The jury had to determine when and whether extensive political patronage had merged into political corruption.
It was an age of building, recovery and revival, extensive cultural patronage and competitive displays of ostentation.
At Zankel Hall on Monday evening, Bernard Labadie and his powerful ensemble, Les Violons du Roy, presented "The Flute King," a tribute to Frederick and his extensive, illustrious patronage.
The influence of Paris and Dijon decreased, partly because of the renewal of the Hundred Years' War between England and France and partly because of the removal of the Burgundian court, after the mid-1420s, from Dijon to Brussels, which subsequently became the centre of an extensive court patronage.
It still enjoys extensive powers of patronage and coercion, as well as a monopoly on broadcast media.
After the Portuguese secured control of Sri Lanka, they used their extensive powers of patronage and preference in appointments to promote Christianity.
He achieved this position by virtue of his great wealth (the result of the largest banking network in Europe) and an extensive network of patronage obligations.
Mr Zeng is thus exceptionally well placed to expand his extensive network of patronage.Nothing in the published remarks of Mr Hu, Mr Zeng or indeed Mr Jiang even hints at any policy difference between them.
He had scientific credibility because his detailed observations in Latin America appeared to be proven by later events and were then propagated through an extensive network of patronage.
Take Saint Vitus, with his cauldron and rooster, whose extensive remit apparently includes patronage of youth, smiths, pharmacists, brewers, vintners, innkeepers, actors, the deaf and helper for those suffering fits, illness of the eyes and sterility.
