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Thus Bassompierre, who was at once Protestant and Catholic--Protestant by conviction and Catholic as commander of the order of the Holy Ghost; Bassompierre, who was a German by birth and a Frenchman at heart--in short, Bassompierre, who had a distinguished command at the siege of La Rochelle, said, in charging at the head of several other Protestant nobles like himself, "You will see, gentlemen, that we shall be fools enough to take La Rochelle."

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Nobles could no longer manipulate local units to extract more rent from commoners, while the government could collect taxes more efficiently.

But nobles and clergymen came to despise his presence.

Scottland is still run by English nobles, and the highlanders never can seem to catch a break when dealing with them.

The meeting with the Shogun, the debates among the Japanese nobles and an assassination during an archery exhibit present an interesting look at the politics of the period.

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