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	Nobility - LoveToKnow 1911
		In England nobility is apt to be confounded with the peculiar institution of the British peerage.
		This is not nobility in the true sense; it is not nobility as nobility was understood either in the French kingdom or in the Venetian commonwealth.
		In the 18th century the nobility of France and the nobility of Poland alike answered to the very strictest definition of nobility; but the political positions of the two were as broadly contrasted as the positions of any two classes of men could be.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Nobility (8362 words)

	Military rank
		A separate set of ranks was also used for secular, and occasionally ecclesiastic, rulers, as discussed in Ranks of nobility and peerage.
		Within military organizations, the use of ranks is almost universal with the Chinese People's Liberation Army of the 1960s and 1970s being a rare example of a military which attempted (quite unsuccessfully) to abolish rank.
		The use of formalized ranks came into widespread use with the Roman Legions, after the introduction of reforms by the consul Gaius Marius which were completed around 60 CE.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mi/Military_rank.html (599 words)

	Ranks of nobility and peerage: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		Traditional ranks among royalty, peers, and nobles are rooted in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
		In Germany, the actual rank of the holder of a title is, however, dependent on not only the title as such, but on for instance the degree of sovereignty and on the rank of the lord of the title-holder.
		Among the regular nobility, those whose titles derived from the Holy Roman Empire ranked higher than those whose titles were granted by one of the German princes after 1806, no matter what title was held.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ra/Ranks-of-nobility-and-peerage.html (614 words)

	rank - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Generally, rank is a system of hierarchy used to classify like things.
		Top Ten lists are a common way to list prioritized ranks (usually as a subset of a larger pool of possibilities).
		In a pipe organ, a rank of pipes is a set tuned to a chromatic scale, and used together to play that scale.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/rank (83 words)

	Nobility
		Originally, knights or nobles were mounted warriors who swore allegiance to their sovereign and promised to fight for him in exchange for allocation of land (usually together with serfs living there).
		Nobility in its most general and strict sense is an acknowledged preeminence that is hereditary, i.e., legitimate descendants (or all male descendants, in some societies) of nobles are nobles, unless explicitly stripped of the privilege.
		Nobles typically commanded resources, such as food, money, or labor, from common members or nobles of lower rank of their societies, and could exercise religious or political power over them.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/n/no/nobility.html (401 words)

	Imperial Nobility
		Nobles, upon receiving their patent or upon confirming their inheritance when coming of age, swear continuing loyalty to the Imperium, to the emperor, and to the emperor's heirs and successors.
		Honor Nobles of the rank of Baron or Marquis are members of the Moot.
		Members of the peerage generally consider knights to be "separate but equal" members of the nobility, and it is considered a breach of protocol for a member of the peerage to treat a knight with disrespect.
	members.cox.net /carlino/Imperialnobles.htm (1531 words)

	More on military ranks
		Rank titles usually include the terms admiral for the navy (rear admiral; vice-admiral), air for Commonwealth air forces (air commodore); marshal for army and Commonwealth air forces (field marshal, air chief marshal); and general in other cases (major general, general of the army).
		The ranks of junior officers are the three or four lowest ranks of officers, possibily complicated by the status of trainee officers.
		Rank, rate, classification and appointment all form what is known in many countries as position, which relates the authority and command of the person.
	www.handtrend.com /Meanin-to-Misqui/military_ranks.php (1518 words)

	Nobility Homes
		Initially nobility descended from chivalry (or warrior class) in the feudal stage of the development of a society.
		In the modern era, in countries where the nobility was the dominant class, the bourgeoisie gradually grew in power; a rich city merchant was more influential than a minor countryside nobleman.
		The old nobility of military origin, the ''noblesse d'épée'' ("sword nobility") became increasingly irritated by this newer ''noblesse de robe'' ("gown nobility").
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/146/nobility-homes.html (1004 words)

	Rank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rank is a very broad term with several meanings.
		As an adjective it used to mean profuse, conspicuous, absolute, or unpleasant, especially in relation to the sense of smell or taste.
		Rank (formation) Military term for a line of soldiers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rank (181 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Lt is one of the higher ranks.
		A set of ranks is also used in academic organizations.
		The Chinese People's Liberation Army of the 1960s and 1970s, the Albanian Army from 1970 - 1991 and the Red Army of 1918 - 1935 are the rare examples of military which abolished rank.
	www.bmhs.org /greenk/sites/5c6a/andreg/rank/lt.htm (109 words)

	Military rank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A separate set of ranks was also for secular and occasionally ecclesiastic rulers as in Ranks of nobility and peerage.
		The use of formalized ranks came into use with the Roman Legions after the introduction of reforms by consul Gaius Marius which were completed around 60 CE.
		In the complexity of modern military structrure designation Master is often used with the ranks Sergeant and Corpral to denote an NCO is a specialist.
	www.freeglossary.com /Military_rank (1091 words)

	Nobility and Titles in France
		When it was hereditary, nobility usually came from the father, but sometimes a higher percentage of noble blood might be required (counted in number of "quartiers") or that the family be noble for a certain number of generations.
		The legal class of nobility, as one of the fundamental remaining elements of feudalism, was abolished along with the feudal regime on August 4, 1789, which established legal equiality of all individuals regardless of birth.
		Titles of nobility essentially arise from the exercise of the sovereign's prerogative; and, in that respect, the executive branch (as represented by the ministry of Justice) is the heir of sovereigns past.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/france/noblesse.htm (8886 words)

	Peerage - SeptemWiki
		A peerage is a title granted by the Emperor or the Prince of Grønbjerg, advancing the recipient to the ranks of the nobility.
		Once a peerage is granted, the Emperor may freely advance it or diminish it in rank, and he may alter the terms of succession to the peerage, or revoke it altogether.
		Those peers who were elected to Parliament received a slightly higher number of votes in the House than did members who were commoners, as a mark of the high confidence reposed in them by the Emperor.
	www.septempontia.org /wiki/Rank (256 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Prince (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A member of the higher nobility in certain countries and periods.
		On the European continent, notably in the German system, a prince is something more than a mere noble, but not necessarily royal, which makes comparing it with the British system difficult.
		In the Russian system, "knyaz" (translated as "prince", e.g., Prince Potemkin) is the highest degree of nobility, and sometimes, represents a mediatization[?] of an older native dynasty which became subject to the Russian imperial dynasty.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/pr/Prince?title=Mediatization (345 words)

	Inoré - Things - Noble Ranks of the Empire
		These nobles are typically actually administrative offices in a higher noble's landhold; for example, an Archmage's first apprentice traditionally holds the Honorary Title of Count, and acts as the First Advisor to the Archmage.
		Elevation to a rank in the nobility is actually a very rare event at this point in history, because Baronetcies, Baronies, Marquisates and Counties are all hereditary, and these fill the vast majority of the Peerage.
		Squirehood and Knighthood are special cases in the ranks of the Nobility, as they can be sworn to a noble of any rank (except Baronets, who typically aren't allowed to give the rank or have fealty sworn).
	home.nycap.rr.com /neko128/inore/things/nobles.html (687 words)

	Wikinfo \| Military rank
		Generally speaking, warrant officers are given the rank for technical skills and do not serve in command positions.
		NCO ranks include include a varying number of grades of Sergeant (Army, Air Force or Marines) or Petty officer (Naval).
		The basic unit, that is the smallest unit capable of self-supporting operation, of an army up to about the 16th century was the Company, which was known as a Troop in the cavalry and Battery in the artillery.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Military_rank (765 words)

	Peerage The - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Peerage, The, collective noun for peers, men and women whose rank is equal to nobility and aristocracy.
		Specific British forms of address exist for the numerous ranks of the peerage.
		peers, aristocracy, nobility, nobles, aristocrats, upper classes, peers of the realm, hereditary peerage, life peerage, dukedom, title, honour
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Peerage_The.html (161 words)

	Peerage: Titles of Nobility (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Baron lord or nobleman; the most general title of nobility in England judge of the court of exchequer vassel holding directly from the king b.
		In Great Britain, a title or degree of nobility; a lord; a peer; one who holds the rank of nobility next below that of a viscount, and above that of a knight or baronet.
		Of noble extraction; descended from a family of rank; as nobly born or descended.
	www.chrononhotonthologos.com /lawnotes/nobility.htm (2259 words)

	l_clausewitz: European nobility titles and whatnot
		Only in the 19th century--when French ranks of nobility had lost any real significance--were marquises firmly established in the ladder of privilege in a position halfway between counts and dukes, while Italian marquisates continued to be granted by anybody who fancied themselves strong enough to bestow such a title.
		A tendency that became increasingly apparent as nobility titles became less and less important while the development of national administrative bodies superseded their functions was that the titles once again became dissociated from the concept of landownership.
		A noble traveling outside his or her lands might be forced to make his/her herald toil to find an equivalent title in the foreign land that he/she could safely assume without offending the local nobility.
	l-clausewitz.livejournal.com /212195.html (1554 words)

	Nobility and Titles in the SCA
		There are additional elevated ranks in the SCA: the Chivalry, the Laurels, and the Pelicans.
		Mastery of Arms is for those persons who choose not to swear fealty and is equal in rank to knighthood.
		In most kingdoms, spurs are limited to the Chivalry as one of their signs of rank.
	chatelaine.atlantia.sca.org /newcomerdocs/Nobility.htm (559 words)

	French Peerage in the 19th c.
		The peerage was made hereditary for all members of the House (except ecclesiastical members, of course), in male line and by primogeniture.
		Thus, a distinction needed to be made between a vicomte and a vicomte-pair, and a baron-pair could be at the same time a duc; and, while all members of the House of Peers were titled (as peers), there were also titled members of the House of Deputies who were not peers.
		An ordonnance of Jan 8, 1823 gave cardinals the rank of dukes, and bishops and archbishops the rank of counts.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/france/peerage19.htm (1096 words)

	Wikipedia: Fürst
		Unless he also holds a higher title, as duke or king, he will be known as Fürst von plus the geographic origin of the dynasty, alternatively Fürst zu plus the domain ruled.
		The actual rank of the holder of a title is, however, dependent on not only the title as such, but on for instance the degree of sovereignty and on the rank of the lord of the title-holder.
		Also the hereditary rulers of the former principalities of Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro and Albania bore the title "Fürst" until they gradually acquired the title of "King".
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/f/fu/furst.html (415 words)

	Prince - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		In several countries of the European continent, notably in Germany and in France, a prince can be the title of someone having a high rank of nobility, but not necessarily royal, which makes comparing it with e.g.
		In the Russian system, "knyaz" (translated as "prince"), is the highest degree of nobility, and sometimes, represents a mediatization of an older native dynasty which became subject to the Russian imperial dynasty.
		In ancient China, the title of prince developed from being the highest title of nobility (synonymous with duke) in the Zhou Dynasty, to five grades of princes (not counting the sons and grandsons of the emperor) by the time of the fall of the Qing Dynasty.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=51511 (666 words)

	Talk:Nobility - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peerage does it for Britain, for instance, but I know there's a more general page about noble ranks in Europe in general.
		Ranks, titles and styles, as described in the table, are mostly a Western European phenomenon (though nobility as such is not) so leaving it here would be too Occidentalocentric.
		Nobility is a specific legal hereditary status; traditionally it must be conferred by a "fountain of honour", usually a king or prince.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Nobility (4771 words)

	ipedia.com: Military rank Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A separate set of ranks was also used for sec...
		NCO ranks include a varying number of grades of Sergeant (Army, Air Force or Marines) or Petty officer (Naval).
		In the complexity of modern military structrure the designation Master is often used with the ranks of Sergeant and Corpral to denote an NCO who is a specialist.
	www.ipedia.com /military_rank.html (931 words)

	Peerage and Nobility of the Royal Houses
		When tracing ancestors of Nobility, it is oftentimes very difficult to know just where they fit in with respect to the order of what is known as the Peerage.
		Below is a representation of the crowns of Royal personages with their respective offices, following that is the listing of the actual Peerage and Nobility that was recorded by Francis J. Grant Lord Lyon King of Arms in the year 1929.
		The chasing on the rim and the velvet cap lined with ermine are similar to the previous examples of coronets of rank.
	www.scotlandroyalty.org /peerage.html (2823 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		The Peerage has grown out of the structure established in the Dark Ages and used by the King to administer and defend his territory.
		In Norman Britain the title was given to an Earl or Baron responsible for guarding the "marches" (or border lands) of Wales and Scotland.
		The title Earl was well established in Saxon England as the highest rank of nobility and given to the king's representative in charge of an earldom or shire.
	www.camelotintl.com /heritage/peerage/index.html (251 words)

	The Sicilian Peerage
		This was an early example of the importance of the assent of the people, or at least that of the baronial faction, in determining who would rule Sicily.
		To have been a Peer of the Realm in Sicily meant little after 1860; the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy became the upper house of the new unitary state, and though many senators were noblemen senatorial seats were not assigned on the basis of blood.
		Much more could be written about the Sicilian parliaments and peerage, such as the former being influenced in 1812 by the British model, the role of feudalism in shaping these institutions in Sicily, and the comparative history of parliaments in various Italian regions (as well as the Piedmontese influence on the session of 1714).
	www.regalis.com /sicpeers.htm (1326 words)

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