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despot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Despot may
refer to:
Despot (court title), a
Byzantine court title Despotism, a form of
government in...
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rules with
absolute power. Normally, that
entity is an individual, the
despot (as in an autocracy), but
societies which limit respect and
power to specific...
- absolutists'
beliefs about royal power were
typically similar to
those of
regular despots, both
recognizing that they were
destined to rule.
Enlightened rulers may...
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political renaissance,
especially during the
reign of
Despot Stefan Lazarević.
After the
death of
Despot Đurađ Branković in 1456, the
Despotate continued to...
- see
question marks, boxes, or
other symbols.
Despot or
despotes (Ancient Gr****: δεσπότης, romanized:
despótēs, lit. 'lord, master') was a
senior Byzantine...
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brothers of the
current Byzantine emperor, who were
given the
title of
despotes (in this
context it
should not be
confused with despotism). Its capital...
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Despot Stefan may
refer to:
Stefan Lazarević,
Serbian prince and
despot (1389-1427)
Stefan Branković,
Serbian despot,
proclaimed in 1458
Stefan Berislavić...
- The
Despot of
Epirus was the
ruler of the
Despotate of Epirus, one of the rump
states of the
Byzantine Empire in the
aftermath of the
Fourth Crusade. The...
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Despot is a
Croatian and
Serbian surname. In Croatia, they are
mostly from the
environs of Ploče,
where it was once the most
common surname in Zaostrog...
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Oriental despotism refers to the
Western view of
Asian societies as
politically or
morally more
susceptible to
despotic rule, and
therefore different from...
