Social Status of Roman Senators According to the Theodosian Code: Legislation and Reality by Evgeniya Sergeevna Zaitseva

“…It is revealed that in the view of the emperor and the compilers of the Theodosian Code, the senatorial aristocracy was thought of as the highest class of the Roman Empire. …”
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Inter perfectos christi – inter praefectos valentiniani. Służba publiczna i posługa biskupia Sydoniusza Apolinarego w świetle kolekcji listów by Tomasz Skibiński

“… Sidonius Apollinaris was a member of the Gallo-Roman aristocracy in the 5th century. His letters are a valuable source of information about many aspects of life in Gaul in the final period of the Roman Empire. …”
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Aristocrazia del sangue e aristocrazia del denaro. L’Euroamerica di Henry James e Frances Hodgson Burnett by Maria Malatesta

“…This paper focuses how the complex relationships among the blood aristocracy and the money aristocracy were represented in The American and in The Golden Bowl by Henry James and in The Shuttle, by Frances Hodgson Burnett who put like James the “Euroamerica” at the core of her novels.…”
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L'aristocrazia senatoria ispanica, nel corso del Ule del IVsecólo d. C, dall'awento di Settimio Severo alia morte di Teodosio (193 d.C-395 d.C) by Chantal GABRIELLI

“…The Spanish senatorial aristocracy hasn't ever been object of a complete prosopographic study and this analysis examines how these numerous senators behave in front of the events of the 3th and the 4th century A.D.…”
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The Late Anglo-Saxon Royal Agent by Blanchard, M

“…In addition it creates a clearer picture of the aristocracy, the king, and the Church as well as the relationships between all three. …”

Le divisioni in seno all’aristocrazia milanese del XII secolo: le cause politiche dell’emarginazione di un ramo dei capitanei de Raude a partire da un documento del 1137 by Stefano Bernardinello

“…Indeed, a document dated to 1137 shows the strong contrasts and divisions that the political struggles had on one of the most important families of the Milanese aristocracy: the capitanei de Raude. Keywords: Milano, Secolo XII ineunte, Lotte politiche, Divisioni famigliari, Aristocrazia Milan, First half of 12th century, Political struggle, Family discords, Aristocracy.…”
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Arystokracja przeciw Komnenom – spisek Michała Anemasa jako reakcja na przemiany społeczne w Bizancjum u schyłku XI wieku by Paweł Lachowicz

“…(Aristocracy against Komnenoi – The plot of Michael Anemas as a reaction to social changes in Byzantium, at the end of the 11thcentury): This article focuses on the events described in the twelfth book of Alexiad, known as the plot of Michael Anemas. …”
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Enlightenment, Modernization, Professional Training by György Kurucz

“… Western historical narratives of the Enlightenment tend to depict the eighteenth-century aristocracy as a unique promoter of overall progress, whereas Hungarian historiography is more inclined to appraise their role according to a deprecating approach based on the criticism of a traditional class system. …”
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Political conservatism in the nineteenth century Christian world by Koni, Hakan

“…Its approach to major political norms and institutions is, secondly, identified in the support for medieval political institutions of monarchy, aristocracy, religion with a distaste of popular politics. …”

L’immagine dell’assolutismo francese. Il Caso Romanelli by Marcello Carriero

“…The "French" Romanelli, who in fact emerges from this study, is a painter who celebrates the rebalancing of the balance of power between the crown and the aristocracy, witnessing the design work of the "regencies" of Richelieu first and then of Mazarin in the definition of the absolute power of the Sovereign. …”
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Victor/Victorian: Gender and Aesthetic Idealism During the Italian Risorgimento by Sharon Worley

“…By making the Italian aristocracy the protagonists of his Anglo-Italian novels, James also provides a cursive acknowledgement of the restoration of the Italian aristocracy which was at the heart of the revolutionaries’ nationalist debate during the Italian Risorgimento. …”
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Champions of the crowd: aediles in Roman society by Smith, T

“…It examines the relationship between aediles and the Roman people, both in the idealized form described by the Roman aristocracy and from the perspective of the aediles' audience, the 'crowd'. …”

AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION AND ITS IMPACT ON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN AFRICA DURING THE ROMAN ERA 146 BC- 284 AD by Salma Hosawi

“…The enactment of that law had brought about the Roman aristocracy unity against Jayos Gracos and his brother. …”
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People of clergy origin among the elite of Russian Empire (XVIII - first quarter of XIX century) by Feofanov Aleksandr

“…There were two barriers: the rejection of aristocracy to the priests’ sons and the corporatism of Church administration and education and in general the closedness of clergy of the Synodal period…”
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Cabinet of Anna Ioannovna as a typical institution of absolutism by D. A. Krivova

“…It is analyzed that the origins of such institutions are in the early Middle Ages, when the monarch had deliberative councils, the high role in which was played by the aristocracy. In the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, these institutions were transformed the aristocracy was gradually replaced by specially trained officials under the control of the monarch. …”
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King James II Stuart, Irish Elites and Patriot Parliament by Stankov Kirill Nikolaevich

“…The author proves that acts and decisions of patriot parliament were the Irish population’s answers to the program and suggestions of king James II and that the main concessions were given to “Old English” aristocracy. The demands of “Old Irish” in agrarian issue were mainly ignored. …”
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Elegies and Laments in the Nova Scotia Gaelic Song Tradition: Conservatism and Innovation by Robert Douglas Dunbar

“…Elegies were a particularly prominent genre that formed a crucially important aspect of the sizeable amount of panegyric verse for members of the Gaelic aristocracy, which is a tradition dating back to the Middle Ages. …”
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La retórica del siglo IV. Espacios de integración y exclusión del bárbaro. by Manuel J. RODRÍGUEZ GERVÁS

“…What they are, in short, are the ideological proposals of a senatorial aristocracy bent on maintaining the socio-economic differences at the level of discourse.…”
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Pushkin’s mystification: Tatiana’s letter, a translation from French? by New, K

“…The article explores the reason for Pushkin’s mystification, which could have been the taboo against sentimental self-revelation in Russian aristocratic society: in order not to seem ridiculously anachronistic for 19th century aristocracy, Tatiana’s letter required a putative French original. …”

The divide : American injustice in the age of the wealth gap / by Taibbi, Matt, author

“…Driven by immersive reporting, this is a stunning look into the newest high-stakes divide in our country: between a lawless aristocracy of hyperwealth and the rest of us, living under the shadow of an incipient American police state"--provided by publisher…”