Royal court place. One of the criteria of Norbert Elias' concept of a court society is that it existed in space.. The German word "Hof", meaning an enclosed courtyard, can also apply to a rural farmstead with outbuildings and walls forming the perimeter. It has also been used for the palatial seat where the court was held. Thus "Hof" or "court" can become transferred to the building itself. For example, the grand residence Hampton Court Palace on the River Thames above London was where Thomas Wolsey held court as Catholic cardinal (built after the Italian ideal for a cardinal's palace) until his
Hampton Court Palace directed by Fred Zinnemann. It also appeared in the HBO miniseries "John Adams" (2008) where Adams was received by King George III as the first U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St James's. The palace was used in the film "To Kill a King" (2003), "" (2011) and in (2011). The palace also served as a location for the live action film of Disney's "Cinderella" (2015), directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Lily James and Richard Madden. The location was used for a performance of "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" by rock keyboardist Rick Wakeman in 2009. The concert