Monday, June 3, 2013

What is an Earl?

Charlie asked this question today while we were reading King Arthur.  Here is a table to explain the many titles of the nobility of the middle ages:

http://www.marysidneysociety.org/supper2006/peerage-table.html

Here are answers to the question: How does a man become an earl?

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_a_person_become_a_Duke_Earl_Count_or_a_Baron