41. Richard Hansard was then one of a group of northerners sent to restore royal authority in Hampshire. 42. As an extension of this military competence, the constable was by this date the established authority in cases of treason which had involved raising war against the king. 43. Policy was to operate through a partnership of local, regional, national and Community authorities in the pursuit of common policy objectives. 44. At first this strategy produced disappointing results, as the French authorities in North Africa, Indochina, and Syria rallied to Vichy. 45. The decision is logical, in the sense that it places local authorities in the same position as other builders. 46. Courts will only interfere with a spending decision of a public authority in the most unusual circumstances. 47. During this period the Ostrogoths maintained a strong presence in Provence, and re-established Gothic authority in parts of southern Aquitaine. 48. Nevertheless all found an authority in their relationship to God which enabled them to find a means of articulating it. 49. Increasingly aware that a successful Russian campaign would diminish her authority in the Balkans, Austria sought a statement of allied war aims. 50. If it had been implemented they would have lost not only their control over the peasantry but also virtually all authority in provincial affairs. |