Is there a market for peerages? Can donations buy you a British peerage? A study in the link between party political funding and peerage nominations, 2005-14 by Mell, A, Radford, S, Thevoz, S

“…Compiling an original dataset of large donations and nominations for "peerages" that allow them to take a seat in the Lords, the authors show that, when the "usual suspects" for a position, like former MPs and party workers, are accounted for, donations seem to play an outsize role in accounting for the remaining peers. …”

R.A. Maslov on Franco-Burgundian Relations in the Second Half of the 15^th Century by N. A. Bessilin, G. F. Sanzharova

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Burkes royal palaces of Europe / by 305662 Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh

The Dictionary of BIRDS in colour / by Campbell, Bruce, 1912-1993, author

The 70 best tales of Edgar Allan Poe / by Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849

De Rodrigo a Rodrigo: Os testemunhos da conquista das Beiras por Fernando Magno na obra do Conde D. Pedro e a sua relação com as personagens de Rodrigo Dias de Vivar e de Rodrigo F... by João Paulo Martins Ferreira

“…Pedro to the “cidian” universe and analyse the intervention of the Pereiras in this specific subject of the peerage book, aiming the construction of the character of Rodrigo Froilaz.…”
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Place and power: the landed gentry of the West Solent Region in the eighteenth century by Page, E

“…Members of this distinct social group had to make more careful, strategic choices than the wealthier peerage, and their behaviour served as a barometer of the effects of socio-economic and cultural developments on society as a whole. …”

Person, Time and Conduct in Alna by Thomas Hylland Eriksen

“…The comparative study of personhood has a long and distinguished peerage in anthropology, but it has rarely been applied to research on contemporary migration and diversity in Europe. …”
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Good science depends on good peer review by Michael E. Hochberg

“…Several mechanisms are presented which, taken together, can contribute to limiting or counteracting this effect—some of the most promising being reviewer rewards, journal peerage, and education. I conclude that the scientific community needs to be proactive in promoting peer review and the reviewer commons, and ultimately scientific quality, because the erosion effect may be gradual and barely noticeable in the short-term, but have substantial effects over the long-term.…”
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THE MATING GAME / by Burton, Robert, author 649165

Senior military officers, politics, and the country estate in Britain, c. 1700-1750 by Ingram, DCD

“…The latter could take many forms, be that jostling for a peerage, a place at court, membership of the House of Commons or Lords, or cultivating a family interest in a local parliamentary seat.…”

Élites flamencas y patronazgo real :gestionar recursos y negociar expectativasen la Monarquía de Felipe IV (1621-1630) by Alicia Esteban Estringana

“…At the end of the 1620’s the royal management obliged the peerage to modify drastically their advantage expectations. …”
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One more year: Volume 14 by Nuno Domingos Garrido

“…Publons, Reviewer Credits, Peerage of Science, and Elsevier’s Reviewer Recognition), the reviewers can obtain the deserved credits, but never enough to match the work they put in the editorial flow of Motricidade or any other Journal or Scientific Publication. …”
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Historical assessment of three extinct portable peer review and cascade peer review models by Teixeira da Silva, Jaime A.

“…Three experimental paid PPR services (Rubriq, Axios Review, and Peerage of Science) that have now ceased to exist are examined in detail to appreciate their potential weaknesses, allowing academics to learn possible pitfalls in PPR and CPR models. …”
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