In Jewish Palestine, to make things worse, the taxes were revenue for a detested foreign government, or for local rulers who were its puppets. (religion-online.org)
The young local ruler, Count Palatinate Pfalzgraf Wolfgang, was a graduate of Wittenberg and was happy to ask Luther, along with the Observants» Superior, Father Staupitz, and Luther's old friend the Erfurt Prior, Johann Lang, to a grand meal: «We enjoyed ourselves in pleasant and delightful conversation while we dined and wined. (religion-online.org)
La Corona's local rulers associated themselves closely with those deities. (sciencenews.org)