Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
dexa señores (archaic Iberian Spanish)
English translation:
leave them being gentlemen
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Miguel Falquez-Certain
Jul 20, 2005 23:12
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dexa señores (archaic Iberian Spanish)
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From a text written by a madrileño on Spain in sixteenth century Italy. The author is quoting from a primary source:
"El marques ... dela Exçelente çibdad E Reyno de napoles muchos años ha no podrá dezir que le ha ydo mal con aquel offiçio, pues que desde alli ha casado e colocado tan bien sus hijos e hijas e todos los **dexa señores** e bien Eredados con titulos e estados grandes"
"El marques ... dela Exçelente çibdad E Reyno de napoles muchos años ha no podrá dezir que le ha ydo mal con aquel offiçio, pues que desde alli ha casado e colocado tan bien sus hijos e hijas e todos los **dexa señores** e bien Eredados con titulos e estados grandes"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +12 | leave them being gentlemen |
Miguel Falquez-Certain
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| 5 | Gentlemen |
Brigith Guimarães
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dexa se�ores (archaic Iberian Spanish)
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Gentlemen
I agree entirely with Nigelguy above, but had no space to complement his answer, so here goes, as "add":
Around 5% of the population were considered gentlemen. Their numbers increased throughout the 16th century. 'Gentlemen' are people who do not work with their hands. The middle class was larger; they were usually literate and included craftsmen and tradesmen. The vast majority of the population is poor and termed 'peasants' or 'common people'. They were mostly illiterate and suffered the most when famines occurred and the currency was debased.
In 1509, there was one duke, one marquis, ten earls, and thirty barons in England. The peerage increased to 51 by the end of Henry VIII's reign and had reached 57 when Elizabeth I became queen. But she was stingy with granting peerages and the only duke left in England (Norfolk) was executed in 1572. A new duke was not titled until 1http://englishhistory.net/tudor/tudorlife.html623.
Just one example of far too many during this period
Around 5% of the population were considered gentlemen. Their numbers increased throughout the 16th century. 'Gentlemen' are people who do not work with their hands. The middle class was larger; they were usually literate and included craftsmen and tradesmen. The vast majority of the population is poor and termed 'peasants' or 'common people'. They were mostly illiterate and suffered the most when famines occurred and the currency was debased.
In 1509, there was one duke, one marquis, ten earls, and thirty barons in England. The peerage increased to 51 by the end of Henry VIII's reign and had reached 57 when Elizabeth I became queen. But she was stingy with granting peerages and the only duke left in England (Norfolk) was executed in 1572. A new duke was not titled until 1http://englishhistory.net/tudor/tudorlife.html623.
Just one example of far too many during this period
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