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Thursday, April 18, 2019
Fact of the Day: Earl
The earl noble rank in England came from the word jarl from Scandinavia. It basically meant "chieftain" in modern English. Earls are of equal rank to counts in the rest of Europe.
7 comments:
I did not realize that. Great historical trivia.
But...and this is a totally serious question...what's the difference between an earl, baron, or duke?
Nice fact , as always, I had no idea about it!
Viking influence!
Interesting.
I didn't know that. Interesting.
Rank and importance. Duke is the highest, earl is pretty high up, and baron is rather low.
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