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Moonlight was sufficient to read inscriptions that set forth in detail the pedigree of the chatelains.

From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams

When feudalism, through the formation of larger political units by the extension of kingly rights, began to decline, the chatelains preserved their prestige by supporting the propaganda to redeem the Holy Sepulcher.

From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams

The chatelains were marquesses and counts and knights of Malta and seigneurs of a dozen domains of the northlands as well as of Provence.

From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams