- court. All
those who held a
court appointment could be
called courtiers but not all
courtiers held
positions at court.
Those personal favourites without...
- in the
court of the
Persian Empire in the 4th
century BC.
Bagoas was a
courtier of Darius III and
later of
Alexander the Great.
Bagoas is
mentioned in...
-
conversations supposed to have
taken place over four
nights in 1507
between the
courtiers of the
Duchy of Urbino, at a time when
Castiglione was
himself a member...
-
Tarkapanchanan and
Hariram Tarkasiddhanta. Many
famous emperors in
India had
courtiers labeled in
similar ways. For example, the
valuable members of the court...
- The
courtier's reply is an
alleged type of
informal fallacy,
coined by
American biologist PZ Myers, in
which a
respondent to
criticism claims that the...
- The
Humorous Lieutenant (c. 1619). As the
Duchess of
Mantua says of her
courtiers, "They are mad humours, and I must
physic them." The Duke of Parma, Foscari...
-
Henry of Huntingdon. In the story,
Canute demonstrates to his
flattering courtiers that he has no
control over the
elements (the
incoming tide), explaining...
-
British colonial police officer and
courtier (1917–2008)...
- Brunswick-Lüneburg in
February 1556. In
contrast to the
majority of the
Polish courtiers,
Agnieszka remained with
Sophia in her new
court in
Germany in Wolfenbüttel...
- the Duke. To the
courtiers' surprise, he
reveals that
Gilda is his daughter. He
first demands, then
tearfully pleads with the
courtiers to
return her to...
