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Naturally, the writers of the time, poets, preachers, and educators, took a definite stand regarding the new developments and their works reflect their personal reactions.
The didactic writers in particular are among those who record these changes most faithfully and a study of their writings proves both interesting and valuable from a cul- tural and historical point of view.
Such a study this dissertation purposes to be. The investigation will include consideration of the place the nobleman was accorded in the general scheme of existence, his education and duties, his rights and privileges. Since the cen- tury witnessed the rise of the middle class, special attention will be paid to the influence which this social movement exerted upon the life of the nobles in general and upon the concept of nobility in particular.
In order to suggest the source of the ideal and the background against which it is to be projected, a survey has been made of the concept of nobility, beginning with Homeric times and noting the various influences which in the course of centuries contributed something to or changed the early Greek ideal of nobility.
