly prevented from attending the third congregation of the council from which he was ousted, apparently the result of a conspiracy tailored by the Roman delegates.

In early 408, Stilicho attempted to strengthen his position at court by marrying his second daughter, Thermantia, to Honorius after the death of the empress Maria in 407 Another invasion by Alaric was prevented in 408 by Stilicho when he forced the Roman Senate to pay 4, 000 pounds of gold to persuade the Goths to leave Italy.

The victory of the Germanic tribes in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ( AD 9 ) prevented annexation by the Roman Empire.

This situation, however, gave rise to increased disunity among the Holy Roman Empire's territorial rulers and prevented sections of the country from coming together to form nations in the manner of France and England.

As a way to keep their European masters from interfering, and to appease the authorities who prevented them from practising their own religions, the African slaves in Haiti syncretised the Loa with the Roman Catholic saints-so Vodoun altars will frequently have images of Catholic figures displayed.

Rivalry between him and Arminius, the Cheruscan leader who inflicted the devastating defeat at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest on the Romans under Publius Quinctilius Varus in 9 AD, prevented a concerted attack on Roman territory across the Rhine in the north ( by Arminius ) and in the Danube basin in the south ( by Maroboduus ).

The proclamation also contained provisions that prevented civic participation by the Roman Catholic Canadians.

This legislation repealed various laws that imposed political disabilities on Roman Catholics, in particular laws that prevented them from becoming members of Parliament.

The Roman Forum had become a battleground, and the confusion prevented Lucius from travelling to the Aventine Hill to ordain the abbot of San Saba on 20 January 1145.

Since many of the predominantly Roman Catholic Canadians were unwilling to take such an oath, this effectively prevented large numbers of French-speaking Canadians from participating in the local governments.

Philip successfully prevented an arrangement between the papacy in Avignon and Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV although, in July 1337, Louis concluded an alliance with Edward III.

George III and George IV both openly opposed Catholic Emancipation, an attempt to abolish the religious restrictions which prevented Roman Catholics from serving in certain public posts.

For this reason, even if the presence of factions inside the town could not be prevented, Anagni remained faithful to the Roman Church, becoming one of the favourite residences of the popes, in the 12th and 13th centuries.

Unlike other parts of the world where lead pipes cause poisoning, the Roman water had so much calcium in it, that a layer of plaque prevented the water contacting the lead itself.

Her religion prevented her from being crowned, as Roman Catholics were forbidden to take part in Anglican services.

Cairns had ambitions to enter House of Commons but was barred due to the House of Commons ( Clergy Disqualification ) Act 1801 and the Catholic Relief Act 1829 which prevented present or former Roman Catholic priests from being elected to Parliament.

From a Roman Catholic church perspective it has been argued that the concordat prevented even greater evils being unleashed against the Church.

Upon his arrival in Rome, Jugurtha bribed two Roman Tribunes who in turn protected him and prevented him from testifying.

Marius continued Metellus's plan and won several victories, but, just like the earlier Fabian strategy, Jugurtha's tactics prevented a Roman victory.

He had been educated in France for a Roman Catholic priest, but his liberal opinions prevented his ordination, and he became a silversmith, and came to Gallipolis in the service of M. ANTOINME, whose tragic death we have related.

Politically speaking, the university was fiercely Roman Catholic and initially considered ' a bastion of Catholicism in the face of Protestantism ', words also used in the university charter which prevented all non-Catholics from graduating from or receiving tenure at the ' Alma Julia '.

The Roman Catholic Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception also recognizes that Mary was in need of salvation, viewing her as prevented from falling into the scar of sin, instead of being pulled up out of it.

This would have prevented Boudica from bringing considerable forces to bear on the Roman position, and the open plain in front made ambushes impossible.

This privileged status prevented Bibracte from suffering much conflict: in 58 BCE, at Montmort 25 kilometers south of the site, Julius Caesar's armies defeated the Helvetii, forcing them to return to Switzerland and gradually be incorporated into what would become the Roman Empire.

** Irish-born Australian Catholic Bishop Daniel Mannix is detained onboard ship off Queenstown and prevented from landing in Ireland or from speaking in the main Irish Catholic communities elsewhere in the United Kingdom.

Holt concludes that " while the general massacre might have been prevented, there is no evidence that it was intended by any of the elites at court ," listing a number of cases where Catholic courtiers intervened to save individual Protestants who were not in the leadership.

In fact, during the subsequent reign of Ladislaus IV of Poland ( 1632 – 1648 ), the Poles prevented that martial monarch from interfering in the Thirty Years ' War on the Catholic side.

Strongly attached to the ideal of priestly celibacy he prevented, as Ordinary for Orientals, the deployment of married Eastern Rite Catholic priests in France.

His strong Catholic beliefs prevented any chance of a divorce but they separated.

His loyalty to the Roman Catholic faith, prevented Edmund Plowden from further promotion under Queen Elizabeth I, and he received increasing suspicion from members of the Privy Council.

The fact that, like his father, he was a Roman Catholic, prevented his receiving the political promotion he might otherwise have expected on the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660.

Appointed minister for public instruction in 1873, he, with feverish activity, reformed the Italian educational system, suppressed the privileges of the university of Naples, founded the Vittorio Emanuele library in Rome, and prevented the establishment of a Catholic university in the capital.

" The taboo subjects of incest, patricide, and parricide, as well as the negative depiction of the Roman Catholic Church, however, prevented The Cenci from being staged publicly.

The talks were not resumed after the ending of the truce following a violent confrontation in Belfast when troops prevented Catholic families from taking over houses in the Lenadoon estate.

There were incidents however: Roman Catholic and Protestant boys were prevented from playing together by the police.

As a consequence, those who are unable to attend World Youths Days ( for various reasons ) are by no means prevented from joining or starting a local group within the International Juventutem Federation — one such group is Young Catholic Adults ( YCA ), which was established in 2004 in the UK.

In settling the issue, George's first act as king was to confer upon his brother the title and style " His Royal Highness The Duke of Windsor ", but the Letters Patent creating the dukedom prevented any wife or children from bearing royal styles.

Although Marlborough penetrated the Lines of Brabant at Elixheim in July, Allied indecision and considerable Dutch hesitancy ( concerned as they were for the security of their homeland ), prevented the Duke from pressing his advantage.

Together with a sluice, this prevented salt water from entering the Thorney River, and the Duke of Bedford had obtained an injunction in 1865 to prevent interference with it.

Canynges appears to have shared his half-brother's support for the Yorkist cause as in 1450 during his third term as mayor he prevented the sale in Bristol of gunpowder intended for use against the Duke.

Surprisingly for a pro-conqueror text, William's Gesta Guillelmi was an apparent failure in Norman England with no known copied manuscripts produced, this has led to some scholars theorizing that William ended his days in political disgrace Compelling links can be made between William of Poitiers and Duke William's rebellious son Robert, this could explain why Orderic stated that William was unable to finish his history as he was ' prevented by unfavourable circumstances ', however this remains speculation.

However Salic law prevented Victoria from ascending the throne of Hanover, which instead passed to Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland.

During the Exclusion Crisis, Shaftesbury was an outspoken supporter of the Exclusion Bill, although he also endorsed other proposals that would have prevented the Duke of York from becoming king, such as Charles II's remarrying a Protestant princess and producing a Protestant heir to the throne, or legitimizing Charles II's illegitimate Protestant son the Duke of Monmouth.

In the 1666-1667 parliamentary session, Ashley supported the Irish Cattle Bill, introduced by the Duke of Buckingham, which prevented the importation of Irish cattle into England.

Hyde was an opponent of the Exclusion Bill that would have prevented James, Duke of York from acceding to the throne.

But all of this, like his projected coalition with the Swiss, was prevented from succeeding by the jealousy prevailing between Duke Maurice of Saxony and the Elector John Frederick I of Saxony.

In 1570 he aroused the anger of Charles IX by inducing Duke Henri, the eldest of his nephews, to solicit the hand of Margaret of Valois, the king's sister, and in 1574 he vexed the king still more when, through spite, he prevented the marriage of this princess with the king of Portugal.

It was only due to a stout defence by a platoon of the Devonshire Regiment, the Battalion Headquarters staff of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, and the remnants of a company from the Bedfordshire Regiment under Captain Sheldon Gledstanes that a breakthrough was prevented, although the final six days alone cost the 5th Division over 100 officers and 3, 000 men.

He had recommended the conclusion of arrangements with Sher Ali which, as has since been admitted, would have prevented the Second Afghan War ; but his policy was overruled by the Duke of Argyll, then Secretary of State for India.

Pascweten was a son-in-law of Salomon, Duke of Brittany, in August 867, when he negotiated a lasting peace at Compiègne with Charles the Bald on behalf of his father-in-law and prevented the king from marching on Brittany.

In 1725, Leopold tried to marry off his daughter Anne Charlotte to the young King Louis XV, but Louis Henry, Duke of Bourbon, then prime minister, prevented a union with a descendant of the rival House of Orléans.

Although Jacqueline considered marriage to the Duke of Gloucester, Henry V prevented her from marrying him.

However she was prevented from marrying the Grand Duke as the Russian Orthodox Church forbade the marriage of first cousins.

The German government prevented the succession of the Hanoverian Duke of Cumberland to the throne of Brunswick and substituted a Prussian regent for the Duke.

All that she is currently known for is an act of heroism on 27 June 1472, when she prevented the capture of Beauvais by the troops of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.

His influence prevented Stair from being made Chancellor in 1681, on the death of the Duke of Rothes.

Because of segregation, he was prevented from considering nearby Duke or the University of North Carolina.

After proceeding some distance they were overtaken by Dunois and the Duke of Orléans, who would have seized the countess, but were prevented by Lord Crawford, who arrived in pursuit and made prisoners of them.