Complex sentence: The advisors are praised in the same adulatory tone as is employed for the kings; elsewhere, the text gives a detailed account of how the family systematically expanded its holdings of land and other property over the course of its long relationship with the royal household.
Split into simpler sentences: The advisors are praised in the same adulatory tone as is employed for the kings. Elsewhere, the text gives a detailed account of how the family systematically expanded its holdings of land and other property over the course of its relationship with the royal household.