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Aristocracy - ărˌĭstŏkˈrəsē [Gr.,=rule by the best], in political science, government by a social elite. In the West the political concept of aristocracy derives from Plato's formulation in the Republic. The criteria on which aristocracy is based may vary greatly from society to society. Historically, aristocracies have usually


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    The Last of the Best: The Aristocracy of Europe in the Twentieth Century » Read Now

    by Andrew Sinclair. 302 pgs.

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    ...Skin Trade THE LAST OF THE BEST The Aristocracy of Europe in the Twentieth Century...recognize his like. The true basis of aristocracy, as de Tocqueville pointed out...
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    Aristocratic Women and Political Society in Victorian Britain » Read Now

    by K. D. Reynolds. 261 pgs.

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    This is a study of gender and power in Victorian Britain. It examines the contribution made by women to the public culture of the British aristocracy in the nineteenth century. It challenges the view that power and authority were predominantly masculine attributes and shows that a partnership of...
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    Nobles and Nobility in Medieval Europe: Concepts, Origins, Transformations » Read Now

    by Anne J. Duggan. 285 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This collection of papers addresses the origins and nature of nobility, its relationship with the late Roman world, its acquisition and exercise of power, its association with military obligation, and its gradual 'pacification'.
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    Nobles and the Noble Life, 1295-1500 » Read Now

    by Joel T. Rosenthal. 210 pgs.

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    ...from the centre of public life. The aristocracy of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century...are not readily distinguishable. An aristocracy bestrides its world, and it...
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    English Political Culture in the Fifteenth Century (Chap. 4 "Aristocracy") » Read Now

    by Michael Hicks. 270 pgs.

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    English Political Culture in the Fifteenth Century is a new and original study of how politics worked in late medieval England, throwing new light on a much-discussed period in English history. Michael Hicks explores the standards, values and principles that motivated contemporary politicians, and...
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    Early Modern European Society (Chap. 4 "The Ruling Elite") » Read Now

    by Henry Kamen. 281 pgs.

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    Following the success of his earlier works, The Iron Century (1971) and European Society 1500-1700 (1984), Henry Kamen here presents a significant and enthralling study of the sweeping changes affecting Europe from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century - a time when the concept of Europe was...
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    Law, Land & Family: Aristocratic Inheritance in England, 1300 to 1800 » Read Now

    by Eileen Spring. 199 pgs.

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    ...inheritance among the English gentry and aristocracy and, in the process, to suggest that...Lawrence Stone, The Crisis of 1558-1614 Aristocracy Oxford, 1965 , 181. See...
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    The Abolition of Feudalism: Peasants, Lords, and Legislators in the French Revolution » Read Now

    by John Markoff. 689 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...THE ABOLITION OF FEUDALISM JOHN MARKOFF THE ABOLITION OF FEUDALISM PEASANTS, LORDS, AND LEGISLATORS IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE...
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    Count and Bishop in Medieval Germany: A Study of Regional Power, 1100-1350 » Read Now

    by Benjamin Arnold. 220 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...German secular and ecclesiastical aristocracy into princes 35 with an extremely...scholarly literature on the German aristocracy, but taken together, the following...
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    Constructing Autocracy: Aristocrats and Emperors in Julio-Claudian Rome » Read Now

    by Matthew B. Roller. 319 pgs.

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    Rome's transition from a republican system of government to an imperial regime comprised more than a century of civil upheaval and rapid institutional change. Yet the establishment of a ruling dynasty, centered around a single leader, came as a cultural and political shock to Rome's aristocracy, who...
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    An Anglican Aristocracy: The Moral Economy of the Landed Estate in Carmarthenshire, 1832-1895 » Read Now

    by Matthew Cragoe. 286 pgs.

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    This account of nineteenth-century Carmarthenshire emphasizes the social and political dominance of the Anglican and landowning nobility and gentry for much of the period. Matthew Cragoe explores the nature and public roles of a governing elite, arguing that their influence was not simply a function...
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