Much of the upper nobility and the Church were hostile.

The first was land carved out of the estates of the upper nobility.

In fact, the only "converts" to this new religion were the upper nobility of Akbar's court.

Most appointees were from the upper nobility or the royal family.

Later in the 6th century, the upper nobility started to use these services of the majordomo as well.

The scandal cost Witte many of his connections with the upper nobility.

Before 1500, most tended to exclusively show royalty, the upper nobility or princes of the church.

In 1945, the land reform liquidated the financial basis of the special status of the upper nobility.

The last problems were the revolutionary political crisis; the upper nobility would propose new taxes on all lands when funding was needed (64).

It was in the twelfth century that this class, along with the upper nobility, began to be referred to as hidalgos.