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    Basilikon Doron is a treatise on government written by King James VI of Scotland (who would later also become James I of England), in 1599. Basilikon...
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    The basilikon (Greek: βασιλικόν [νόμισμα], "imperial [coin]"), commonly also referred to as the doukaton (Greek: δουκάτον), was a widely circulated Byzantine...
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    such as Daemonologie (1597), The True Law of Free Monarchies (1598), and Basilikon Doron (1599). He sponsored the translation of the Bible into English (later...
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  • βεστιάριον, from Latin: vestiarium, "wardrobe"), sometimes with the adjectives basilikon (Greek: βασιλικόν "imperial") or mega (μέγα "great"), was one of the major...
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    murder of David Rizzio in the spring of 1566. King James VI in his 1599 Basilikon Doron mentions "palle maillé" among the "faire and pleasant field-games"...
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    "basil" comes from the Latin basilius, and the Greek βασιλικόν φυτόν (basilikón phytón), meaning "royal/kingly plant", possibly because the plant was...
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    right of kings were written in 1597–1598 by James VI of Scotland. His Basilikon Doron, a manual on the powers of a king, was written to edify his four-year-old...
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    continuous zecchino production, the Byzantine Empire imitated with the basilikon. In 1478, the Ottoman Empire introduced a similar unit. In 1535, the Knights...
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    under James' successor to the English throne, Charles I of England. In Basilikon Doron, James called the Scottish Reformation "inordinate" and "not proceeding...
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    Half-tetarteron Fourth period (ca. 1300 – 1350s) Gold Hyperpyron Silver Basilikon Billon Tournesion (Politikon) Copper Trachy Assarion Fifth period (1367...
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    herself was also occasionally the subject of scandalous rumours. In the Basilikon Doron, written 1597–1598, James described marriage as "the greatest earthly...
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  • and is described by pseudo-Kodinos as "the customary imperial banner" (basilikon phlamoulon). On coins, the "B"s were often accompanied by circles or stars...
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    to James VI and I of Scotland who wrote two political treatises called Basilikon Doron and The True Law of Free Monarchies: Or, The Reciprocal and Mutual...
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  • hyperpyron, along with the copper assaria, tournesia and follara. The basilikon was a copy of the Venetian ducat and circulated from 1304 for fifty years...
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    Half-tetarteron Fourth period (ca. 1300 – 1350s) Gold Hyperpyron Silver Basilikon Billon Tournesion (Politikon) Copper Trachy Assarion Fifth period (1367...
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    "knowing them to be guilty of so foul a sin". In James' book on kingship, Basilikón Dōron, James listed crimes that were treasonous and warranted death, including...
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    Byzantines minted their own version of the Venetian silver ducat, called the basilikon. Croatia Republic of Ragusa Czechoslovakia Czech Republic still mints...
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    Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, Royalist propagandist, printer of Basilikon Doron, a treatise on government written in 1599 by James VI of Scotland...
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  • Henry V and Julius Caesar (Shakespeare), Guzmán de Alfarache (Alemán), Basilikon Doron (King James VI), Postil of Mikalojus Daukša, The Model of Poesy...
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    the thema. the men of the central Imperial Fleet (βασιλικόν πλώιμον, basilikon plōimon), are also counted among the tagmata in some sources. the Immortals...
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    Silver basilikon depicting Andronikos II and Michael IX...
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    Sophia (Greek: Βασιλικό Οικογενειακό Τάγμα των Αγίων Όλγας και Σοφίας / Basilikon oikogeneiakon tagma ton agion Olgas kai Sophias) was established by King...
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    Half-tetarteron Fourth period (ca. 1300 – 1350s) Gold Hyperpyron Silver Basilikon Billon Tournesion (Politikon) Copper Trachy Assarion Fifth period (1367...
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    Byzantine army Imperial flag (basilikon phlamoulon) of the Palaiologan era (14th century) Leaders Byzantine Emperor (commander-in-chief) Dates of operation...
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    The name "basil" comes from Latin, basilius, and Greek βασιλικόν φυτόν (basilikón phutón), meaning "royal/kingly plant". The Chinese also use fresh or dried...
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    Decay James VI and I (1598). The True Law of Free Monarchies — (1599). Basilikon Doron Jean, Count of Paris (2009). Un Prince Français Kuehnelt-Leddihn...
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    Constantinople in 1204, but was in some ways revived in the form of the basilikon, a flat silver coin issued in the Palaiologan-era empire from roughly...
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  • authority of the parakoimōmenos. At the same time, the imperial wardrobe (basilikon vestiarion) and its officials also became a separate department under...
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    Half-tetarteron Fourth period (ca. 1300 – 1350s) Gold Hyperpyron Silver Basilikon Billon Tournesion (Politikon) Copper Trachy Assarion Fifth period (1367...
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    Half-tetarteron Fourth period (ca. 1300 – 1350s) Gold Hyperpyron Silver Basilikon Billon Tournesion (Politikon) Copper Trachy Assarion Fifth period (1367...
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