Nobles in example sentence

At court, and in the castles of the great nobles, where the pomp and state of a court was emulated, Norman-French was the only language employed; in courts of law, the pleadings and judgments were delivered in the same tongue.

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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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