7 sentences with 'lord'
Example sentences and phrases with the word lord and other words derived from it.
• « It was also when the Egyptian kings began to call themselves pharaohs, meaning "great house", lord of all things. »
• « They were finally stopped in 732 by a Frankish army led by the Frankish lord Charles Martel at the Battle of Poitiers; this marked the end of the Arab conquests in Europe. »
• « A lord accepted pledges of loyalty from other freemen called his vassals; in return for their support in war he offered them protection and grants of land called fiefdoms. »
• « Not surprisingly, there are many examples in medieval European history where a powerful lord simply usurped the throne, defeated the forces of the old king and became the new king. »
• « In many cases, towns were virtually politically independent, although they usually had to recognise the general authority of the king or local lord. »
• « After his election as khan, he established his sites in the lands beyond Mongolia and eventually became known as Genghis Khan, meaning "universal lord". »
• « In the early 14th century, a Seljuk lord named Osman captured significant territory from the Byzantines in Anatolia and founded a dynasty named after his clan, the 'Ottoman'. »