tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post505770825679006978..comments2024-01-22T09:59:19.371-08:00Comments on Life in the Middle Ages: Dukes and CountsC. Dale Brittainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02059138536172925502noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post-80354206717818821332017-02-06T09:36:04.382-08:002017-02-06T09:36:04.382-08:00I have a question If the duke is higher than a cou...I have a question If the duke is higher than a count does that make the duke in charge than the count??????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post-49285112774594351612015-04-07T03:54:24.922-07:002015-04-07T03:54:24.922-07:00Thank you very much!Thank you very much!Licorne Negrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01482272946045965604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post-88560800482885282852015-04-06T13:39:01.666-07:002015-04-06T13:39:01.666-07:00The Merovingian era certainly had nobles. Nobilit...The Merovingian era certainly had nobles. Nobility is a matter of "blood," coupled with wealth and power, not necessarily heritable office. Most of the early medieval counts would have been noble (probably claiming, with varying plausibility, Roman senatorial ancestry), but it wasn't a requirement.C. Dale Brittainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059138536172925502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post-50213580026522295062015-04-06T07:16:37.942-07:002015-04-06T07:16:37.942-07:00This is interesting, indeed! Thank you for the rep...This is interesting, indeed! Thank you for the reply.<br />One more question, if you don't mind.<br />Before the office became hereditary, there was some kind of nobility (like the patricians in ancient Rome) that could hold that office?<br />Or it was more like modern world and not-so-modern China, were any national can hold the office? (I guess, if the second is right, in early medieval ages the serfs would be an exception)Licorne Negrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01482272946045965604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post-32236322442240963612015-04-06T07:08:37.988-07:002015-04-06T07:08:37.988-07:00Yes, you are correct. They were often called &quo...Yes, you are correct. They were often called "consul" as well as "comes," using the old Roman term (praetores were more for the city of Rome itself, not the provinces, but the overall structure is similar).C. Dale Brittainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059138536172925502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426485731280552659.post-48651961674585608422015-04-06T07:03:10.715-07:002015-04-06T07:03:10.715-07:00Great post! =)
If you don't mind, though, I ha...Great post! =)<br />If you don't mind, though, I have a question.<br />The counts became hereditary by the 9th century, and before that they were more like appointed officers (if I didn't misunderstand something).<br />My question: Before they became hereditary, the "count" position was similar to the praetores of Imperial Rome? In that they were important men assigned an office by a higher authority, but not the proprietary of that office?<br />Or I'm mixing things?Licorne Negrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01482272946045965604noreply@blogger.com