nobility+and+gentry
81Norman yoke — The Norman yoke is a term that emerged in English nationalist discourse in the mid 17th century. It was a shorthand phrase, useful for attributing the oppressive aspects of feudalism in England to the impositions of William I of England, his… …
82Charles IV — 1. ( Charles the Fair ) 1294 1328, king of France 1322 28. 2. (Charles of Luxembourg) 1316 78, king of Germany 1347 78 and Bohemia 1346 78; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1355 78. 3. See Charles I (def. 5). 4. See Charles III (def. 4). * * * I… …
83inheritance — /in her i teuhns/, n. 1. something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner s death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy. 2. the genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, taken collectively. 3.… …
84Meeting on Heworth Moor — The great meeting on Heworth Moor outside York took place on 3 June 1642. The Lords and gentry of Yorkshire were summoned there by King Charles I to garner support from the county in his struggle with Parliament. At the meeting, at the request of …
85Mozart family grand tour — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1763, aged seven, at the start of the Grand Tour. He is wearing livery presented by the Empress of Austria the previous winter. The Mozart family grand tour …
86Leith — LEITH, a burgh and sea port town, in the county of Edinburgh, 1½ mile (N. by E.) from Edinburgh, and 392 (N. N. W.) from London; containing, with the parishes of North and South Leith, 28,268 inhabitants. This place, which is of considerable… …
87François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois — François Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois. François Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois (18 January 1641 – 16 July 1691) was the French Secretary of State for War for a significant part of the reign of Louis XIV. Louvois and his father,… …
88Robert Barclay Allardice — (August 25, 1779, Stonehaven, Kincardine and Mearns May 8, 1854), the 6th Laird of Ury, generally known as Captain Barclay, was a notable Scottish walker of the early 19th century, known as The Celebrated Pedestrian. His most famous feat was the… …
89Ragman Rolls — was the name given to the collection of instruments by which the nobility and gentry of Scotland used in order to subscribe allegiance to King Edward I of England, during the time between the Conference of Norham in May 1291 and the final award… …
90Men-at-Arms — Expected to practice the use of arms from an early age, male members of the landowning PEERAGE and GENTRY families of England comprised the ranks of the men at arms, a general term for those soldiers in civil war armies who had the greatest… …
