... has promoted new men from revolutionary armed forces and intelligence, including President Ahmadinejad, at the expense of the clerical elite. It is argued that this has introduced an element of instability into the system of clerical conciliar rule. Constitution of the Islamic Republic Expediency...

... conflicts with the conciliar rule of magnates during the minority of Henry VI are discussed. Consideration is given to Lydgate's substantial additions to the poem, in particular his inclusion of moralizing ‘envoy’ passages after narratives (which sharpen the advisory value of the poem) and an account...