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In this scene the child has become an occasion for female suffering and male anger, maternal imploring and comital defiance.

A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005

The great comital landlords held real power at the local level.

795-96 2001

Sir Guy Ferre the Younger served in Gascony in all of these capacities, as both comital administrator and advocate for the maintenance of ducal authority.

The Maintenance of Ducal Authority in Gascony: The Career of Sir Guy Ferre the Younger 1298-1320 Jay Lathen Boehm 1992

Gilbert of Ghent, the only English baron whom Louis ventured to raise to comital rank as Earl of Lincoln.

The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Reginald Lane Poole 1892

If the comital rank was not to be extinguished altogether, it had to be recruited with fresh blood.

The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Reginald Lane Poole 1892

Lacy, constable of Chester, raised the chief vassal of the palatinate to comital rank.

The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Reginald Lane Poole 1892

The family acquired the status of English earls under Stephen, retaining their foreign title, expressed in English in the form of Albemarle, being the first house of comital rank abroad to hold an earldom with a French name unassociated with any English shire.

The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Reginald Lane Poole 1892

Some form of comital control over castles is evidenced from the apparent resumption of the castle of Maians near Bages by

A Corner of Tenth-Century Europe 2008

The bishops in Lombardy, traditional guardians of their peoples, with large episcopal and comital powers delegated from the monarchs, played a decisive role in communal organization for defense (e.g.,

2. The Development of Italian Towns 2001