Courtier casino

Combining the conflicting expectations pertaining to the warrior knight, courtier, gentleman scholar, and local lord, the basis of aristocratic rule was varied and contested.

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Patronized by courtiers and under the control of city magistrates, the theatre was also from its inception closely connected with government.

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In the mids, beyond the royal family's lodgings there remained apartments free for courtiers.

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On numerous occasions the king presented one of his courtiers with the money for a house or even a house itself.

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Spreading out from the central body of the palace, they pushed the courtiers and princes of the blood ever further away from the king's apartments.

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They were not local notables originating out of the ranks of the resident population, but courtiers of the prince governing the region.

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The abbess's influence with the king and his courtiers is only comprehensible in the light of the business she conducted on their behalf.

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When a courtier asked the astrologer how long he (the astrologer) would live, the astrologer said he still had many years.

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At this, the courtier chopped off the astrologer's head, proving conclusively his inability to predict the future.

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Both the polite sphere of courtiers and the commercial sphere of merchants were overlapping, so much so that they could not be kept apart.

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