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<p>mixed together.</p>

<p><big>Background</big></p>
<p>Monarchs very often expected the more important nobles to spend much of the year in attendance on them at court. Not all courtiers were <a href="page.php?w=Nobility">noble</a>, as they included <a href="page.php?w=clergy">clergy</a>, <a href="page.php?w=soldier">soldier</a>s, <a href="page.php?w=clerk_%28position%29">clerk</a>s, <a href="page.php?w=secretary">secretaries</a>, agents and middlemen with business at court. All those who held a <a href="page.php?w=court_appointment">court appointment</a> could</p><p>
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