ANST - Nobility/peerages

[Rollie W. Reid]

Daniel said:
> I had the impression that knighthoods were given to non-fighters
> before the end of the Middle Ages (however defined).  There
> was some sort of tension between "nobility of the sword"
> versus "nobility of the robe" in pre-Revolutionary France
> (sorry I don't recall the French terms), but I don't know
> that is was non-acceptance.
>
I do not know, but it would make for some interesting research. Maybe
I will....

Conor

lucetis sicut luminaria in mundo


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