Exempel på nobility

• The nobility possessed large estates which formed an important source of employment.

• The heroic sacrice of the missionary spirit, in the face of this seemingly intractable reality, was true nobility.

• Like involvement in commerce and banking, this political modification of the traditional aristocratic role in society further accentuated divisions within the nobility.

• In the interim the state had failed to transform its nobility into a ruling class that met its requirements.

• However, the only restraint most councils succeeded in imposing was a statute demanding of new members proof of their nobility and limpieza, or 'pure blood'.

• Two sun patterns are normally embroidered on the breast area of the nobilities dresses which is seen as a sign of the aristocrats.

• Hank accepts, and spends the next few years building up 19th-century infrastructure behind the nobility's back.

• Despite the presence of a few local notables among the rebel leaders, the provincial nobility did not openly support the revolt against the crown.

• The authors reveal the powerful capacity of elements in the old bureaucracy and nobility to obstruct policies that the king regarded as essential and urgent.

• A deep gap existed between the nobility and the bourgeoisie.

• At the top were the nobility, clergy, and (after 1775) merchantry.

• We must remember that masque performances were great occasions, replete with distractions - royalty, nobility, fancy dress, beautiful women, glorious jewellery.

• Like the emperor and his nobility in general, this class also cherished the universal human values and visions.

• The king drew the vast majority, more than 80 per cent, of these officers from the nobility.

• In other words, the kuge (court nobility), warrior and farmer classes should be reviewed separately and comparatively.