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| | alt.talk.royalty FAQ |
 | | Most of the posters in alt.talk.royalty are fully aware of the strengths and weaknesses of hereditary systems, and are participating in this newsgroup to explore the intricacies of these systems, rather than to engage in flamewars with persons who are opposed to the idea of these systems. |
 | | Nobility is, historically, a legally defined status, largely inherited once acquired, and enjoying once extensive privileges which, in modern Europe, have been reduced (except see British sub-FAQ) to nominal membership in the noble class with or without a hereditary title in, e.g., BeNeLux, Denmark, Spain and Sweden. |
 | | Most often these houses are counted as noble since "time immemorial" as at their first appearance in written records they were already noble. |
| www.heraldica.org /faqs/atrfaq.htm (13931 words) |
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