These empires were furthermore highly centralized, authoritarian, corporative, mercantilistic, scholastic, patrimonial, seigniorial, and warlike. |
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He checked the power of the nobles and helped the towns to free themselves from seigniorial authority, granting privileges and liberties to the emergent bourgeoisie. |
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The crown courts in that time exercised jurisdiction alongside seigniorial courts, as the federal courts exercise jurisdiction alongside state courts. |
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Like much of the UK art scene's present flirtation with modernism and avant-gardism, Claydon's curating takes a dandyish, seigniorial attitude toward its sources. |
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