13 events with tag "nobility"
605 BC
ID: 2768
First deportation to Babylon - Nebuchadnezzar takes Daniel and Judean nobles after Jehoiakim submits
ID: 2768
694
ID: 5824
Ine's laws define thegn status - nobleman holding 5 hides of land, owes military service, wergild (man-price) of 1200 shillings vs 200 for ceorl
ID: 5824
900
ID: 5830
Ealdorman role formalized - high nobleman governing one or more shires for king, leads shire fyrd, presides at shire-moot with bishop
ID: 5830
950
ID: 5831
Thegnship becomes hereditary - shift from service-based to land-based nobility, 'bookland' (chartered land) can be inherited
ID: 5831
1215
ID: 167
Count Louis of Looz calls Christina 'mother,' rises to meet her - she rebukes his injustices with maternal authority
ID: 167
1222
ID: 5549
Golden Bull of 1222 issued by Andrew II - Hungary's 'Magna Carta' limiting royal power
ID: 5549
1282
ID: 3758
First Danish charter - Christopher I forced to sign constitutional charter limiting royal power
ID: 3758
1365
ID: 4801
Hawkwood captures two Malatesta brothers - ransom of 60,000 florins, mercenary warfare as business
ID: 4801
1409
ID: 5895
Polish kings reserve aurochs hunting - only royalty may hunt remaining aurochs in Polish forests, populations declining
ID: 5895
1562
ID: 3494
Jesuits arrive at French Court - Within decade, confessors to Catholic nobility - Huguenot complaint: 'They turn our own learning against us'
ID: 3494
1714
ID: 5991
Peter the Great issues decree on primogeniture - reforms succession law, forces nobility into state service
ID: 5991
1722
ID: 5993
Peter the Great introduces Table of Ranks - creates meritocratic nobility, service determines status not birth
ID: 5993
1785
ID: 6001
Charter to the Nobility - Catherine the Great confirms noble privileges, exempts from service and corporal punishment
ID: 6001