- court. All
those who held a
court appointment could be
called courtiers but not all
courtiers held
positions at court.
Those personal favourites without...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
Tarkapanchanan and
Hariram Tarkasiddhanta. Many
famous emperors in
India had
courtiers labeled in
similar ways. For example, the
valuable members of the court...
-
Henry of Huntingdon. In the story,
Canute demonstrates to his
flattering courtiers that he has no
control over the
elements (the
incoming tide), explaining...
- 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...
- (c. 1482 – 30 June 1528) was a
soldier and one of the most
prominent courtiers during the
reign of
Henry VIII of England.
Compton was born
around 1482...
- households, many
thousands of
individuals constituted the court.
These courtiers included the
monarch or noble's
camarilla and retinue, household, nobility...
- Sir
Richard Cotton (in or
before 1497 – 1556), was a
courtier in the
court of
Henry VIII of England. He came from
Shropshire and
began his
career as a...
