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Una riflessione sulla tenencia, elemento chiave nel rapporto politico tra Alfonso VII di Leon e Castiglia (1126-1157) e i suoi magnati

I Quaderni del MAES, 2020
In the Iberian Peninsula, as it is clear in other regions of Europe in the twelfth century, there was an aristocracy with important patrimonial basis, very dynamic and able to diversify their resources and strategies, extending its influence and ...
Sonia Vital Fernández
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Sauver la face. Les causes de mariage de Luisa de Cárdenas et Antonia de Portocarrero devant la Rote romaine (v. 1580-1610)

Genre & Histoire, 2021
This article analyses two causes of nullity of marriage for vim et metus (constraint and fear) before the Roman Rota in the 1580’s – 1600’s : the cause of doña Luisa de Cárdenas Carrillo y Albornoz vs.
Isabelle Poutrin
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The role of dignitaries of lower-rank thematic units in Byzantine society [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta, 2022
The paper aims to elucidate the place and role, i.e., the real power of functionaries of lower-ranking units in the Byzantine theme system. Their status in the Byzantine bureaucratic and aristocratic society was essentially determined by ...
Cvetković Miloš
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K výzkumu výměny hudebnin mezi hrabětem z Questenbergu a jeho aristokratickými přáteli

Musicologica Brunensia, 2014
The importance of Count Johann Adam Questenberg for musical culture in Central Europe lies mainly in his acquiring and providing of music, especially opera scores.
Jana Perutková
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Patronymic Names Ending in -vich as a Marker of Social Status in the Documents of the Russian State of the 14th–16th Centuries [PDF]

Вопросы ономастики, 2023
The widely held opinion in historical literature about the privileged status of patronymics ending in -vich is based on the sources of the 16th–17th c. This practice reflected the official look at the system of social hierarchy. In clerical documents, it
Mikhail M. Bentsianov
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Intercyza zawarta między Janem Klemensem Branickim a Katarzyną Barbarą Radziwiłłówną jako przykład realizacji strategii rodzinnych magnaterii (1720 r.)

Przeszłość Demograficzna Polski, 2016
The article contains a legal analysis of the property relations resulting from the marriage of Jan Klemens Branicki to KatarzynaBarbara Radziwiłł.
Karol Łopatecki
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Human or superhuman: The concept of hero in ancient Greek religion and/in politics [PDF]

Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU, 2008
The word hero appears in Greek language with a twofold meaning. On one hand it is used for denoting a divine being, who lived a mortal life, but after doing some great deed deserved to become god.
Stevanović Lada
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Le monumentalisme funéraire récent d’Éthiopie et la question des démocraties primitives

Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2018
In this paper I continue the reflections I presented at the meeting held at Strasbourg in 2015 concerning Ethiopian megalithism. Here I aim more particularly to investigate the issue of the relationships between the notion of primitive democracy and the ...
Alain Gallay
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Democracy tempered by Aristocracy: rethinking an old idea

Politeja, 2016
This article retakes an argument that has ancient roots, but is nowadays largely forgotten, namely that democracy, to be viable and stable, stands in need of aristocratic checks.
Andreas Kinneging
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On Heroes, Revolutions and the Rebirth of Spirituality: a Carlylean Reading of D.H. Lawrence’s Kangaroo and The Plumed Serpent

Études Lawrenciennes, 2022
D.H. Lawrence and Thomas Carlyle both expressed a fascination with the great man or aristocratic figure, as well as a desire for social and political change in England and Europe. While studying these parallels, I will delineate Lawrence’s departure from
Fiona Fleming
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