It was the custom of wealthy nobles to retain household armorers.
We can see all 'the handsome houses where the wealthy nobles dwell.'
These offices provided access to power and opportunities for profit for the wealthy nobles who bought them.
His example brought donations of 58,000 florins from three other wealthy nobles and they gained royal approval for the Academy.
"Let us see the handsome houses where the wealthy nobles dwell," quoted Hilary.
With this marriage, he became one of the wealthiest nobles in Norway.
Even the wealthiest nobles and clergymen lacked comforts that are taken for granted in the modern world.
Scented waters were still being used into the 19th century of the wealthy nobles in Egypt as a type of perfume.
Petrarch's work was read mainly by wealthy nobles and merchants of Italian city-states.
The gates were originally only found in the gardens of wealthy Chinese nobles.