Assertion: nobility's family | /r/CapableOf | form hereditary social class
Facets:
value: from the 16th century
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In the course of the 11-15th centuries, only people who held specific high offices in the royal administration or in the Royal Households were distinguished by law within the nobility, but from the 16th century, families whose ancestors had been authorized by the monarchs to use a distinctive noble title (e.g., baron, count) formed a hereditary social class.