Encouraged by the success, Manuel dreamed of restoration of the Roman Empire at cost of union between Orthodox and Catholic Church, a prospect which would frequently be offered to the Pope during negotiations and plans for alliance.

As Charles himself had no legitimate offspring, this created the strong prospect of a Catholic dynasty ruling England in the future.

King William had no sons, nor had his only Protestant kinsman, Duke Nicholas ( 1833 – 1903 ); consequently the succession would ultimately pass to a Roman Catholic branch of the family, and this prospect raised up certain difficulties about the relations between church and state.

Realising that Henry III had been right and that there was no prospect of a Protestant king succeeding in resolutely Catholic Paris, Henry agreed to convert, reputedly stating " Paris vaut bien une messe " (" Paris is well worth a Mass ").

When the queen gave birth to a son, James Francis Edward Stuart, it opened up the prospect of a line of successive Catholic monarchs.

James's refusal caught the public by surprise-and signalled the prospect that Charles II might be succeeded by a Catholic king.

Disgusted by the unconditional obedience demanded by the Catholic orphanage and drawn by the prospect of adventure, Rocker ran away from the orphanage twice.

Catholic religious affiliation, however, does not translate straightforwardly into support for a united Ireland, and opinion south of the border is also somewhat ambivalent towards the prospect, which would entail a significant financial burden for the southern 26 counties.

At the time her parents had steered for the marriage with the crown prince of Italy, there was no other single descendant of a reigning Catholic dynasty, with a prospect to the throne available in Europe.

The breaking point in James ' relationship with the English political class came in June 1688 when his second wife gave birth to a son, which opened the prospect of an enduring Catholic Stuart dynasty.

Now the prospect of a Catholic dynasty on the English, Scottish and Irish thrones seemed all but certain.

If you ask me, do I think I ought to be an Anglican, the answer is that I probably ought to be a Roman Catholic, but I don't see any prospect of that happening ... I have a very Protestant mind ".

Stephen Gardiner was telling the king that diplomacy — the prospect of an alliance with the Catholic Emperor Charles V — required a halt to religious reform.

According to Frances Lannon however, the articles on property and religion, with their exaltation of state power and disregard for civil rights, " virtually destroyed any prospect there had been for the development of a Catholic, conservative, Republicanism.

'" Frances Lannon calls the constitution " divisive " in that the articles on property and religion, prioritizing state power, had a " disregard for civil rights " and ruined the prospect of the development of a Catholic, conservative, Republicanism.

Although an excellent teacher, and especially competent in practical work, Waagen, who was a most loyal Catholic, had little prospect of obtaining a professorship at the University of Munich.

Indeed the previous conquests and recent success of Rana Sanga, a Hindu had inspired all his countrymen with hopes that a change of dynasty was about to take place and they hailed with joy the prospect of a native government.

The prospect of a union of the kingdoms was deeply unpopular among the Scottish population at large, and talk of an uprising was widespread.

With the prospect of the Channel ports falling under Kriegsmarine ( German Navy ) control and attempting to anticipate the obvious next step that might entail, Grand Admiral ( Großadmiral ) Erich Raeder ( head of the Kriegsmarine ) instructed his operations officer, Kapitän Hans Jürgen Reinicke, to draw up a document examining " the possibility of troop landings in England should the future progress of the war make the problem arise.

In Ireland however, nothing seems to have been known of it, and no provision appears to have been made to defend against the prospect of Angevin Norman aggression, despite their westward expansion throughout England and Wales.

The prospect of a marriage alliance with Spain proved unpopular with the English people, who were worried that Spain would use England as a satellite, involving England in wars without the popular support of the people.

At this period, prior to World War I, regional identities within England were being debated with the prospect of separate Home Rule parliaments being established.

Henry II of England, fresh from his struggle with Thomas Becket, promptly rejected Gerald, possibly because his Welsh blood and ties to the ruling family of Deheubarth made him seem like a troublesome prospect, in favour of one of his Norman retainers Peter de Leia.

These men were Robert Schmertz, who owned the WHA's New England Whalers and NBA's Boston Celtics ; a former hockey prospect named Howard Baldwin, who ran the Boston Bulls charter ; Ben Hatskin, who owned the WHA's Winnipeg Jets ; and R. Steve Arnold, another WHA associate.

During India's 1990 Test series in England, Azhar came in to bat when his team was facing the prospect of following on and scored an aggressive century in just 87 balls.

Urged by Paul Count Wolff Metternich zur Gracht, the senior diplomat serving in his entourage, the Kaiser neglected to see Chamberlain during his fortnight in England, but did speak about the prospect of a future Anglo-German alliance at Marlborough House on the eve of his departure.

One year later, April 8, 1665, Nicolls issued " The Monmouth Patent " to twelve men who had come from Western Long Island and New England seeking permanent stability for religious and civil freedom as well as the prospect of improving their estates.

After spending nearly six years in the office of his uncle, Benjamin Austen, he was tempted to leave England for Sri Lanka ( Ceylon ) by the prospect of obtaining an appointment in the Civil Service, and he started in 1839 with the intention of making an overland journey across Asia.

Blason of John, Earl of Carrick These nobles were also unhappy at the king's squandering of funds provided to him for his ransom and with the prospect that they could be sent to England as guarantors for the ransom payments.

The defeat of the Spanish Army ended the immediate prospect of the intended Royalist expedition to England, while delaying the return of the English monarchy for two more years and at the same time necessarily entailed the fall of Dunkirk.

The English Civil War, started in September 1642, had removed the prospect of more reinforcements from England and indeed the king desired to recall troops.

" In England, that doesn't have much of a career prospect because people want me to sing like the Toyah they've known for 30 years.

Please call the President's attention to the fact that the ruthless employment of our submarines now offers the prospect of compelling England in a few months to make peace.

The prospect of religious persecution by authorities of the crown and the Church of England prompted a significant number of colonization efforts.

It was enormously popular, but Swift believed it damaged his prospect of advancement in the Church of England.

While Yorkshire thought Trueman would need two more seasons " before he can do everything asked ", England certainly possess " the best fast bowling prospect in years " and Wisden followed this comment with a direct comparison of Trueman's attributes with those of Larwood.

Hartlib met the Scottish preacher John Dury in 1628 ; the same year Hartlib relocated to England, in the face of the prospect of being caught in a war zone, as Imperial armies moved into the western parts of Poland, and the chance of intervention by Sweden grew.

The Advisory Group recommended that a new university be established in the North Coast Region of New South Wales as an academically-integrated institution incorporating the two University of New England network centres at Northern Rivers and Coffs Harbour, with the prospect of establishing additional North Coast centres as required.

Following incidents in the Caribbean, Trueman did not play for England again under Hutton's captaincy, although he was still regarded as an England prospect.

As long as Scotland and France were in an alliance, the English were faced with the prospect of fighting a war on two fronts.

Finding little prospect of a career in Scotland, in 1802 he went to London, in company with Sir John Stuart, then member of parliament for Kincardineshire, and devoted himself to literary work.

* Glen, Duncan A nation in a parish: A new historical prospect of Scotland from the parish of Cambuslang AKROS Publications Kirkcaldy ( 1995 ) ISBN 0-86142-120-5

The Scottish Covenant, however, had little political impact outwith Scotland, being flatly dismissed by prime minister Clement Attlee, and it was not until 1979 that proposals for a Scottish Assembly became a serious political prospect.

This deal would rule out the prospect of Novo playing for Scotland, or the prospect of Manuel Almunia or Mikel Arteta playing for England.

Although Lennox had come to Scotland lured by the prospect of marriage to Mary of Guise, by September Lennox had been offered the chance to marry Margaret Douglas, daughter of Margaret Tudor and half-sister of the deceased James V. After Lennox seized French money and artillery sent to Mary of Guise, she even offered the hand of her daughter in marriage.

This prospect alarmed Charles ' enemies in England and Scotland and the Covenanters threatened to invade Ireland.

In 2007 Blair was criticised by senior colleagues at New Scotland Yard after he sought a £ 25, 000 performance bonus during criminal proceedings over the shooting of de Menezes, while on a salary of £ 228, 000 and with rank-and-file officers facing the prospect of pay cuts.