Sentences with 'courtier'
Example sentences and phrases with the word courtier and other words derived from it.
• « When the courtier and navigator Sir Walter Raleigh pulled a long reed mouthpiece from his bag, alarm bells rang through the hall; for the famous explorer, after working his tinderbox right in front of the throne of Queen Elizabeth I, had let an unbreathable smoke escape from that improvised pipe. »
• « The effective courtier, according to Castiglione, was tasteful, educated, intelligent and subtle in his actions and words, a true politician rather than a mere warrior who happened to have inherited some land. »
• « In the future, a growing number of political elites came to resemble a Castiglione-style courtier rather than a thuggish medieval knight or "man-at-arms". »
• « In the 18th century, the nobility actively cultivated learning and social grace, harking back to the glory days of the Renaissance courtier and bypassing the relatively crude period of the religious wars. »