Medieval and modern times; an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . Fig. 130. A Chateau and Pigeon House The round tower at the right hand in front is a pigeon house. Thewall inside is honeycombed with nests, and the pigeons fly in and out at the side of the roof The higher offices in the army were reserved for the nobles, offices atas well as the easiest and most lucrative places in the Church the churchand about the kings person. All these privileges were vestiges r^rvVfof the powers which the nobles had enjoyed when they
Medieval and modern times; an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . Fig. 130. A Chateau and Pigeon House The round tower at the right hand in front is a pigeon house. Thewall inside is honeycombed with nests, and the pigeons fly in and out at the side of the roof The higher offices in the army were reserved for the nobles, offices atas well as the easiest and most lucrative places in the Church the churchand about the kings person. All these privileges were vestiges r^rvVfof the powers which the nobles had enjoyed when they ruled noblestheir estates as feudal lords. Louis XIV had, as we know,induced them to leave their domains and gather round himat Versailles, where all who could afford it lived for at least apart of the year. 480 Medieval and Modern Times Only a small Only a small part of the nobility in the eighteenth centurynobles bV were, however, descendants of the ancient and illustrious feudallonged to families of France. The greater part of them had been enno- old families ° l bled in recent times by the king, or had purchased or inherited. Fig. 131. Court Scene at Versailles The king is surrounded by princes of the royal family and the greatestnobles of France while he dresses and shaves upon rising in the morn-ing (the levee). Similar ceremonies were performed when the kingwent to bed at night (the couchee). The bed, hung with rich tapes-tries, is behind the railing. The door at the left leads into a small room— called the Bulls Eye Room {Salon de VCEil de Bceuf) from theround window above the door — where the ambassadors and otherdignitaries waited to be admitted, and while waiting often planned andplotted how to win the kings favor. Louis XIVs bedroom at Ver-sailles is still preserved, in much of its old-time splendor;1 for the palace is now a museum a government office or judgeship which carried the privileges ofnobility with it. This fact rendered the rights and exemptionsclai
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