| To them there corresponded two groups of feudal lords-land owners: boyars and landowners. |
| They used to tell him that they wanted to have nothing to do with the roumanian boyars. |
| Easter Sunday of 1459, Vlad invited all of the aristocrats, called boyars, who had played a role in his father's death, to a feast. |
| From the 15th to the 17th centuries Muscovite boyars formed a closed aristocratic class drawn from about 200 families. |
| The boyars were increasingly nervous that defeats abroad would lead to accusations of treason at home. |
| The Tsar jumped to his feet, the tsaritza screamed, the princes and boyars opened their mouths. |
