Levee (Ceremony) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Lever ("rising"), adopted in English as levee-initially the simple act of getting up in the morning-has traditionally been a daily moment of intimacy and accessibility to a monarch or leader. In Einhard's Life of Charlemagne the author recounts the Emperor's practice, when he was dressing and putting on his shoes, to invite his friends to come in, and in case of a dispute brought to his attention, "he would order the disputants to be brought in there and then, hear the case as if he were sitting in tribunal and pronounce a judgement."