Magnate
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The term magnate, from the
England
In
In the Tudor period, after
Hungary
The term was specifically applied to the members of the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary in the Apostolic Kingdom of Hungary, the Főrendiház, that can be translated as the House of Magnates, an equivalent to the British Peers.
Poland and Lithuania
Magnates were a social class of wealthy and influential nobility in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Spain
In Spain, since the late Middle Ages, the highest class of nobility hold the appellation of
Sweden
In Sweden, the wealthiest medieval lords were known as storman (plural stormän), "great men", a similar description and meaning as the English term magnate.
Japan
In feudal Japan, the most powerful landholding magnates were known as daimyo. In the 11th and 12th centuries, the daimyo became military lords of samurai clans with territorial and proprietary control over private estates.[2]
See also
- Aristocracy
- Boyar, in Eastern Europe
- Magnat (film)
- Szlachta, in Poland
References
- ISBN 9780064911269. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ Daimyo. Britanica.
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Magnate". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
