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Favourite

In history and politics, a favourite was the intimate companion of a ruler or other important person. In post-classical and early-modern Europe, among other times and places, the term was used of individuals delegated significant political power by a ruler. It was especially a phenomenon of the 16th and 17th centuries, when government had become too…

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Rises and falls of favourites

Decline

In literature

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Notable favourites

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Favourite

Nodes271
Edges270
Triples336
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00738
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related to Notable favourites · 241
Favourite → Abdul, Abigail Masham, Abul Hasan Qutb Shah, Adjutant-General, Afghan, Afonso, Afonso VI, After Alauddin's, Alauddin's, Albert, Alexander, Alexandrovich Zubov, Angus, Anne, Archibald, Augustus III, Aurangzeb, Axel, Axel Oxenstierna, Ayutthaya
related to Decline · 31
Favourite → After, Buckingham, Cardinal Mazarin, Cardinal Richelieu, Charles, Earl, England, François-Michel, French, He, In, In England, In France, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, John Felton, King, Louis, Louis XIV, Louvois, Marquis
related to In literature · 23
Favourite → Ancient Rome, Ben Jonson, Cardinal Wolsey, Elizabeth, England, English, Europe, Falstaff, Favourites, Francis Bacon, Henry VIII, James, Marlowe's Edward II, On Friendship, Piers Gaveston, Popery, Privy Council, Sejanus, Sejanus His Fall, Shakespeare
related to Rises and falls of favourites · 18
Favourite → As, Christopher Marlowe's Edward II, Dislike, Favourites, Leicester, Lerma, Middle Ages, Olivares, Oxenstierna, Piers Gaveston, Richelieu, Since, Successful, The King's, Their, Titles, Too, William Cecil
related to References · 11
Favourite → Adams, Court, Elizabethan Politics Manchester UP, Elliott, Essays, ISBN, Leicester, LWB Brockliss, Simon, The World, Yale UP
related to Study of the subject · 10
Favourite → According, Annales, Bérenger, Elliott's, In, Jean Bérenger, Laurence Brockliss's, Pour, The World, XVIIe
see also · 2
Favourite → Cardinal-nephewHanimefendiThe Favourite, Politics

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Favouriterelated to DeclineIn England0.60section
Favouriterelated to DeclineParliament0.60section
Favouriterelated to DeclineAfter0.60section
Favouriterelated to DeclineBuckingham0.60section
Favouriterelated to DeclineJohn Felton0.60section
Favouriterelated to DeclineCharles0.60section
Favouriterelated to DeclineThomas Wentworth0.60section
Favouriterelated to DeclineEarl0.60section
Favouriterelated to DeclineStrafford0.60section
Favouriterelated to DeclineParliamentary0.60section
Favouriterelated to DeclineKing0.60section
Favouriterelated to DeclineHe0.60section

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