La poursuite du meurtre secret dans l’Angleterre des XIIIe et XIVe siècles : entre responsabilité sociale et besoins du fisc by Christophe Archan

“…At the beginning of the Anglo-Norman period, King William the Conqueror organized a system of collective responsibility to protect the members of his aristocracy. Therefore, in the event of the murder of a ‘Frenchman’ and when the perpetrator has not been identified, the local lord is considered responsible for the offense and must pay a very heavy fine. …”
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Parentesco, prestigio y poder en la alta edad media : la antroponimia aristocrática en el Reino de León (siglos X y XI) by Mariel Pérez

“…The aim of this paper is to analyze the scope of the study of a series of anthroponyms from Leon aristocracy, between the tenth and eleventh centuries, when analyzing the kinship structures of aristocratic groups, the depictions of family memory, and the role of kinship in the process of building political power and social prestige. …”
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Le droit américain et la dignité humaine by Thomas Bulinge

“…Within a European continent burdened by aristocracy, human dignity is a levelling-up of the population to the highest rank. …”
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La noblesse dans la frontière nord-africaine (Portugal, 1415-1515) : guerre, chevalerie, croisade by Maria de Lurdes Rosa, Miguel Aguiar

“…In the second part, we try to analyse (mostly through indirect evidence) how the warrior aristocracy received this “official vision”. We will attempt to understand in which measure the values, the practices and motifs publicized by the crown were or not assimilated by the men of arms who formed these stronghold garrisons.…”
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The men who would be king: kings and usurpers in the Seleukid Empire by Chrubasik, B

“…It is argued that it was a kingship without a strong dynasty and supporting aristocracy which formed the basis of a weak empire.ship without a strong dynasty and supporting aristocracy which formed the basis of a weak empire.…”

Jean Pidoux, Des fontaines de Pougues en Nivernais… (1584) by Francesca Canadé Sautman

“…As physician to the Duke of Nevers, Pidoux promoted their medicinal cold waters -- the first of their kind to be renowned in France -- to the court and aristocracy. These waters, intended for drinking cures, were often compared to those of the town of Spa. …”
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Les premiers monastères d’Auvergne à la lumière de la documentation textuelle et archéologique (ve-xe siècle) : état de la question by Damien Martinez

“…Then towards the end of the Carolingian period, this monasticism, though more dispersed throughout the Auvergne area, became more strongly anchored, both in the territory and in time, under the impetus of the local aristocracy.…”
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From the Patrimonial to the Civic Standard of Music for All: The Transformations of Musical Institutions in Nineteenth-Century Bohemia and the Problems of Their Music-Historical In... by Tomáš Slavický

“…A consensus between Czechs and Germans, conservatives and liberals, aristocracy and bourgeoisie, was necessary. However, this consensus was later undermined by the sharpening of nationalism on both sides, and finally retroactively denied. …”
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From Pericles to Plato – from democratic political praxis to totalitarian political philosophy by Øjvind Larsen

“…Here, he constructs a hierarchy of forms of governments, beginning with aristocracy at the top as a critical standard for the other forms of governments, and proceeding through timocracy and oligarchy to democracy and tyranny at the bottom. …”
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El marqués de Leganés : apuntes biográficos by Francisco Arroyo Martín

“…An influential member of the court of Felipe IV, he could be considered a representative of the kinship aristocracy that flourished within the Catholic monarchy during the first half of the 17th century under the governments of the «validos» — the favourite ministers — Lerma and Olivares.…”
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Forging the Solidarity among Social Estates in 19th-Century Greater Poland Province by Kazimierz Zimniewicz

“…In the main part of the paper, we discuss the phenomenon of solidarity among the social estates – aristocracy, clergy, bourgeoisie, peasantry, intelligentsia and even proletariate – which existed in this area in an unprecedented manner. …”
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Belonging and Longing of the Beautiful Jewess and the Jewish Villain in the Nineteenth-Century German, English and French Novel by Catherine Jeannine Bartlett

“…From now on both of them are accused of coveting the money of a decadent aristocracy, who is struggling to cope with economic change. …”
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Italien bei zwei Mittelalterlichen Autoren des Westens by Dimitri Petalas

“…It seems that Widukind express dissatisfaction with Saxon aristocracy, since they thought that Otto’s long stay in Italy (the heart of the Empire) made Saxony vulnerable to Hungarian, Slav and Dane attacks.…”
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The Conduct of War 1789-1961; a study of the impact of the French, Industrial and Russian Revolutions on war and its conduct. by D.S. Hamman

“…Yet the reason is not to be sought in war itself, but in its conduct as related to the great revolutions since 1789: the decay of aristocracy and the advent of democracy, the developments of industry and capitalism, the emergence of the masses and of socialism, the progress of science and the advances in technology, the growth of populations and the popular press, the decay of religion and ever-advancing materialism.…”
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Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited: Sites of Memory and Tradition by Carlos Sánchez Fernández

“…I base my analysis on the symbolic value of the English country house with regard to the interwar English aristocracy and upper classes as depicted in this novel; that is, as a site of memory. …”
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THE UPSURGE OF MEMORY IN THE CASE OF HAUL: A Problem of Islamic Historiography in Indonesia by Ismail F. Alatas

“…The influential position of the aristocracy was based on the construction of collective memory of the people in <em>haul </em>celebrations, which are held all over Indonesia.…”
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Renessansehagen – utforming og hagekunstneriske motiver by Ingebjørg Hage

“…These gardens started among the Italian aristocracy, but as the gardens and garden motifs went north they were also adopted by the less well to do classes. …”
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De beste stuurgroep staat aan wal. Een antwoord op kritische opmerkingen van Karel Davids en anderen over het prioriteitsprogramma 'De Nederlandse cultuur in Europese context' by D. Fokkema, F. Grijzenhout

“…Open debates were feasible because of the small-scale nature of the discussions and the absence of a powerful aristocracy or any other strict hierarchical social structure, for example in ecclesiastical quarters. …”
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Belle de Zuylen / Isabelle de Charrière et l’incrédulité. De la correspondance à la fiction by Laurence Vanoflen

“…Towards 1764, the young woman, raised in Dutch aristocracy, tested the gender boundaries of intellectual freedom and the exercise of reason, in matter of religion. …”
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Reconstruindo Matilde: desigualdade e discriminação em Leite derramado, de Chico Buarque by Éderson Cabral, Ernani Mügge

“…This work focuses on Chico Buarque's novel Leite derramado, launched in 2009, and aims to analyze the treatment given to Matilde, character of the work, by the society in which she is inserted, more precisely by the social environment of the family Assumpção, which integrates, for a long period, the aristocracy of Rio. The analysis of the text is done from the perspective of identity and culture and considers political and historical aspects when shedding light on certain events that occurred in Brazil and mentioned in the work. …”
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