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Critics claim that, compared to Operative Masonry's clear denunciations of treachery, [7] Speculative Masonry (Freemasonry after 1723) was far more ambiguous. [8] The old Catholic Encyclopedia alleges that Masonic disapproval of treachery is not on moral grounds but on the grounds of inconvenience to other Masons. [ 9 ]
On 18 July 1070, the leader of the opposite faction, Bisantius Guirdeliku, was assassinated through the "treachery" of Argyritzos, according to the Annales Barenses and the Annales Lupi Protospatharii. [3] [2] Still, the city held out for another nine months.
Hannibal marched to the relief of Capua and managed to drive off both consular armies. They retreated in opposite directions, knowing Hannibal could only pursue one. Unable to force the consular armies into a pitched battle, Hannibal marched for Brundusium, hoping to capture it by treachery. [4]
After his exile from political life in 1512, Machiavelli took to a life of writing, which led to the publishing of his most famous work, The Prince.The book would become infamous for its recommendations for absolute rulers to be ready to act in unscrupulous ways, such as resorting to fraud and treachery, elimination of political opponents, and the use of fear as a means of controlling subjects ...
Treachery is the betrayal or violation of trust. It may refer to: Treachery (law), an offence in several countries, related to treason; Treachery , the eighth episode of the American television series Revenge; Treachery, a film written and directed by Travis Romero and starring Michael Biehn
Treachery and collaboration In November 2023, Gilbert W. Merkx, a professor at Duke University , along with the United States' Marine Corps University , published an article in the Journal of Advanced Military Studies placed on the Project Muse database, that stated Russia had captured Kherson with "little resistance".
The Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger writes that if there was an opposite to Sauron in The Lord of the Rings, it would not be Aragorn, his political opponent, nor Gandalf, his spiritual enemy, but Tom Bombadil, the earthly Master who is entirely free of the desire to dominate and hence cannot be dominated.
The designated place of surrender, the ancient fort of Gibbet Rath, was a wide expanse of plain with little or no cover for several kilometres around but neither the rebels nor Duff's force had seemingly any reason to fear treachery as a separate peaceful surrender to General Dundas at Knockaulin Hill, who was accompanied only by two dragoons ...