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... , it was not unheard of for very high ranking nobles to gift away mistresses to their retainers in this way- as rewards for a job well done, such as winning wars, putting down rebellions, or even negotiating favorable trade terms.

Sometimes they could be recompensed this way for something as relatively mundane as properly holding an important religious festival.

Whichever reason that might take the lord's fancy- if a nobleman had become bored of one of his mistresses or if the wo ...

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