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Jul 1, 2024 · monarchy, political system based upon the undivided sovereignty or rule of a single person. The term applies to states in which supreme authority is vested in the monarch, an individual ruler who functions as the head of state and who achieves his or her position through heredity. Most monarchies allow only male succession, usually from father ...
3 days ago · Ethnonym. In modern times, the term "Anglo-Saxons" is used by scholars to refer collectively to the Old English speaking groups in Britain. As a compound term it has the advantage of covering the various English-speaking groups on the one hand, and to avoid possible misunderstandings from using the terms "Saxons" or "Angles" (English), both of which terms could be used either as collectives referring to all the Old English speakers, or to specific tribal groups.
4 days ago · India - Mughal Nobility, Social Hierarchy, Castes: Within the first three decades of Akbar’s reign, the imperial elite had grown enormously. As the Central Asian nobles had generally been nurtured on the Turko-Mongol tradition of sharing power with the royalty—an arrangement incompatible with Akbar’s ambition of structuring the Mughal centralism around himself—the emperor’s principal goal was to reduce their strength and influence.
Jun 13, 2024 · viscount, a European title of nobility, ranking immediately below a count, or earl. It is one of the five ranks of British nobility and peerage, which, in descending order, are duke , marquess , earl , viscount, and baron. In the Carolingian period of European history, the vicecomites, or missi comitis, were deputies, vicars, or lieutenants of ...
6 days ago · nobleness: 1 n the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct Synonyms: grandeur , magnanimousness , nobility Types: high-mindedness , idealism , noble-mindedness elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued sublimity nobility in thought or feeling or style Type of: ...
3 days ago · descended from or related to a king or line of kings:a royal prince. noting or having the rank of a king or queen. established or chartered by or existing under the patronage of a sovereign:a royal society. noun. Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast. Informal. a royal person; member of the royalty.
6 days ago · Define nobility (peerage) A group of people who held an aristocratic title so therefore had the right to attend the House of Commons and advise the King. Were usually considerable landowners and were powerful.
