Page (servant)
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A page (of the Greek παιδιον, paidion , little boy) was a noble young person attached to the service of a king, a queen, a prince, etc
With the the Middle Ages, a page was the intendant of a knight, a apprentice rider. An young man was useful like page during seven years, as of the seven years age. At fourteen years, it could become rider and with blackjack knight could become itself. Pages were also useful in the castles and the large houses going to seek what one asked them or carrying of the messages for the Aristocrate S and the royal family. These boys were generally the descendants of big families which thus learned the rules from the court and established contacts for their life of adult.
During the Rebirth and afterwards, it was with the mode, for the aristocrats, to have a young black or young men dressed up like “decorative” pages. This habit lasted a few centuries and the African Pages remain a getup of the styles Baroque and Rococo.
Also, starting from the Rebirth, and beyond their role of servants, the pages could be selected to appease the sexual desires princes pederasts (Mister the duke of Orleans in particular on the matter did not hide its tastes).
Nowadays one hardly any more finds of pages, except for the royal residences and certain functions as those of United States House off Representative Page (Page of the room of the representatives of the the United States of America) which is a clear survival. This “job” falls to teenagers (boys or girls), registered or not with a party, selected according to a very competitive system. They carry a specific uniform, as well at the school as when they are in service with the Capitole.
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