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Scottish Baron is a hereditary noble dignity, outside the Scots peerage, recognised by Lord Lyon as a member of the Scots noblesse and ranking below a Lord of Parliament but above a Scottish Laird [44] [d] in the British system. However, Scottish Barons on the European continent are considered and treated equal to European barons.
The term invariably used in contemporary mediaeval documents is simply "lord of X", X being the name of the manor. The term "Lord of the Manor" is a recent usage of historians to distinguish such lords from feudal barons and other powerful persons referred to in ancient documents variously as "Sire" (mediaeval French), "Dominus" (Latin), "Lord ...
Early modern Europe was dominated by the Wars of Religion, notably the Thirty Years' War, during which the major European monarchies developed into centralised great powers sustained by their colonial empires. The main European monarchical powers in the early modern period were: [citation needed] the Kingdom of France with its colonial empire
The concept is comparable with that of an aristocratic clan, and can be used informally to describe non-European ruling families. [ 1 ] When a reigning monarch is a member of a noble house, such as the House of Windsor , that house can also be considered a royal house .
Higher-ranking noble families of the Niederer Adel bore such hereditary titles as Edler (lord), Ritter (knight), Freiherr (or baron) and Graf. Although most German counts belonged officially to the lower nobility, those who were mediatised belonged to the Hochadel , the heads of their families being entitled to be addressed as Erlaucht ...
The idiom originates from ancient and medieval societies of Europe and distinguishes an upper class (whose superficial veins appeared blue through their untanned skin) from a working class of the time. The latter consisted mainly of agricultural peasants who spent most of their time working outdoors and thus had tanned skin, through which ...
Lists of ancient monarchs are organized by region and peoples, and include rulers recorded in ancient history (3000 BC – 1700 AD) and mythology. Southern Europe [ edit ]
2 Ancient Europe. Toggle Ancient Europe subsection. 2.1 Bronze Age. 2.2 Classical Antiquity. 2.3 Ancient Greece. 2.4 Ancient Rome. ... and to a lord, who would ...