Just been thinking lately on the great courts of history. Not the legal ones, but rather the royal courts etc. Specifically, am thinking of those rulers who gathered a myriad of the great minds and figures of theri age to them. However, for the life of me, I can't seem to remember them.,
What I am looking for therefore, is info on the great courts -who they contained, and in what reigns.

I suppose it's not surprising that more attention in this forum is paid to military aspects rather than culture (despite Civ3's attempt to rectify things :) ).

I'd nominate the Medici's of Renaissance Florence particulary Lorenzo's court. He was a great patron of the arts including the likes of Michelangelo.