He also makes clear that factional struggle was not simply between those three groupings, but also within them.
The Times Literary Supplement
For months the factional struggle continued.
Christianity Today
His court and the ruling establishment were riven by factional struggle.
Times, Sunday Times
Personal antipathy was also intertwined in this factional struggle.
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But his period in office has merely seen an intensification of factional struggles.
Times, Sunday Times