Russian diplomat in Rome: the mission of Prince B. I. Kurakin (1707) by S. S. Kolegov

“…For a better understanding of the personality, mentality of Kurakin, the article considers the attitude of the Ambassador to the religious holidays of the Catholic state, the everyday life of the population, the ways of spending leisure time by the representatives of the Italian aristocracy. The interest of the Russian diplomat to the historical monuments of Rome, as well as other attractions is noted. …”
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Lwów i jego mieszkańcy w latach 1847-1850 w świetle „Pamiętników” Ksawery z Brzozowskich Grocholskiej by Wiktoria Kudela-Świątek

“… LVIV AND ITS INHABITANTS IN 1847-1850 IN THE LIGHT OF THE SO-CALLED “MEMOIRS” OF KSAWERA GROCHOLSKA NEE BRZOZOWSKA  The purpose of this article includes reflection on the issue of how the so-called “Memoirs” of Ksawera Grocholska nee Brzozowska (1807-1872), a landowner from Podolia – elaborated by the Archbishop Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński – show the life of the Polish aristocracy and landed class in Lviv in the first years after an event called in historiography as the Tarnów Slaughter (Galician Rabacja). …”
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Reconstruction and Interpretation of the Belt Set from the Barrow № 3 of the Burial Ground Karban-2 (North Altai) by Golovchenko Nikolay N., Demin Mikhail A.

“…The authors make a conclusion that the decor of the Pazyryk people’s military belts was used to emphasize vital status of the owner and to be a part of barbar luxury, to show the definite mythological concepts of military aristocracy. Karban belt set included the elements with the image of a mythical and realistic wolf-like predator and also of a schematized griffin. …”
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Folk Performances and the European Gaze in Bengal in the Nineteenth Century by Sarottama Majumdar

“…The birth and growth of the metropolitan urban centre (Calcutta), an increasing presence of European residents of both genders in Calcutta and Bengal and the shift of power and influence from Muslim military aristocracy to an European merchant company (The British East India Company), meant that traditional indigenous performances were often thrown open for commentary and judgment to an audience who were largely outsiders and to whom the nuances of language, caste, class, region, ritual signification  were matters of academic interest only occasioning descriptive commentaries on the practices in an alien country. …”
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Exploring the reasons for the rise and fall of Taoism from the perspective of historical development: Taking several key periods as examples by Ding Juncheng, Luo Xin

“…However, the Ming and Qing dynasties saw Taoism’s decline due to the suppression of religious practices and its reduction to a mere cultural aspect for the royal family and aristocracy. The paper concludes by proposing a future path for Taoism, emphasizing the need for adaptation to modern society. …”
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On the Specificities of the Arion Mosaic in the Villa del Casale (Piazza Armerina): Contribution to the Study of Arion Representations in Ancient Art by Anđela Gavrilović

“…It suggests that the owners of the villa either belonged to the highest Roman aristocracy of their time, or perhaps were even related to the imperial family. …”
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Hobbes and Spinoza on Sovereign Education by Boleslaw Z. Kabala, Thomas Cook

“…Spinoza’s openness to a wisdom-loving elite in a democracy also sets up an interesting parallel with Thomas Jefferson’s own commitment to the natural aristocracy needed to sustain republicanism. In demonstrating the 17th century philosopher’s skepticism toward using the state exclusively to promote rationality, even as he recognizes the importance of a sovereign pedagogical role and the protection of philosophy, we move to suggest that Spinoza is relevant to contemporary debates about public education and may reinvigorate moral and political discourse in a liberal democracy.…”
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The Tatar Tsarevitches in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (15th–18th centuries) » by S.V. Dumin

“…Later, they turned into ordinary military landowners, though they occupied the honored place in the Lithuanian Tatar aristocracy and retained their traditional title of tsarevitches (though often they also titled princes, like other noble Tatars).…”
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The Legal Personality of State in the Sassanid Era by Parham Mehraram, Mohammad Seyed Fatemi

“…It seems that the existence of a powerful aristocracy alongside a strong government seeking to concentrate more power makes this society a prominent example of Eisen's bureaucratic empires. …”
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Which elite? Whose university? Britain’s civic university tradition and the importance of place by Whyte, W

“…Whilst Oxford and Cambridge were for the aristocracy, the Anglican, and the landed; the universities of the great industrial cities were intended to cater to a very different constituency. …”

'Greatness going off’' in Renaissance Antony and Cleopatra tragedies by Patterson, J

“…Culturally, Renaissance Antony and Cleopatra tragedies were in tune with the political–religious crises of their day; but they also sounded deeper notes of an aristocracy in slow decline.…”

A German artist and his ties with the Romanian royal family - reflections on August Becker (1821-1887) and his role in 19th century European landscape painting by Selke, Raimond, Schaar, Torsten

“…The principal focus of this article is to introduce the artist and his close ties with the royal family of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen to international experts and to critically evaluate the new findings relating to Becker and his role as one of the most well known landscape painters for the 19th century European aristocracy.…”
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“Difference” as Mode of Resistance in Jane Austen’s Emma by Aziz ur Rehman

“…This displacement is a strategic struggle of middle-class ascendency over aristocracy in a changing English milieu. The study examines courtships within two Foucauldian frameworks. …”
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Deputations of the Kazakh Ruling Elite to the Court of the Russian Emperors (mid – second half of the 19th century) by Olga E. Gundova

“…The Russian authorities viewed the practice of deputations as a means of bolstering the loyalty of the steppe aristocracy, and also to draw them in as participants in the empire’s civilizing mission in the East. …”
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Diyarbakir administrative systems in the era of Alaratqa by Emad AlDeen Khalil

“…The issue of administrative, economic, social and cultural organizations is closely related to the policies of the higher emirates and their external relationship, as these organizations were, to a certain extent, the basis on which the aristocracy relied on directing their activities towards expansion and establishing relations with neighboring states and emirates. …”
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Folk Performances and the European Gaze in Bengal in the Nineteenth Century by Sarottama Majumdar

“…The birth and growth of the metropolitan urban centre (Calcutta), an increasing presence of European residents of both genders in Calcutta and Bengal and the shift of power and influence from Muslim military aristocracy to an European merchant company (The British East India Company), meant that traditional indigenous performances were often thrown open for commentary and judgment to an audience who were largely outsiders and to whom the nuances of language, caste, class, region, ritual signification  were matters of academic interest only occasioning descriptive commentaries on the practices in an alien country. …”
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Investigating the Composition of Social Forces and the Evolution of Ethnic Identity Discourses in Balochistan, Iran by A. Naderi, B. Roustakhiz, E. Fayaz, M.O. Hosseinbor

“…Findings show that especially in the last century and among social groups in political and social discourses of Balochistan, the most influential ones included: 1) Commanders, khans and the traditional aristocracy; 2) Ethnic nationalist and national elites; 3) clerics, Molavies and religious activists; 4) intellectuals and modernist civil activists. …”
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Émigrants et réviseurs scolaires dans la Valachie de la première moitié du XIXe-siècle: transfert intellectuel et construction nationale. Étude de cas: Ioan Maiorescu / Emigres and... by Nicoleta Roman

“…Coming from the ranks of the Greek Catholic intel-lectuals – an intermediary stratum between the imperial center, the privileged aristocracy and the majority of Romanian peasants – they pursued, at the same time, their professional development and the rise of literacy in Wallachia. …”
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Valour or Recklessness? The Emperor in Single Combats and Tournaments through the Eyes of Late Byzantine Writers by Irina Sergeevna Okhlupina

“…The influence of the imperial propaganda on the works of the authors, as well as the reflection in them of some features of the self-consciousness of the Byzantine aristocracy of that time, has been established.…”
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Gifts to the Pokrovsky Monastery in Suzdal (In the Footsteps of a Ring of Maria Temryukovna) by Andrey Belyakov

“…For two centuries this monastery served as a place where former tsarist wives and representatives of the highest Moscow aristocracy were tonsured. Over time, it concentrated a significant collection of women’s jewelry, which came here in the form of gifts. …”
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