In 1156, factional divisions in the court erupted into open warfare within the capital itself.

Three major positions developed which help to explicate the ensuing factional divisions outlined below.

Moreover, the conclave of 1846 was steeped in a factional division between conservatives and liberals.

As a result, he appeared to be building his own political dynasty based on monolithic support in the city's growing black population and factional divisions among white politicians.

The southern rebels have been struggling against Khartoum for 15 years, but their movement has been crippled by factional divisions.

A relatively thriving period followed after 1300, but ended in 1371, when factional divisions caused Bulgaria to split into three small Tsardoms.

The Central Committee, like Yugoslavia itself, is riven by factional and ethnic divisions.

The best ones do this by transcending factional divisions to unite people behind common goals.

The US officials ignored the factional divisions, addressed the Cherokee as one entity, and insisted on further conditions for an agreement.

After a poor showing at the 1979 general election, internal factional division heightened within the National Front.