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The earliest courtiers coincide with the development of definable courts beyond the rudimentary entourages or retinues of rulers. There were probably courtiers in the courts of the Akkadian Empire where there is evidence of court appointments such as that of cup-bearer which was one of the earliest court appointments and remained a position at courts for thousands of years. [3]
The Book of the Courtier was one of the most widely distributed books of the 16th century, with editions printed in six languages and in twenty European centers. [4] The 1561 English translation by Thomas Hoby had a great influence on the English upper class's conception of English gentlemen. [5]
Andrew Keith (floruit 1613) was a Scottish courtier known for fighting at Heidelberg Castle. Keith was a servant in the household of Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King James and Anne of Denmark. The appointments of Keith as Master of Horse and James Sandilands, as Master of Household, were noted by commentators as coveted places given to ...
They are the custodians of the social covenant. In the code of the Courtier the Renaissance woman comes into her own and the mission which Isabella [of Este, Marchesa of Mantua, known as the "first lady of the Renaissance"] pursued amid the strenuous turmoil of actual life is realized, in these animated pages, by her passive sister-in-law ...
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (/ d ə ˈ v ɪər /; 12 April 1550 – 24 June 1604), was an English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era.Oxford was heir to the second oldest earldom in the kingdom, a court favourite for a time, a sought-after patron of the arts, and noted by his contemporaries as a lyric poet and court playwright, but his volatile temperament precluded him from ...
She and Sir Ralph Lane of Orpington had three sons: politician Robert Lane was born in 1527, [3] Ralph (later governor of Virginia), and MP William Lane. [4] Their seven girls included Frances who married Sir George Turpin, Lettice who married Peter Wentworth, Mary who married Thomas Pigot) Jane who married first the MP Lewis Montgomery and second Thomas Bawde, Dorothy who married Sir William ...
John Somers or Somer or Sommers (died 1585) was an English diplomat, courtier, and cryptographer. He served as joint keeper of Mary, Queen of Scots , at Tutbury Castle with Ralph Sadler . [ 1 ] Somers is said to have been Sadler's son-in-law.
Giambattista Basile (Giugliano in Campania, 15 February 1566 (date of baptism) [1] – February 1632) was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector. His collections include the oldest recorded forms of many well-known (and more obscure) European fairy tales. [2]